Adding an addendum to clinical notes

Once you sign a clinical note or move it to history, you cannot edit it. However, you can add an addendum to a signed clinical note or one that has been moved to history.

Important: If passwords are enabled, a user must have the Modify Clinical Notes permission to open the Signature Manager and add an addendum to a clinical note.

To add an addendum to a clinical note

1.   Open the Signature Manager.

The Signature Manager window appears.

2.   Click the signed clinical note that you want to add an addendum to.

The details of the note appear.

3.   Click the Edit icon in the upper left corner of the text box.

The Clinical Note dialog box appears.

4.   Click the New Addendum toolbar button.

The New Addendum dialog box appears.

5.   Type the addendum or select the appropriate note from the template list.

6.   To save the addendum, click OK.