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Update an Assessment in Today's Assessment

You can update the patient's assessments in the Today's Assessments grid. You can also add an assessment to the patient's clinical problems list as a chronic condition or add it to the provider's list of tracked problems and My Favorites so that it can easily be found and selected for other patients.
  1. Highlight the row with the assessment in the Today's Assessments grid.
    The fields in the Impression section fill with the selected assessment details.
  2. Click the Side field and select the affected side from the pick list.
    The selected value appears in the Today's Assessments grid and the Impression section.
  3. Enter a Status.
  4. To add the assessment to another grid, select one of the following for Add to:
    • Clinical Problems includes both chronic conditions and tracked problems.
    • Chronic marks the assessment as a chronic condition
    • My Favorites– The provider’s list; select the check box, click the field and select appropriate list of favorites to add to.
    • Tracked – a subset of clinical problems.
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  5. Click Update.