Predefined Comments

The predefined comments feature can save you time by eliminating the need to type the most common diagnosis comments, general patient comments, and so on, in a patient’s treatment card. Once you have created predefined comments, you can edit the comments for individual patients, if necessary.

To add a comment, edit a comment, or delete a comment:

Select Functions > Maintenance/Set-up > Charting Maintenance from the menu bar. The Charting Maintenance window is displayed.
In the Predefined Comments section, click Edit. The Edit Predefined Comments window is displayed.
Select an available option.
- To change a comment in the list, select the comment you want to change and click Change. Type your changes in the Code or Comment fields and click OK.
- To delete a comment from the list, select the comment you want to delete and click Remove. Click OK.
- To add a comment to the list, click Add New. A blank Edit Predefined Comments window is displayed. In the Code field, type the new comment code, and type a comment in the Comment field. Click OK.
Click OK.
You must exit the software on all workstations before your changes take effect.

You can also print a list of all predefined comments and associated codes.

To print a list of predefined comment codes:

Select Functions > Maintenance/Set-up > Charting Maintenance from the menu bar. The Charting Maintenance window is displayed.
In the Predefined Comments section, click Print. The Charting Predefined Comments window is displayed.
Select Print Report and click OK. A list of predefined comments and their associated codes is generated.

If no Predefined Comments have been recorded, OrthoTrac displays a message informing you that no predefined comments are entered.