HPI TEMPLATE CREATION

To Create a History of Present illness (HPI) Template:

GO TO

Administration > EMR setup > HPI Templates.

STEPS

Step 1 : Scroll to the bottom to create a new template.

Step 2 : In the Title box, enter a name for your template.

Step 3 : Select the type of content you would like for your template, utilizing two features:

• DB fields: Allows you to insert demographic data from the patient chart (color: Yellow). Data will automatically be reflected in the HPI field of the note according to the patient’s demographic information.
  • Current Time
  • Today’s Date
  • Patient’s first name
  • Patient’s last name
  • Patient’s age
  • Patient’s sex
  • Patient’s DOB
• Choice tags: Enable you to create choice tags, providing choices as answers for the question you added.

Step 4 : Select the type of choice tag. There are two types of tags:

• Multi select YES: Allows the user to choose more than one answer (color: purple).
• Multiselect NO: Implies there is only one answer to the question (color: blue).
• Default Value YES: Allows the user to set a default option.
• Default Value NO: Implies there is no default option.

Click Create.

Step 5 : Click the Add button to add your newly created template.

Once you create a template, you can use the same steps to edit an existing template.