Skill Sharpeners

Exercise 1:  Check for Alerts for a Patient

To find out if a patient has any alerts, locate the patient’s record and click Alerts in the Patient window. If there are alerts, the Alerts for [patient name] window is displayed.

Exercise 2:  Create a Medical Alert

Create a medical alert for one of your patients.

To create a medical alert:

  1. Go to the Patient Search window.

  2. Find a patient and double-click on the name.

  3. Click Alerts.

  4. Click New.

  5. Change the Alert Type to Medical.

  6. In the Text field, type the message you want for this alert; for example, high blood pressure.

  7. Click Ok and Close.

Exercise 3:  Delete a Medical Alert

Delete the medical alert that you just created.

To delete the alert:

  1. Go to the Patient Search window.

  2. Find the patient for whom you added the alert.

  3. Double-click the name of the patient.

  4. Click Alerts.

  5. Select the alert you want to delete, and click Delete. A confirmation message is displayed.

  6. Click Yes and Close.

 

Related Topics

Adding Alerts

Changing and Deleting Alerts

Printing Alerts