Medical Alerts

Defining Medical Alerts

To add a new medical alert:

  1. From the Lists menu, select Medical alerts. The Medical Alerts Pick List window is displayed.

  2. Click Add. The Medical Alert Definition window is displayed.

  3. Type the name of the medical alert, and click OK.

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You can also add a new medical alert from Page 2 of a patient's Clipboard. In the Medical alerts area, click Select > Define/Edit Alerts. The Medical Alerts Pick List window is displayed. Repeat steps 2 and 3 as needed.

Selecting Medical Alerts

The Medical alerts area displays all medical alerts for a patient. To select or remove an alert for this patient:

  1. Click Select medical alert. The Patient Medical Alerts window list opens, displaying the alerts defined for your practice.

  2. Check the box next to each alert you want to note on the patient’s clipboard, and then click OK.

 

Related Topics

Working with Page 2

Patient’s Preferred Pharmacy

Calling in Prescriptions

Patient Radiograph History