Consultations

A Consultation is the term Vision 3 uses for a collection of data recorded in the same encounter. It does not necessarily mean the patient is present, for example:

  • The issuing of a repeat prescription can be recorded as a Repeat consultation.
  • A telephone call can be recorded as a Telephone consultation.
  • The recording of mail concerning a patient can be recorded as a Letter consultation.

You cannot add data to Consultation Manager until a consultation is started.

A Consultation can be opened automatically when a patient is selected, see Consultation Manager Setup - Consultation for details, or open a Consultation as required.

If no Consultation is open, Open New Consultation displays and the status bar displays No Open Consultation

To open a Consultation, simply select Open New Consultation .

When a Consultation is open:

  • Close Consultation displays
  • The status bar, at the bottom right hand side of the screen, displays your name and the type, date, open time of the consultation and the current time:

Until you start a consultation, you can only view or edit a patient's data. In order to add clinical data and record start and end times for consultations, you need to start a consultation.

Note - You do not need to start a consultation if you just want to view a patient's data or if you are editing a previously entered test result, received from a hospital.

If a consultation has not been started:

  • The status bar states No Open Consultation .
  • Open/Close Consultation appears undepressed .

If a consultation has been started:

  • Your sign-in name, consultation type for example Surgery, date and time display at the bottom of the screen:

  • Open/Close Consultation appears depressed when a consultation is open .

  • A start time is recorded, and
  • You can add clinical data.

If any Consultations already exists for today and the Prompt if a Consultation already exists for today is selected in Consultation Manager Setup - Consultation, the day's consultations display:

Select from:

  • Existing - Select to add to the existing consultation.
  • New - Select to start a new consultation.

To display the consultation form manually:

  • From Consultation Manager, double click on the Consultation details on the status bar.
    • If a consultation is already open, the Consultation - Update screen displays.
    • If a consultation is not already open, then the Open New Consultation screen displays.

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