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:
  1. In the patient's record, locate the Health Summary panel.
  2. In the Social History section:
    Example Social History Tab
    1. In the Occupation field, enter the patient's occupation.
    2. From the Marital status list, select the patient's marital status.
    3. From the Sexuality list, select the patient's sexuality.
    4. In the Comments field, enter any other notes.
  3. To save the condition, click away from the Social History section.

Results

The social history is saved.
Example Social History

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.