Editing a Patient’s Family History on the iPad

This section explains how to record the details of the patient’s family history and how to mark the patient’s family history as reviewed.

To add a patient’s family history

  1. Open the patient’s Clipboard.

    For more information, go to Accessing the Clipboard on the iPad.

  2. Tap the Family History button.
  3. Tap Add Family History.

    A Search window opens.

  4. Enter the first few letters of the medical condition name to search.
  5. Tap the name of the medical condition.

    The medical condition is added to the Clipboard and a list of family members appears.

  6. Select the family members who have/had the medical condition.
  7. Tap Done or navigate to another section.

    Your changes are automatically saved.

If there is no family history, search by “No Family History” to add history.

Want to watch a video tutorial on documenting a patient's history? Check out our series on Documenting Patient Information.