Patient Communication Tasks allow you to communicate patient-related information and document it within the patient's chart. Use the "Send as K-Mail" option to send the text of the communication to those involved in the patient's care.

Steps

To complete a patient communication that has been assigned to you, from your HotBox:

1. Click the Patient Communication task.
2. Review the patient communication information.
   1. Select Send as k-mail to forward the communication text to selected recipient.
      
      1. Click Show/Hide Groups and/or Show/Hide Address Book to review k-mail recipients.
   2. Confirm (or edit) the Date of the communication.
   3. Select the associated physician name from the Physician drop-down menu.
   4. Enter the Communication Text.
   5. Electronically sign the note.
3. Click Submit to complete the task.

Results

• The task status is updated to "Completed".
• If the Send as K-Mail option is selected, the patient communication is sent via k-mail to selected recipients.