Immunizations and Injections

The Immunization / Injections encounter section displays by default in the visit encounter Subjective. If the patient/employee has known immunizations or injections documented in the chart, the section here will display in a bulleted list on the left side of the Immunizations / Injections encounter section. Hovering over the imm/inj list will display options to manage each historical immunization or injection.

Opens the Edit Injection screen. Users can modify existing imm/inj, add date, as well as document a reaction or Add a task.

Opens the Delete Injection screen. Users will be required to click the Delete button a second time to verify that they truly wish to delete the injection record.

Opens the Add Task screen. Add Task allows the user to task a department or individual user with a task note regarding this injection record.

Click to drag and drop and reorder the historical injection record as they display on the Immunizations / Injections section list.

Using the Immunization / Injection Quick List

Click the “double arrow up or down” icons to open/close all Quick List items in the Immunizations / Injections encounter section all at once. Or the “single arrow up or down” to open or close each individual Quick List section.

Click either “+” button to add a historical injection record not already populated on the Quick List. Adding injection records in this method will open the Add Injection screen and the user may use the autocomplete to search for an injection name.

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Begin to type in the name of a specific injection name in the Search field, then click the “+” button.

When using the Search field prior to clicking the “+” button, the user will see a partial list of options in the Add Injection screen. If the search option is not used in the Quick List, and users simply click on the “+” button, the injection dropdown will not pre populate with options. Once the Add Injection screen displays, select an option from the injection name dropdown list or begin typing the injection name.

It is recommended that users select from predefined options from the dropdown injection/immunization name field. Items in the dropdown are stored as coded/structured data within the system. The system will allow users to enter free text as a historical injection record, however when done so, this data is not structured and limits reporting capabilities.

Add Injection

Once the injection Name has been entered and selected, type the date the historical injection was given.

Begin typing the type of reaction encountered by this injection The Reaction** field will accept free text.

Click the Save button to add the historical injection record to the patient’s immunization/injection list. Click the Add Another to save the historical injection record to the patient’s list and it will refresh the screen to immediately proceed and add another.