Creating a Task
Tasks can be created from:

To add a task:
- From Consultation Manager
, select the patient in the usual way.
- Select Tasks - Add New Task.
- Tasks is automatically opened with the New Task screen displayed and the selected patient attached. If you want to select a task template, you need to close the New Task screen, select Templates
and then select the appropriate template.

To add a task from a reminder in either Consultation Manager or Appointments
:
- Simply right click on the reminder and select Add task.
- Tasks is automatically opened with the New Task screen displayed and the selected patient attached. If you want to select a task template, you need to close the New Task screen, select Templates
and then select the appropriate template.

Simply select Tasks from the side bar and select New task
.

From any task screen within the Tasks app, select New task.
- The New Tasks screen is displayed:
- Complete as required:
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From - (optional) If you are creating this task on behalf of a group of staff you are a member of, select Edit and select the appropriate group.
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Recipient(s) - Select the recipient of this task, this can be one or more individual members of staff, yourself to act as an aid memoir or a staff group, simply start typing and a smart list is displayed to select from.
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Subject - Enter a short description of the task, up to 30 characters, this appears in the My tasks list of the recipient.
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Description - Enter a full description for the task, up to 250 characters.
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Attach patient - Select to attach a patient:
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The Vision side bar is displayed, type the patient name (either in full or part), select Search
and a smart list of matching patients is displayed. Select Attach > next to the patient required.
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- This task is sensitive - Tick to mark a task as sensitive, if selected only the sender, recipients and system supervisors can see the full details of the task.
- Category - Select from the pre-defined list, this facilitates the ability of the recipient to filter tasks allocated to them.
- Due date/Time - Select a date that this task should be completed by, either selecting the Calendar
and then a date or enter an offset time frame using the usual d=days, w=weeks, m=months or y=years short hand eg 2d = 2 days.
- Urgent - Tick if this task should be marked as urgent. If Make this urgent when overdue is already selected, this option is not available.
- Make this urgent when overdue - Tick if the priority of this task should increase when overdue. If Urgent is already selected, this option is not available.
- Create another - Tick to automatically start another new task when you select Send.
Important - Ensure you do not include sensitive data in the Subject line as this may inadvertently be seen by unauthorised staff.
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Select Send to save and send the task.
- A 'Task was sent successfully' message is briefly displayed at the bottom of your screen.

View the following video to see a task being created. For further videos see Video Tutorials.
How to Create a Task (1.20) |