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Introduction :

Health Maintenance Master defines the periodic Tests to be carried out on Patients as per a defined rule.
On the basis of a patient's age, sex, PMH and the applicable Protocols, some Lab / Radiology / Consults / Procedure get scheduled with their respective frequency. The Doctor can also schedule a test on an adhoc basis as part of the Health Maintenance.

The Results coming in from Lab or Radiology or, Consult or Procedure are also displayed on the Health Maintenance cell of the Face Sheet.

Field Description :

Type: Displays the type of tests. There are two types of entries. The automatically scheduled Health Maintenance Test HM. The second being, One explicitly scheduled by a doctor ("Dr." shown in green background). Following are the types of tests:

LB: Lab
RL: Radiology
CO: Consults
PR: Procedures

Test Name: Displays the scheduled test name in brief.

Plus or Add button
: Applicable for type Dr. Suppose a Doctor has prescribed drugs to reduce sugar levels and wants to monitor a patient's blood sugar every two weeks for some time. The list of invoked depends upon the Type radio button, whether it is Lab / Rad / Consult. He can click this button and select the required tests.

HM Ordered icon
: Select the checkbox to order the required Lab, Radiology, Consult, Procedure, and/or Protocol.

Remarks: If a new test is added using the "+" button, the Doctor could enter the drug because of which he wants to conduct the test.

Due Date: Scheduled Date (Computed by the System as per Test Rule and Doctors altered Frequency if any) for this Test. If Due Date is prior to the current date, and the test is not executed, it means it is Over Due. Hence it is highlighted in a different color.

Freq: Displays the frequency of the test as per the applicable Protocol.

Status: The current status of the test is selected here. The available statuses are Tentative, Due, Done, Non- Compliance, Not Required. Under History, the tests with statuses Done and Non- Compliance can be viewed.

Done Date: Here, the date of the selected test done is displayed. The date can be changed by clicking on the calendar available next to this field.

Result: The result of the test done is entered here. A hyperlink of the Order No. is displayed if an ordered Lab or Radiology or, Consult or Procedure is present in the with the status ‘Results Received’. A click on the hyperlink displays the test result details.
Note iconNote: The results for Lab, Radiology, Consult, Procedure if present in the entered state then once the Order is created, it is replaced with the hyperlink.

 
Done Details icon: The Done Details button is used to enter information like Due Date, Status, Done Date, Freq No., etc. On the 'Done Details' popup, the Order No. hyperlink is displayed next to the Result/Comments field; on click it displays the Test Result details.

Notes: Enter the note for all the Health Maintenance tests. Click on the Insert Phrases to select and add required Health Maintenance Phrases in the Notes section. Click on Zoom Notes icon: to view the entire note.


Action buttons:

Ok : Click ok to save the entered details.

cancel : Click cancel to discard any changes made.

history: User can see history of HM tests whose statuses were either ‘ Done' or ‘ Non - Compliance' or ‘ Not Required'. In the Health Maintenance History popup, the history of tests (Done, Non- Compliance and Not Required) are displayed in columns Type, Test, Status, Date, Result, and Remarks.

print: Click the button to print the data entered on this screen.

Hint:
  1. A periodically run Administrator Process, computes the Next Scheduled Date.
  2. When user is starting a new encounter then if Face Sheet Encounter (Encounter started in absence of Patient) has HM (Health Maintenance) related tests with statuses such as 'Done', 'None Compliance', 'Not Required' then system creates a 'zero duration encounter' of type 'FZ', the Encounter History keeps track of these FZ Encounters. The FZ Encounters are intermediate encounters which are started and closed automatically. The result of this is that depending on the Done and/or Non Compliance frequency set for the tests in Face sheet encounter, the ‘Due' tests are displayed in a New encounter - created by a User.