Recording Smoking Status
The Smoking Status screen enables you to quickly input a patient's smoking status.
To record a smoking status:
- Highlight the required indicator on the Alert screen and either:
- Double click the indicator line,
- Right click and select Smoking from the menu, or,
- Select Smoking from the toolbar.
- Select a smoking code and optionally enter a quantity.
- Record the Event Date or use the drop-down list to select from the calendar.
- If the patient is a smoker or ex-smoker record the Smoking Cessation advice code and optionally enter a second cessation code.
- Record the Cessation Date or use the drop-down list to select from the calendar.
- Select OK to save the changes to the patient record:Note - When the smoking entry is added to the patient record, the Date Started and Date Stopped data entry boxes do not populate.
Note - To print this topic select Print in the top right corner and follow the on-screen prompts.