Follow these steps to add a new past pregnancy:
- Open the patient record
- Make sure you are in the "Clinical" tab
- Make sure you are in the "Obstetrics" section
- Make sure you are in the "Past Pregnancies" section
- Click New Past Pregnancy to open the new pregnancy form
- There are three tabs at the top of the form - New Past Pregnancy, Outcome and Births
- All three of these tabs contain a form that will be need to be completed
- Section 1: New Past Pregnancy -
- Fill in the details of the Pregnancy #, Provider and Hospital
- Select a Gestational Age estimate -
- a) For age by LMP, click the Gestational Age by LMP tick-box and complete the form below
- b) For age by Scan, click the Gestational Age by Scan tick-box and complete the form below
- The Pregnancy Details section is auto-filled once the gestational age has been selected
- If conception was achieved by IVF, click the IVF Pregnancy tick-box
- To make the record confidential, click the Confidential tick-box
- Add details of Gravidity, Miscarriages, Parity and Terminations
- Click the Outcome tab at the top of the form
- Section 2: Outcome -
- Complete the outcome form with all the details about the outcome of the birth
- At this point there are two options -
- a) If the birth was unsuccessful, click Save to complete the form
- b) If the birth was successful, click the Births tab at the top of the form
- Section 3: Births -
- Add details of the baby's name, weight, gender, etc. to the form
- To create a patient record for the baby, click the Create Patient Record tick-box
- Click Add to add the birth record to the pregnancy
- In the cases of twins or multiple births, use the same process to create additional birth records
- Click Save to complete
The pregnancy has now been added to the patient's past pregnancies.