Qualifier Types
Qualifiers add additional meaning to a Clinical Item Type.
A Clinical Item Type can have any number of qualifiers associated with it. For example, the clinical item 'Blood Pressure' may have two Qualifiers associated; systolic and diastolic.
To view, add or change qualifiers, select .
To View Qualifiers
To locate a specific Qualifier, you may enter the Qualifier Description in the Locate box at the top of the form. If you would like to view the list of available Qualifiers, you may use the vertical scroll bar.
To Add a new Qualifier
- Choose the Add button, and type in the new Qualifier Description.
See Create / Edit Qualifiers for more information.
To Clone a new Qualifier
- Right Click on a qualifier in the qualifiers list.
- Select "Clone Selected Item".
- Confirm that this item is the one you would like to clone.
Note When an item is cloned, only the data that you can edit in the Reference Tables dialog will be cloned. This means, that related Charts, Clinical Items and Recalls will not be cloned.
To Edit a Qualifier
- Select the Qualifier.
- Double-click to edit (or use the yellow triangle).
See Create / Edit Qualifiers for more information.
Colour Coding
- Black - ICPC-2 PLUS terms
- Blue - other items distributed by Communicare
- Purple - local terms
- Grey - all disabled terms
Adding the qualifier to multiple clinical item types
Right click and select Bulk Application. Search for the desired clinical item types (which can be multi-selected). The qualifier will be added after existing qualifiers if it does not already exist on that item.
Removing the qualifier from multiple clinical item types
Right click and select Bulk Removal. Search for the desired clinical item types (which can be multi-selected). The qualifier will be removed if it exists on that item.
Qualifier Usage
Right click and select Qualifier Usage to see which clinical item types have the qualifier attached. If the clinical item type is disabled it will show '(item disabled)'. If the qualifier is disabled on an enabled clincial item type it will show '(qualifier disabled)'. See Also Special Qualifiers