Understanding Health Information

Baseline

Select this check box to indicate that the current examination is the baseline examination for tracking the individual's physical condition over time.

Country

The country of the physician's address. When the Physician ID field is entered, and you select the country and exit the Country field, the system displays the physician's address (from the Physician Table - Address page) based on the specified country. If the individual does not have a physician ID in your system, enter his or her address here.

Date Received

Enter the date that you received or are entering the information about the test or event.

Date Taken

Enter the date that the individual took the test or immunization or completed the event.

Does Not Apply

Select this option to indicate that the test or event is not relevant for this individual.

Exam Date

The date on which the exam was administered. The default exam date is the system's current date. You can override this date.

Exam Type

Select the type of exam for this individual (for example, general health, annual, drug-screening, or fit for duty.

Values for this field are delivered with your system as translate values. You can modify these translate values.

Expiration Date

Enter the date that the effectiveness of the test or immunization or event will expire.

Next Exam

The date on which this individual should be reevaluated. The system calculates and displays this date based on the examination type that you specify. You can override the calculated date.

The system calculates the dates based on these values:

Annual: One year later.

Exposure: Six weeks later.

Periodic Surveillance: Six months later.

Physician

The name of the physician or other specialist who administered the exam.

When you enter the physician ID, the system displays the individual's name. If the individual does not have a physician ID in your system, you must enter his or her name here (or go to the Physician Table - Name page, add the name, and return to this page).

Physician ID

Enter the ID of the physician or other medical professional (from the Physician Table - Name page) who administered the exam.

Referral

Select the place or people to which this individual is referred for further examination or treatment.

Values for this field are delivered with your system as translate values. You can modify these translate values.

Test Not Taken

Select this option to indicate that the individual has not taken the test or has not completed the event.

Test Taken

Select this option to indicate that the individual has taken the test or has completed the event.