Conditions in the Health Summary

You can add a patient's condition to their Health Summary, edit the condition and delete it if required.

About this task

Procedure

To add a condition to a patient's Health Summary:
  1. In the patient's record, locate the Health Summary panel.
    Health Summary Header
  2. In the Conditions section:
    • If no conditions have been recorded for this patient, the Conditions section is blank and displays the Conditions icon. Click the Conditions icon to activate it.
      No conditions icon
    • If the patient has one or more current Conditions listed, to add a new condition, click Add iconAdd.
  3. Click in a Conditions field and start typing the name of the condition. A list of matching conditions is presented. Select a condition from the list of conditions displayed.

    Refined list of conditions
  4. Optionally, record the date on which the condition first presented itself, and any comments about the condition.
  5. Set whether the condition is current or not. By default it is assumed the condition is current.
  6. To save the condition, click away from the Conditions section.

Results

The new condition is listed. Past conditions are displayed in grey text.
Conditions in the Health Summary

What to do next

To edit a condition, click in the Conditions section to activate edit mode. Make the necessary changes, and then click outside the Conditions section to save the changes.

To delete a condition:
  1. Click in the Conditions section to activate edit mode.
  2. Locate the condition you want to delete, hover your mouse over it, and click Delete.
    Example delete condition from the Health Summary