The Encounter

Anatomy of an Encounter

All parts of an encounter may be navigated through the toolbar on the left-hand side of the screen.

The encounter screen may or may not contain these items above and a footer. 

Encounter Font Shortcuts for Windows PCs

• Bold your text: Ctrl + B

• Underline text: Ctrl + U

• Italicize text: Ctrl + i.

• Bullet points: - + Spacebar or * + Spacebar 

• Start numbering, and the sequence will follow. If you don't want the number sequence after (1) or bullet points. Press the Shift + Spacebar.

  

Encounter Events Log

Located at the bottom of each Encounter, above the Footer, there is a Current Events log which will be stamped with the date, time, and user each time an encounter is signed and re-opened.

Encounter Buttons 

Some sections on an encounter will have icons to the right:

Print Label: prints a label with subjective information
Mark All Normal: makes all Normal/Abnormal questions normal
Mark All Not Examined: marks examinable items as Not Examined
Copy from Previous Record: transfers all information from the previous encounter

• Useful for rechecks to reference what was found on the last exam quickly.

• If the last exam is a different encounter type, the formatting of the previous encounter would also transfer.

• This action cannot be undone.

Add Note: adds a line for additional notes

Copy Medications: lists all active medications with directions for each medication