Add Social History
Record a patient's occupation, marital status and sexuality as social history in Helix.
Before you begin
Permissions:
- View Patient
- View Health Summary
About this task
Add social history to the Social History section in the Health Summary panel.
Procedure
To add social history:
- In the patient's record, locate the Health Summary panel.
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In the Social History section:
- In the Occupation field, enter the patient's occupation.
- From the Marital status list, select the patient's marital status.
- From the Sexuality list, select the patient's sexuality.
- In the Comments field, enter any other notes.
- To save the condition, click away from the Social History section.
Results
What to do next
To edit a family history condition, click in the Social History section to activate edit mode. Make the necessary changes, and then click outside the Social History section to save the changes.