Chief Complaint Driven vs. Problem Driven Note

In the V11 Note in order for the HPI section of the Note to auto-populate with Note Forms you must choose Auto-Config when building this section of the note in Note Admin. This will allow the user to choose either a Chief Complaint Driven or Problem Driven note....or for that matter a note that is "driven" by both.

A Chief Complaint Driven Note means that the HPI section of the note will auto-populate with the Note Forms specific to the Chief Complaints noted for the patient. To achieve this, the user must choose Start New Note > select a Visit Type (previously referred to as Note Type) and then click on the Add/Remove Chief Complaints section and click on the desired Chief Complaints. Once the Chief Complaints are saved the Note Authoring Workspace will fill the screen, where the user will see questions and/or descriptives that pertain to that patients chosen Chief Complaints.

To have a Problem Driven Note and therefore have the note auto-populate the HPI section with Note Forms that pertain to the patient's noted Problems you perform the following steps: With the patient in context and prior to clicking Start New Note...go to the Problem component on the Clinical Toolbar...Put a check in the box next to the problem and/or problems that you want to have auto-populate in your HPI Note Section...then on the Clinical Toolbar click Start New Note and like before choose your Visit Type and click OK. Like the Chief Complaint driven note, the user will be prompted to answer questions specific to that patients selected problems.