Adding an Encounter
To add an Encounter:
Important - A patient record is not locked when you open an Encounter, other users can access and add to the same patient record at the same time.
- Open a patient record, see Selecting a Patient for details.
- From the Patient Summary screen, select New Encounter
and the Current Encounter screen displays:
- Select an encounter type from the list available, the default is Surgery consultation note:
- You can now record your consultation, see Adding Clinical Data for details.
- Select Close this Encounter
to finish and send the details back to the practice system.
See Why Should I Close Encounters?
for details.
Recording a Consultation (2.03)
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in the top right corner and follow the on-screen prompts.
in the top right corner and follow the on-screen prompts.
