Adding Clinical Information to a Task

When adding comments to a task attached to a patient, you can display a summarised list, created from the patient’s record, by selecting the <Insert> key. You can also add any of the displayed records to the Comments section of the task you are creating.

To use the Insert key:

  1. From Daybook , select Task and complete as detailed in Adding a Task for Action.
  2. Click into Comments and press the <Insert> key.
  3. Insert term from patient record displays, listing entries from the patient’s:
    • Medical History
    • Lifestyle
    • Examination Findings
    Note - Numeric values included in clinical data are not pasted into the task.
    • Disease Registers

  4. To add any of the listed items to the Comments section of the task, highlight the item required and select OK.

  5. You can append the text of the inserted entry as required.
  6. To add further entries repeat steps 5 and 6 as required.
  7. Select OK to save and close.
Note - The <Insert> key function acts as a copy and paste facility from the Insert term from patient record list, it is not a link from the patient record through to Daybook.