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
- Open the patient’s Clipboard.
For more information, go to Accessing the Clipboard on the iPad.
- Tap the Family History button.
- Tap Add Family History.
A Search window opens.
- Enter the first few letters of the medical condition name to search.
- Tap the name of the medical condition.
The medical condition is added to the Clipboard and a list of family members appears.
- Select the family members who have/had the medical condition.
- 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.