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Add Patient Status

In the NTS Single Visit template, you can document a change in the patient’s condition.
  1. In the Assessment panel, select the Patient status field.
    The Patient Status picklist opens for you to select a description of change in patient status.
    Patient Status picklist

  2. Do one of the following to enter the patient status:
    • If the picklist displays the status you want to use, select a descriptor for the change in the patient’s status. The picklist closes and the description appears in the Patient Status field.
    • If the desired descriptor does not appear in the picklist, select blank at the top of the list to close the picklist, and then type an entry in the Patient Status field.
    The picklist closes and the description appears in the Patient Status field.
  3. To change the entry, open the picklist again, and then select another descriptor.
  4. To delete the entry in the Patient Status field., open the picklist again, and then select the blank at the top of the list.