Adding a Smoking Entry

To add a smoking entry:

1. From Consultation Manager , select the patient required and start a consultation if required.
2. Select Add - Smoking, remember you can press Alt+A then Alt+K on your keyboard.
3. The Smoking - Add screen displays:

   

4. Complete as follows:
   • Date of Recording - Defaults to today's date, update as required.
   • Clinician - Defaults to the staff member or GP signed on for the current session, update as required.
   • Private - Defaults to unticked, tick if you are recording a private consultation.
   • In Practice - Ticked by default, remove tick to record result was recorded out of the practice.
   • Smoking Read Term- Defaults to 1371.00 Never smoked tobacco select from the available list as required.
   • Smoking Status - Select as appropriate:
     • Smoker
     • Never Smoked
     • Ex-Smoker

     Smoking Read Term and Smoking Status are linked:

     • The Smoking Status default is Never Smoked, with a Smoking Read Term of 1371.00 Never smoked tobacco.
     • The Smoking Status status of Smoker, defaults to a Smoking Read Term of 137P.11 Smoker.
     • The Smoking Status status of Ex-Smoker, defaults to a Smoking Read Term of 137S.00 Ex-smoker.
     See Smoking Read Terms and Associated Smoking Status for further details.
   • Date Started/Stopped - Enter dates if required

   • Tobacco Consumption - Enter the appropriate information if required.

   • Notes - Select to add free text if required.
   • Recall - Select to add recall dates if required.
   • Health Promotion - Select to record Health Promotion intervention, for example leaflets, advice, invitation to a clinic, see Adding Health Promotion Intervention for further details.
5. Select OK to save and close.

Other ways to add Smoking entries include:

• Vision +
• Right click Navigation Pane - Lifestyle - Management Plan
• An existing Smoking entry

Simply right click on the entry and select Add.