Removing medical alerts from patients

You can remove a patient's medical alerts (allergies and problems) as needed.

Note: Alternatively, you can expire the alert. An expired alert remains in the patient's record but is inactive.

To remove a patient's medical alert

1. Do one of the following:

   • How to get there

     1. If the correct patient is not already selected, use the Patient Search box to access the patient's record.

        Note: You can include inactive patients in the search results by setting the Include inactive patients switch to On.

     2. On the Patient menu, under General, click (or tap) Overview.

        The patient's Overview page opens.

     On a patient's Overview page, the Medical Alerts box displays any medical alerts that have been entered for the patient. Select a medical alert.

     

     The Patient Information page opens with the Medical Alerts tab selected, and the Edit Medical Alert dialog box appears.

   • How to get there

     1. If the correct patient is not already selected, use the Patient Search box to access the patient's record.

        Note: You can include inactive patients in the search results by setting the Include inactive patients switch to On.

     2. Do one of the following:

        • While viewing any page of a patient's record, if the patient has any medical alerts, the Medical Alerts icon in between the Patient tab and the Patient Search box is a red plus sign. Click (or tap) the Medical Alerts icon.

          

          The Patient Information page opens with the Medical Alerts tab selected.

        • On the Patient menu, under General, click (or tap) Overview. The patient's Overview page opens. Click (or tap) the Medical Alerts box.

          

          The Patient Information page opens with the Medical Alerts tab selected.

        • On the Patient menu, under General, click (or tap) Medical Alerts. The Patient Information page opens with the Medical Alerts tab selected.

        • On the Patient menu, under General, click (or tap) Patient Information. The patient's Patient Information page opens. Click (or tap) the Medical Alerts tab.

     On the Medical Alerts tab of a patient's Patient Information page, select a medical alert.

     

     The Edit Medical Alert dialog box appears.

   Allergy

   Problem

2. Click (or tap) Delete.

   A confirmation message appears.

3. Click (or tap) Delete.