Filing Messages

If autofiling is switched on from Tools - Options, most messages, although still unread, are filed automatically into the patient's record, see Switching on Autofiling for details. Those not filed automatically must be filed manually.

To manually file a message, either:

• Right click on a message and select:
  • File All - Select to file the whole message.
  • File Abnormal - Select to file abnormal results only.
  • Consider Filing Complete - See Consider Filing Complete for details.
  • Edit filed item - Disabled.
  • Delete filed item - Disabled.
• Double click on the message, you are asked ' Do you wish to file this message? Yes/No', select Yes:

• Highlight the message and select File arrow - Highlighted.
• Tick the message and select File arrow - Ticked.

• To file results from only one tab of a multi-specimen message, right click within a result pane and select File Tab, this files the results on the current tab only.

On the messages list Filed displays.

A message does not file if:

• It needs terms assigning, see Assigning a Term for details.
• It needs valid Vision 3 units assigning, see Assigning Valid Units for details.
• It needs to be assigned to a patient, see Assigning a Patient for details.
• It needs to be allocated to a clinician, see Allocating a Message for details.
• An action copy is marked as confidential. No-one viewing an action copy can see the right-hand side of the message details, these cannot be filed, see Adding an Action to a Message.
• If it has already been filed.