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Clinical Management
Use Clinical to record your consultations with a patient and their clinical details.
Patient's Medical History
History includes a patient's medical conditions, both active and inactive.
Adding, Editing, and Deleting History Items
The following information refers to a patient's clinical history listed on the Past History tab.
Editing or Deleting History Items
Edit past history items or hide them from view.

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.
- 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.
  - Adding, Editing, and Deleting History Items
    The following information refers to a patient's clinical history listed on the Past History tab.
    - Adding History Items
      Add past and current, active conditions.
    - Editing or Deleting History Items
      Edit past history items or hide them from view.
- 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.

Editing or Deleting History Items

Edit past history items or hide them from view.

About this task

For medico-legal reasons, deleted items cannot be removed from the database. Instead, deleted records are hidden from view.

Procedure

To edit a history item:

From the Clinical Window, select the Past History tab.
Then, either:
- Double-click an item in the list
- Select an item and press Enter
- Right-click the item and select Edit > Item from the pop-up menu.
In the Edit History Item window, edit the required details.
Click OK.

Results

The changes are saved.

What to do next

To delete a highlighted history item, click Delete on the tool bar or press the Delete key on the keyboard.