Create/Edit Problem
This is the screen used to create or edit a problem in the patient's medical record. See Concepts|Problems for background. The following screen shows a problem being edited.
The fields are as follows:
Date - the date the problem was created - defaults to today
Presenting Complaint - the presenting complaint
Diagnosis - the problem diagnosis
Status - this can be Unresolved or Resolved
Resolved Date - the date on which the problem was resolved
Clinician - the associated clinician
Problem Presenting Complaint/Diagnosis selection
These two screens are presented if you click the appropiate binoculars icon on the Problem edit screen. They allow you to select the Presenting Complaint or Diagnosis respectively. In both cases you can select from standardised VeNom codes or practice specific ones - the available sets are determined via the Administration|Lookups screen.
The Presenting Complaint selection screen is:
The selection fields are:
Type - this can be set to All or either 'Presenting Complaint' or 'Presenting Complaint (VeNom)'. All selects both.
Search - enter the text top search for. As per the example above, this does a 'contains' search rather than a 'starts with' search.
The Diagnosis selection screen is:
The selection fields are:
Type - this can be set to All or either 'Diagnosis' or 'Diagnosis (VeNom)'. All selects both.
Search - enter the text top search for. As per the example above, this does a 'contains' search rather than a 'starts with' search.
In both cases, you can click on the required item to select it and return to the Problem Edit screen or press Cancel to return without making a selection.