Managing Reminders

Active reminders display as notes on a yellow background in Consultation Manager:

Reminders remain active when updated versions of new audits are imported, unless there is a significant change in the clinical nature of the audit line.

Activating Reminders

To activate a reminder:

1. From the Audit Source drop-down select either nGMS Reporting or All Audits & nGMS Monitoring:

   

2. Find the audit line you wish to activate a reminder for. This may have an Inactive Reminder alert.
3. Right click on the audit line and select either:
   • Active Reminder - To activate an inactive reminder. This places a tick beside Active Reminder.
   • Reminder - To create a new reminder. The Edit Reminder screen displays, add the reminder text and select OK:

     

4. The Reminder alert displays in Clinical Audit and after audit generation, a reminder displays in Consultation Manager for relevant patients.

Editing Reminder Text

To edit the reminder text:

1. Right click on the audit line containing the reminder you want to edit and select Reminder from the list.
2. Update the text in the Edit Reminder screen:

   

3. Select OK.

Remove a Reminder

Rather than removing a reminder, you inactivate it. Simply edit the reminder (see above), and remove the tick from Active: