This page was originally created for VetView 2.0.12 in December 2020. It has been updated to reflect changes in VetView 5.0 on October 9th, 2024.
Both Episode Problems and SOAPs have been moved from being discrete Patient Record elements on their own to being part of the Catalog elements system.
This allows for more flexibility when creating the kind of SOAP forms that you want your clinical staff and students to fill out based on the kind of episode and patient that they are working with.
Please see Catalog Setup in 5.0 for details in building these new documents with the elements.
Episode Problems in a Document
To add a problem to an episode, you must first add a Document with a Problem element.
Adding a new problem from a document
Problems can be added in two formats: Either directly from a value list that your Hospital has pre-assigned to all Problems within the system, or as free text.
If your Hospital allows for free text in addition to the Problem list, you can enter anything that you want.
While you are working on the Problems for a patient, you can add and remove them as needed.
When you are done, be sure to click on the Save New Problems button to add the Problem to the official Episode Problem list.
