Consultation Management

This form:



lets you define the attributes of the consultation. If you change the date here then every entry you make will carry that date. Similarly for the selection of a clinician.

Most importantly it also allows you to change and select an appropriate consultation type. This can be done quickly with the keyboard by pressing, repeatedly id needs be, the first letter of the Consultation Type.

Thus, 'S' for 'Surgery Consultation' or 'M, M, M' for 'Medicine Management'. It is good practice to use these types as best you can.

If you don;t want to start a Consultation with the patient, you just want a look at their records, then you can click on 'Cancel' here, which will display the record but not record a consultation against it. Pressing 'Esc' on the keyboard does the same thing.

You decide whether the Consultation Form appears at the end or the beginning of a consultation in Con Man Setup here:


So you can have it on open, close, both or not at all. Which is a matter of choice really, some find it easier at the start and some at the end. Unless you are doing exactly the same task every day with the record, I would recommend you have it appear at least once.

You can also bring the form back up to Update it by double clicking on the status bar on the bottom right of the Patient Record view here:



so if you need to change anything, you can!