Alert Type Setup

This screen is used to create and alter various types of alerts that can be associated with patients and clients.

1. Add New Record and Edit buttons: Accessed the 'Add / Edit Alert Type' dialog (shown below)
2. Up and Down buttons: You can use the 'Up' and 'Down' buttons to control the display order of the alerts. The display order determines the display priority, which can be important if there are too many alerts, on a patient/client, to be displayed on the screen without scrolling
3. Page buttons: Using the '<< < > >>' buttons, or entering a value, navigate from page to page, or advance to the beginning or end of the list, or jump to a particular page number.
4. Row Count: Displays the number of rows currently shown, and the total number of rows, in the list.

Add New Alert Type

To add a new alert type, click on the Add New Record button. On the Edit pop up screen, enter the following information and click Save.

1. Alert Type: Enter the name of the alert type.
2. Icon: Here you can upload an icon to be associated with the alert type.
3. Options:
   1. Display On Schedule
   2. Require Comment
   3. Estimate Exceeded By
4. Product Interaction: Provides access to the list of products to which an alert message can be associated. 
   1. To define a product, refer to the 'Product Setup' screen.
5. Generic Interaction:Provides access to the list of generic product to which an alert message can be associated. 
   1. To define generic products, refer to the 'Pharmacy Setup' screen → 'Prescription Setup' tab → 'Generic Master Setup' tab

Edit Alerts

To edit an alert type, either double click on an existing alert type record OR highlight the record in the list and click on the Edit button.