1.      Select the Allergies/Adverse Reactions/Warnings tab within the Patient Details window.

2.      Click Add  The Add Allergy / Adverse Reaction window appears.

3.      Add the source of the allergy:

• Enter Allergy by Drug
• Enter Allergy by Class
• Enter Allergy by Other: Allows you to free-type an allergy not necessarily related to a particular drug or class. You can also use this option to be more specific. For example if you wanted to record an allergy to EXELON you would normally use the 'By Drug' option and simply look for EXELON. However, if the patient was allergic to only the patch variety of EXELON, you could use the 'Other' option instead, and enter 'EXELON Patch'.

4.      Describe the nature of the reaction.

5.      Indicate the Type of reaction.

6.      Indicate the Severity of the reaction.

Click OK to confirm your input. Allergies added will be visible at the top-left of the patient's Clinical Window.

To view a percentage of patients who have not been asked about their allergy/adverse reaction status, see Patient's with Non-Entered Clinical Data. You can also print a list of patients from this search utility.