Inserting one PowerNote template into another (Dr. Barker)

.It is possible to utilize one PowerNote template inside another – typically this occurs because you are using one of your customized PreCompleted notes and you realize that the patient has a specific complaint that could be more easily documented using an available PowerNote designed for that complaint.  Here is how you insert one note into another.

Here I have opened the HIV Outpatient note and started to work with it when I realize that this patient really has abdominal pain as their primary problem.

Go to “Documentation” click on it and choose “Encounter Pathway" 

In the resulting Popup I type Abdominal Pain and I pick the middle one, and click OK in the right lower corner. 

 

Now what I get is a combination of the note type I started with and most of the components of the abdominal pain note inserted into my original note.   Many of these are very useful for documenting this specific type of complaint.