1. Clinic Management
  2. Process
  3. Visit documentation
Process · Visit documentation

Visit documentation

Move an arrived encounter into clinical documentation.

Step by step

  1. Receive the patient Front Desk Coordinator

    Front Desk Coordinator confirms the encounter and marks the scheduled visit Arrived.

    • Mark visit Arrived
    • Updates Encounters, Patients
  2. Begin care Clinician

    Clinician moves the encounter to in progress and records when it starts.

    • Mark visit in progress and record start
    • Updates Encounters
  3. Record the reason and measures Clinician

    Clinician enters the visit reason and observations against that encounter, including units and observation times.

    • Tie findings to this visit
    • Updates Visit reasons, Observations, Encounters
  4. Write the note Clinician

    Clinician drafts the note under the encounter, checks author and content, then signs it and records the signing time.

    • Preserve Draft, Signed or Amended documentation
    • Updates Clinical notes, Encounters
  5. Handle an order Clinician

    When medication is appropriate, the prescriber records a Draft prescription order, checks the dose instruction and signs or cancels it.

    • Record prescriber and signing decision
    • Updates Prescription orders, Clinical privileges
Front Desk Coordinator
Records arrival.
Clinician
Documents and signs clinical work.
Clinical Lead
Checks privilege evidence and later reviews the encounter.

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