After you create a chart/ procedure note you may want to share the visit summary with your patient which can be accomplished using the Patient Visit Summary.
In this article you'll learn:
Patient Visit Summary
Patient Visit Summary is a summary of notes to be shared with the patient about their appointment. It is created as part of the encounter notes for the appointment.
When you create an encounter note for an appointment and either save or commit the note, Print Patient Visit Summary button will appear in the appointment window.
Click the button to create a PDF of the visit summary details. Only the contents in the Patient Visit Summary input field will appear, keeping the rest of the encounter note visible for your practice only.
Share the Patient Visit Summary with Your Patients
In order to share the visit summary details with the patient, click Print Patient Visit Summary button in the appointment window. The PDF will open in a separate tab.
There are 2 options to share the summary with the patient:
- print out the results on premises and share with the patient
- download the PDF and send it via messages for the patient to receive via the patient portal.