Deleting patient amendments

You can delete requests for a patient's information to be changed.

Note: Accessing a patient's amendments requires the "Patient Amendments, View" security right. Deleting an amendment request requires the "Patient Amendments, Edit" security right.

To delete a patient amendment

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

Click the Patient Amendments button on the toolbar.

On the File menu, click Patient Amendments.

If applicable, do one of the following:

If the Password - Patient Amendments, View dialog box appears, user verification has been assigned to the "Patient Amendments, View" task. Do one of the following:

If your user account has been granted the "Patient Amendments, View" 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 "Patient Amendments, View" security right, have a user with permission temporarily override this restriction so you can access a patient's amendments 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 "Patient Amendments, View" security right. To have a user with permission temporarily override this restriction so you can access a patient's amendments this one time, do the following:

On the message, click Yes.

In the Password - Patient Amendments, View dialog box, the overriding user enters his or her credentials in the User ID and Password boxes and then clicks OK.

The Patient Amendments dialog box appears.

Select an amendment request.

Click the Delete Amendment button .

If applicable, do one of the following:

If the Password - Patient Amendments, Edit dialog box appears, user verification has been assigned to the "Patient Amendments, Edit" task. Do one of the following:

If your user account has been granted the "Patient Amendments, Edit" 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 "Patient Amendments, Edit" security right, have a user with permission temporarily override this restriction so you can delete an amendment request 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 "Patient Amendments, Edit" security right. To have a user with permission temporarily override this restriction so you can delete an amendment request this one time, do the following:

On the message, click Yes.

In the Password - Patient Amendments, Edit 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.