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Clinical Management
Use Clinical to record your consultations with a patient and their clinical details.
Progress Notes
Record notes about a patient's visit in Progress Notes.
Comments
A comment is frequently used text that you can insert into Progress tab using a shortcut key combination.

Clinical Management
Use Clinical to record your consultations with a patient and their clinical details.
- Actions
  An Action is a record of something that was done or is to be done for a patient.
- Progress Notes
  Record notes about a patient's visit in Progress Notes.
  - Comments
    A comment is frequently used text that you can insert into Progress tab using a shortcut key combination.
  - Diagrams
    To more accurately display conditions or procedures, draw on preset clinical images .
  - Examination Module
    Record the findings of a single consultation.
  - History Module
    Record a patient's clinical history and symptoms that have become evident since the patient's last consultation.
  - Management
    Similar to comments, use management items to insert frequently used text into a progress note.
  - Editing Previous Progress Notes
    Edit Progress Notes on the day they are recorded.
  - Medicare Benefits Schedule
    Associate Medicare Item Numbers with a patient's visit in the Medicare Benefits Schedule window.
  - Procedures in Progress Notes
    Add details of any procedures performed on the patient during a consultation to a Progress Note.
  - Reason for Contact
    Add a reason for contact or diagnosis to a Progress Note.
  - Review Notifications
    Add a Progress Note review notification as a recall or as text within the Progress Note itself.
  - Options Available on All Tabs
    Use these options on any tab of the Progress Notes.
- Prescribing
  Use Prescribing to prescribe medications to your patient, conforming with all requirements and regulations.
- Recalls
  A recall is a type of flag recorded against a patient's record to inform practitioners or practice staff of when a patient is due to return to the practice, usually so that some clinical procedure can be performed.
- Patient's Medical History
  History includes a patient's medical conditions, both active and inactive.
- Investigations
- Immunisations
  Use the Imm. tab to manage a patient's immunisations.
- Preventive Health
  The Preventive Health module provides assistance in identifying and preventing issues and potential problems by making suggestions or recommending actions.
- Assessments
- Cervical Screening
- Obstetrics Module
- Diabetes Module
- Summaries
  Clinical provides ormatted summaries which can be printed for patients.
- Measurements
  The Clinical measurements window displays the history of a patient's various clinical measurements.
- MedicalDirector Care
  Create Care Plans in MedicalDirector.
- Telehealth
  Consult with patients remotely.
- Honeysuckle Health Private Health Insurance Checker
- Tools
- Surgical Audit Tool
  Use the Surgical Audit Tool to record information about surgical procedures.

Comments

A comment is frequently used text that you can insert into Progress tab using a shortcut key combination.

Before you begin

Each practitioner can store an unlimited number of Comments of up to 250 characters each, and share them with other practitioners on your network. Comments are similar to Management items, with the latter also displaying a heading when added to Progress Notes.

Procedure

To manage comments:

Select the Progress Notes in the patient's Clinical Record.
Click Comment. The Add Comment window appears. The following image shows several saved comments, ready for use.
To insert a saved comment into Progress Notes, either highlight the comment and click Insert into notes or type the associated shortcut if the Comment window is closed.
To add a new comment:
1. Click Add to list . The Add Comment window appears.
2. Enter the comment text (maximum of 250 characters).
3. In the Shortcut field, enter a unique shortcut key combination for the comment.
4. To make this comment available to all practitioners on your network, set Available to all doctors.
5. Click Save to confirm.
To edit a comment, highlight it and click View/Modify.
To delete a comment, highlight it and click Remove from list.
To print all comments, click Print list.

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