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Definition Clinical Notes is the space where staff record and exchange written notes about a patient. MANSOQ groups the messages into titled discussions, so different topics stay separate. You find Clinical Notes in the Notes tab, which shows a…

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Definition

Clinical Notes is the space where staff record and exchange written notes about a patient. MANSOQ groups the messages into titled discussions, so different topics stay separate. You find Clinical Notes in the Notes tab, which shows a panel called Discussions.

Clinical Notes is a MANSOQ feature for staff collaboration. MANSOQ does not map Clinical Notes to an FHIR R5 resource.

Key Attributes

A discussion groups related messages under one title. A message is one entry in a discussion.

Components What it captures
Title The subject of the discussion. The title holds up to 255 characters.
Message The text of one entry in a discussion. The text supports Markdown formatting.
Author The staff member who wrote the message. MANSOQ records this for you.
Time The date and time of the message. MANSOQ records this for you.

A discussion holds a title only. A message holds text only. This module has no status, no category, and no coded value.

Encounter discussions and patient discussions

MANSOQ keeps two separate spaces for discussions:

The two lists never overlap. A patient discussion never appears inside an encounter. An encounter discussion never appears on the patient profile.

Order of discussions and messages

MANSOQ lists the discussions with the most recent first. Inside a discussion, the newest message appears at the bottom. MANSOQ loads older messages 20 at a time as you scroll up.

Permanence

MANSOQ shows no way to delete a discussion. MANSOQ shows no way to delete a message. After you send a message, the message stays in the discussion.

Attachments and mentions

MANSOQ does not support file attachments in messages. MANSOQ does not support user mentions in messages.

Who can see and write

Action Permission Roles
See encounter discussions and messages Can Read encounter related clinical data Doctor, Nurse, Admin, Facility Admin
Start an encounter discussion, or post a message in one Update Encounter related clinical data Doctor, Nurse, Admin, Facility Admin
See patient discussions and messages Can view clinical data about patients Staff, Doctor, Nurse, Admin, Facility Admin
Start a patient discussion, or post a message in one Can Update a Patient's data Staff, Doctor, Nurse, Administrator, Admin, Facility Admin

If the encounter is closed, you cannot start a discussion in it. You also cannot post a message in it. MANSOQ treats an encounter as closed when its status is Completed, Cancelled, Discontinued, or Entered in error.

Note: No deployment setting changes how Clinical Notes behaves.

Related

Source evidence

References are pinned to the private MANSOQ source repository. Repository access is required to open these links.