Patient Summary

The Patient Summary report prints information about the current patient and can also export all the clinical documents related to the patient. Use the patient summary when you need to hand the patient over to another clinician, for example, during medical evacuation.

To print a patient summary:
  1. Either:
    • In the main toolbar, click Patient Summary buttonPatient Summary and in the patient search window, search for and select the patient for whom you want to print a summary.
    • In a patient's clinical record, select Reports > Patient Summary.
  2. In the Patient Summary window, from the Use list, select the patient summary you require. STANDARD includes and displays the maximum amount of information about a patient.
  3. To review the information included, click Preview buttonPreview.
  4. If you are happy with the information included, to print the summary, in the preview or Patient Summary window, click Print.
  5. Click Close.

Customising the Patient Summary

You can customise the Patient Summary report to your precise requirements by creating a new report option set. You must start from an existing definition and change it to your requirements. You would typically modify the patient summary only for clinical reasons.

Users with Report Administration system rights can save new customised reports for future use, or save modifications to existing customised reports.

Tip: Everyone at your health service shares the same Patient Summaries, so you can use those created by other users.
To create a custom patient summary:
  1. Open the Patient Summary, either:
    • In the main toolbar, click Patient Summary buttonPatient Summary and in the patient search window, search for and select the patient for whom you want to print a summary.
    • In a patient's clinical record, select Reports > Patient Summary.
  2. In the Patient Summary window, from the Use list, select STANDARD which includes the maximum amount of information about a patient.
  3. Click Customise.
  4. In the summary window, step through the tabs and set or deselect information to include in the summary.
  5. To check the custom patient summary, click Preview buttonPreview.
  6. To make further updates, click Close and repeat steps 3-5.
  7. When you are happy with the new summary, click Close.
  8. In the Changed Patient Summary Parameters window, in the New parameter set name field, enter a name that identifies the summary's use. For example, Audiometrist for summaries appropriate for Audiometrists.
  9. Click Save.
  10. Click Close.