Executing a Questionnaire

After creating a communications questionnaire, the next step is to execute the questionnaire for a patient.

To execute a questionnaire:

Click the Word Processing button from the patient chart. The Word Processing menu is displayed.
Select Execute Questionnaire. The Execute Questionnaire window is displayed.
Select the questionnaire you want to execute and click Select. The questionnaire you selected is displayed.
Each question type is displayed in a different format. Click herehere for instructions on how to answer the various question types.
- Single Answer — The single answer questions display all possible answers in a drop-down list. Click on the appropriate answer to select it, or use the arrow keys to select the answer and press Enter or Tab to go on to the next question. After you make a selection, the software prompts you with the next question.
- Answer Prompt — This question type prompts you to enter an amount. The type of amount required for this question is displayed to the right of the answer prompt. After answering this question, press Enter to continue to the next question.
- Tooth Chart — When answering this question type, click <<Tooth Chart>> and the tooth chart is displayed, prompting you to click on the teeth that correspond with that particular question. After selecting the teeth, click OK to continue with the next question.
- Multi-Answer — For multi-answer questions, click the box next to each answer to select it, or use the arrow keys to select an answer and then press the Space Bar to select each answer. After making your selections, press Enter to continue to the next question.
- Narrative — For a narrative question, the software displays a window in which you type the answer. If the narrative has been set up with predefined answers, you can click on the answer at the top of the window to select one, and the predefined answer is displayed in the box. You can edit the predefined answer, if desired. You can also type a new narrative answer.
- Header — Headers separate questions into groups within the questionnaire. To move to the section of a questionnaire under a particular header, click on the header, and the screen scrolls to that section of the questionnaire.
- Procedure — For a procedure question, click or press Tab in the question box to display the Procedures window. Select the procedures that were performed and click OK. The procedures display on the questionnaire on the same line or in a list, depending on the style you selected when the question was created.
- Patient Field — A patient field question is automatically populated when the information exists in the patient chart. If the information does not exist or is incorrect, type the answer in the questionnaire, and the information is updated in the patient chart.
- The Status field cannot be changed in the questionnaire.
- Dated Narratives — For a dated narrative question, the software displays a window in which you type the answer. When you save the answer, the software dates the narrative entry. If the narrative has been set up with predefined answers, you can click on the answer at the top of the window to select one, and the predefined answer is displayed in the box. You can edit the predefined answer.
Click Print to print a questionnaire summary report for the patient.
Click OK to complete the questionnaire. If letters are assigned to this questionnaire, the Assigned Letters window is displayed.
To select the action you want to take on these letters, click in the Action column next to each letter to select Post, Print, or None and click OK.