Changing Existing Questionnaires

The communications module comes with three communications questionnaires: Initial Exam, Pre-Exam/Medical History, and Progress Review. You can use these questionnaires as they are, or you can modify them.

To change an existing questionnaire:

Click the Word Processing Word Processing button on the main menu. The Word Processing menu is displayed.
Select Communications Setup. The Select Questionnaire window is displayed.
Select the questionnaire type you want to change and click Change. The Setup Questionnaire window is displayed.

The questions are displayed in the Selected Questions section. Any letters linked to this questionnaire are displayed in the Associated Letters section.

When you select a question, all of the possible answers to that question are displayed in the Answers section, as well as the question type, whether the answers are quantified, and if letter text is available for that answer.

For each answer option, you can enter patient, doctor, or other text to print in the letters. An x indicates no letter text, and a checkmark indicates that letter text has been entered.

In the Update Progress Review section, you can select from:

Never update progress review date
Always update progress review date
Prompt to update progress review date

In the User Identification section, you can select Require user identification when executing to have the software prompt the user to select his name before executing the questionnaire.

Use the function buttons in the Setup Questionnaire window to:
Change the order of questions.
Add a new question or select a question from the existing database.
Insert a new question or select a question from the existing database.
Change the selected question and answers.
Delete a question.

Changing the Question Order on a Questionnaire

To change the order of the questions:

In the Setup Questionnaire window, select the question you want to move and click the Up or Down arrows.
Click OK.