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.
  1. From Vision Anywhere, open a patient record, see Selecting a Patient for details.
  2. From the Patient Summary screen, select New encounter and the Current Encounter screen displays:

  3. Select an encounter type from the list available, the default is Surgery consultation note:

  4. Select the date and time to update if required:

  5. You can now record your consultation, see Adding Clinical Data for details.
  6. Select Close this Encounter to finish and send the details back to the patient record.
See Why Should I Close Encounters? for details.

Recording a Consultation (2.03)

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