Deleting patient health assessments

You can delete a patient health assessment as needed.

Notes:

You can also access a patient's health assessment when you complete a review of the patient's medical history.

Accessing a patient's health assessments requires the "Health Assessment, Open" security right. Deleting health assessments requires the "Health Assessment, Delete" security right.

To delete a patient health assessment

With a patient selected in Chart, do one of the following:

Click the Patient Health Assessment button on the toolbar.

On the File menu, click Patient Health Assessment.

If applicable, do one of the following:

If the Password - Health Assessment, Open dialog box appears, user verification has been assigned to the "Health Assessment, Open" task. Do one of the following:

If your user account has been granted the "Health Assessment, Open" security right, enter your credentials in the User ID and Password boxes, and then click OK.

If your user account has not been granted the "Health Assessment, Open" security right, have a user with permission temporarily override this restriction so you can access health assessments this one time. The overriding user enters his or her credentials in the User ID and Password boxes and then clicks OK.

If a message appears, informing you that you do not have rights to this operation, your user account has not been granted the "Health Assessment, Open" security right. To have a user with permission temporarily override this restriction so you can access health assessments this one time, do the following:

On the message, click Yes.

In the Password - Health Assessment, Open dialog box, the overriding user enters his or her credentials in the User ID and Password boxes and then clicks OK.

The Patient Health Assessment dialog box appears.

Select a health assessment.

Click Delete.

If applicable, do one of the following:

If the Password - Health Assessment, Delete dialog box appears, user verification has been assigned to the "Health Assessment, Delete" task. Do one of the following:

If your user account has been granted the "Health Assessment, Delete" security right, enter your credentials in the User ID and Password boxes, and then click OK.

If your user account has not been granted the "Health Assessment, Delete" security right, have a user with permission temporarily override this restriction so you can delete a health assessment this one time. The overriding user enters his or her credentials in the User ID and Password boxes and then clicks OK.

If a message appears, informing you that you do not have rights to this operation, your user account has not been granted the "Health Assessment, Delete" security right. To have a user with permission temporarily override this restriction so you can delete a health assessment this one time, do the following:

On the message, click Yes.

In the Password - Health Assessment, Delete dialog box, the overriding user enters his or her credentials in the User ID and Password boxes and then clicks OK.

A confirmation message appears.

Click Yes.