Consult Notes

After you have started a consult for a patient, you can add consult notes.

About this task

You can insert notes by free-typing, or by typing abbreviations or smart functions. For more information, see

Procedure

To add consult notes:
  1. In the Consult iconConsult panel, click where you want to enter or insert text.
  2. Type text or to select from an abbreviation or smart function, type \ followed by the first letter of the abbreviation. Helix detects that you have begun an abbreviation, and offers you suggestions to select from, from your customised list. In the example below, we have typed \pc.

    Example abbreviations
  3. Select the option you want to insert. The full statement is inserted.

    Result of abbreviation selection
  4. If you select a measurement or observation smart function, for example \BP, enter the measurements in the window displayed and click Save.

    Example measurements window

Results

The consult notes are saved automatically.

Any observations are added to the Actions section of the Consult iconConsult panel and Measurements iconMeasurements panel.

When the consult is ended, consult notes are added to the patient timeline.