These are specific notes about the patient that may need to be referred to at a future date, and are automatically 'stamped' with the creation date, time and creator's user code.
Dated notes may include notes regarding financial arrangements or conversations with other health professionals and/or the patient. It is also possible to search for information entered in this area. Any notes that are sent between surgery and reception, and vice-versa, using the pop-up note facility will also be stored within the Dated Notes section.
The pop-up note entries (which are in effect a type of dated note) are also automatically placed into this area.
Dated Notes can be assigned to Note Types, which are in effect the categorisation of Notes.
NOTE: From v12.4 editing of Note Types is removed from the View Note Types window, resulting in a subtle change in behaviour...
Previously, double-clicking on a Note Type in this window would display the Edit window.
Now, double-clicking is the same as clicking the OK button, effectively choosing the selected record.
To "edit" a Note Type, delete and then re-create it.