The patient's health concerns is documentation of health related matters that are of interest, importance, or worry to the patient, patient's family, or provider. To view the patient's health concerns, go to Patient Chart > Health History and see the entries under the Health Concerns heading. (TIP: Choose List View if you wish to edit items in the list.)

This section covers the following topics:

To Add a New Health Concern

1.To add a new health concern, go to Health History > New. The Health History Categories page is displayed.

2.Double-click the Health Concerns category. The Health Concerns page is displayed.

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Health Concerns

3.In the Description field, enter the description of the concern.

4.In the Associated Problems box, you can associate active or inactive problems from the problem list to associate with this concern. Select Import Problem to display the Problem List. Use the filter options to display all, active, or inactive problems. Then double-click the problem to add it to the health concern. The selected problem is displayed in the Associated Problems box. Repeat the process to add additional problems.

5.In the Other Concerns field, enter other concerns.

6.In the Health Status field, use the drop down menu to select the patient's current health status.

7.Select the appropriate person who provided information about the concern in the Author field: Not Answered, Provider, Patient, Family Member, or Other.

8.In the Status of Concern field, select one of the following statuses:

•Active: This field will make the concern active. This field defaults to Active.

•Completed: Completes the health concern.

•Aborted: Aborts the health concern. This reflects an inactive status.

•Suspended: Use this field if the concern is suspended.

9.Select Update to save changes and return to the list of health history categories. Click the blue back arrow to return to the Health History Review page where your entry is now displayed.