History Lists Maintenance

Use History Lists Maintenance to maintain value lists for each of the drop-down fields in the Patient Medical History Tab.  A value list is simply a list of choices that displays as a drop-down list for a field within a specific window, panel or tab.  Maintaining value lists allows you to quickly and easily enter the patient's medical history.  

Tip:  For more information about working with data in fields, see the Data Entry Guidelines.

Directions:

To see directions for...

• Opening History Lists Maintenance, click More.

   

  1.  Click File Maintenance from the Menu Bar.

  2.  Click EMR Maintenance.

  3.  Click Value Lists.

  4.  Click History Lists.
  
  Tip:  Or, use the keyboard shortcut:  [ALT] [m] [m] [v] [h].

   

  History Lists Maintenance Window Example:

  

   

• Creating a New History List Value, click More.

   

  To create a new value to add to the list:

  History Lists Maintenance Prompts Tip:  To see more information about a field, click the hyperlink for the field name.
  Value List Type	To identify the value list to maintain, click a choice in the drop-down list. Drop-down Choices: Alerts PD Far PD Near PD Lens
  	To display an existing value list, click the desired Value List Type and click Retrieve, or press [ENTER]. Keyboard shortcut: [ALT + t]
  	To complete and commit the entry, click Commit or press [ENTER]. Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + o]
  	CAUTION To avoid losing data, you must Commit new or changed records.
  	To create a new value to add to the list, click New. Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + n]
  Value	Enter the value to add to the list. (up to 100 characters)
  Description	Enter the description for the value. (up to 100 characters)

   

• Editing an Existing History List Value, click More.

   

  CAUTION:  To avoid losing data, you must commit new or changed values.

  1.  To display the record to be changed, click the appropriate Value List Type in the drop-down list and click Retrieve , or press [ENTER].
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + t]

  2.  To position the pointer to the information that you want to change, press [TAB] or click the field using the mouse.

  3.  Enter the data changes.

  4.  To complete the edit process, click Commit , or press [ENTER].
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + o]

   

• Deleting an Existing History List Value, click More.

   

  1.  To display the record to be changed, click the appropriate Value List Type in the drop-down list and click Retrieve, or press [ENTER].
  Keyboard shortcut: [ALT + t]

  2.  Click File from the Menu Bar, and next click Delete.
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT] [f] [d]

  3.  At the Delete Records prompt, click Proceed to delete the record, or click Cancel to escape from the delete routine.

  Example:

  

   

  Note: After you click Proceed, you will see the following message on the Status Bar.