Nopali Help Nopali HelpYou can create and manage progress notes for patients using Nopali. Press the Patient History item in the toolbar to see this view:
The Patient History view is populated with an upper table, a note field lower down and several buttons:
The top table shows a list of history entries. Selecting one of the rows will show the associated note on the bottom part of the window:
You may also print a summary of all the notes by pressing the 'Notes Page View' button:
You can create a progress note by pressing the 'New Entry' button. The New Event Entry sheet will come down:
A History Entry requires several pieces of information. The obligatory fields are marked with an asterix (*). Most of the fields are self-explanatory. The Diagnosis and Intervention fields MUST have entries that appear on your Diagnosis and Intervention tables. If you want to create an entry with a new diagnosis (or intervention), then you can press the round button next to the respective field to see the corresponding table and enter the new value:
You can also double-click on the diagnosis/intervention table to populate the corresponding field.
Associated charges can be entered using the Charges Table in the 'Billing' tab:
A convenience method in the New Event Entry Sheet is access to the Price List. Once the intervention field has been completed, Nopali will check to see if there is an entry for this procedure in one or more of the price lists. If an entry is found, the '$' button to the right of the intervention field to become enabled:
Pressing the button will show a listing of the different price list associated with this intervention. Selecting one of the menu items will populate the charges table accordingly.
You are not obliged to use the Price List button. Nor are you obliged to keep the values transferred from the Price List. To modify values in the table, just single-click on a cell in the table. To add another row to the table, press the '+' button at the top right corner of the table:
You can also add multiple procedures to an event entry by pressing the round '+' button to the right of the table:
In order to add a progress note to the chart, click on the 'Notes' tab and type free text into the text view:
Once you are satisfied with the values for the entry, press the 'Accept' button at the lower end of the sheet. Note that this button will only light up if all the values in the sheet check out for consistency.
You can make changes to your history entries by making the table editable. To render the table editable, press the 'lock' button on the lower right corner of the window:
Once the table is rendered editable, you can single-click on individual cells to edit them. Rows that have been edited are given an 'alert' symbol at the beginning of the row:
