EHR Preconfigured Section - Allergies
The Allergies section is used to add the patient's drug, seasonal, and food allergies to the patient record, similar to how they are added in the Clinical ability. This section will automatically pull in any existing allergies from the Clinical ability, as well as allergies added on past forms. If a new allergy is added to this section on the form, that allergy will then also show in the Allergies widget in Clinical.
This section can be used on patient-facing Clipboard forms.
The following fields will be hidden on Clipboard:
Onset Date
Delete button
This section CANNOT be used on Patient Portal forms.
The contents of this section are as follows:
Active/All:
• Active option shows only allergies marked as "Active"
• All shows entire history of allergies, both active and inactive.Allergies Verified: Select the Allergies Verified checkbox if all current and newly added allergies have been verified with the patient (or if there have been no changes from the previous visit).
No Active Allergies: Select the No Active Allergies checkbox if the patient has no active allergies. This checkbox will be greyed out if there are any existing allergies tied to the patient.
Allergies: Click the Allergies hyperlink to add new allergies for the patient. In the resulting popover, search for a specific allergy or type three spaces and press Enter to load and select from all allergies within the MacPractice database.
Specific Allergy hyperlink: After an allergy is added you can add details for that specific allergy by clicking on that allergy. The fields located within this hyperlink are as follows:
• Severity: Popup to specify severity of reaction from a set list of options
• Identified Date: Date allergy was discovered
• Onset Date: Date allergy started showing symptoms
• Allergy Type: Popup to specify type of allergy from a set list of options
• "Active" checkbox: Specifies allergies that the patient currently deals with
• Reaction: Used to search and select the type of allergic reaction from an official database
• Notes: Freeform text for any additional information involving the allergy
• "Delete" button: Deletes selected allergy from patient record (Form and Clinical Summary)
• “Done” button: Commits any added changes to the Allergies sectionAdd Allergies List for Reconciliation: The Allergies section can also be used to add an allergies list from a patient or referral for reconciliation. Within the Reconcile menu, select Add New List for Reconciliation to add a new list of allergies to reconcile.
In the resulting window, select the source of the allergy list - Referral or Patient. Use the “Allergies” link to add any allergies not already associated to the patient.
Referral:
Existing referral for this patient: Click the Referral radio button, then select the existing referral from the menu if the patient's referral has already been added to the Patient > Referrals tab.
Create a new referral for this patient with an existing referrer: Click the Referral radio button, then search existing referrers as added to References > Referrals.
Create a new referrer and a new referral for this patient: Click the Referral radio button and add the Referrer First and Last name to the fields to create a new Referral reference and add the referral to this patient.
Patient:
Click the Patient radio button if you are just adding a list per the patient. Use the “Allergies” link to add any allergies not already associated to the patient. Repeat this process for each allergy to add to the list. Once finished, click the Next button.
In the next window, select any allergies to retain on the patient record, then click the Next button. Allergies which are not selected will be removed from the patient Allergy list.
Confirm the displayed allergies should be kept on the patient record with the Next button, or click the Previous button to return to list of all possible allergies to retain.
Options Pull from one of two Coding Preferences:
RxNorm database
Allergies (Custom) in References
Custom options can only be added to Allergies (Custom) in References
Entries added in this section will show in:
Allergies widget in the Clinical Summary
Continuity of Care document (CCDA) printed from the Clinical Summary
Reports that pull information for Clinical and Government Programs data
Sample Form View
Sample Narrative View
