How to make Quick Notes
Quick Notes consist of text and images that relates and contributes to a patients condition. The quick note is useful to refer back to when a patient returns for a follow-up or future reference.
- The contents of this User Manual will consist of the following information:
- Add Image
- Camera
- Blank
- Upload from File
- Load from External Upload
- Text Box
- Set PDF File
- Print and Email
- Complete
- This user manual will start on the Diary screen.
- Click on the Clinical button in the side panel.
- The Clinical Case screen will open.
- Select the Quick Note from the Forms Library.
- The Quick Note screen will open.
Please Note: The Quick note will now display under the Active Forms sections.
Add Image
- Click on the Add Image button, this will allow for an image to be added, such as x-rays and other images to the note.
- The Video Capture screen will open.
Camera
- Click on Camera to take a picture. This uses the computer's camera or any other camera that has been set up on the user's computer to take a video/image.
- A pop up will appear in the browser to allow the browser to use the computer's camera.
- Click on Allow to use the camera in GoodX WebApp.
- Note that if Block is clicked the browser will not allow for GoodX WebApp to use the camera.
- It will now be possible to take an Image using the computers camera or a webcam that has been set up.
- Click on the drop-down menu: Active Camera to select the correct camera that needs to be used to take the image.
- When Satisfied with the image, Click on the Take Photo button.
- Click on Close to exit the screen without saving.
- Click on Save to save the image that has just been taken.
- The image has now been added to the image section of the Quick Note.
- To remove the image that was taken with the camera, Click on the Remove button next to the image.
- Allows for a user to draw images and make notes on the drawn images to add to the notes
- Click on Blank
to draw an image on a blank page.
- The Video Capture Screen will appear with a blank area where images can be drawn using the toolbar provided.
- Toolbar: A range of tools that can be used to perform a certain action on the page.
- Undo: Undo the action that has just been performed.
- Redo: Redoes the action that has just been undone.
- Clear: Clears the entire screen and erases all actions that were performed.
- Rectangle: This allows to draw a rectangular/square shape on the image.
- Ellipse: Allows drawing a circle /oval/ellipse shape on the image.
- Line: Draws a line on the image.
- Pencil: Enables a user to draw freehand.
- Text: Adds text to the image.
- Eraser: Erases a certain area.
- Bucket: Fills a shape or the background.
- Fill Colour: Allows a user to select the colour that would like to be used to fill objects with.
- Stroke width: Select the width that lines, circles, rectangles and freehand drawings are drawn with.
- Stroke Colour: The colour used to draw lines, circles, rectangles, freehand drawings and to add text.
- Click on Close to exit the screen without saving.
- Click on Save to save the image that has just been taken.
Example
- The image has now been added to the image section of the quick note.
- To remove an added image, Click on the Remove button next to the image.
- Click on Upload from File
, to access the files stored on the user's computer.
- The Video Capture screen will open.
- Click on Choose file to access the computers images.
- Search for and select the image on the computer that would like to be added to the note.
- The image will open into the Video Capture screen.
- Click on Close to exit the screen without saving.
- Click on Save to save the image that has just been uploaded to the note.
- The image has now been added to the image section of the quick note.
- To remove an uploaded image, Click on the Remove button next to the image.
- A file can be uploaded directly from a mobile device.
- Click on Load from External Upload, to use an external device to upload images.
- For an extensive explanation of this specific feature, please see the user manual: Use Phone as Clinical Camera.
Text Box
- Any text regarding the patient can be added to the text box.
- Click on the Text Box and start typing the note in the provided area.
- Click on Close to close the screen without saving the contents of the note.
- Click on Save and Close once done and satisfied with the text that has been added to the note.
Set PDF File (Upload)
- A file in a PDF format can be added to the note from the user's computer.
- Click on Choose File to access the files on the computer.
- Search for and select the .pdf document on the computer that needs to be added to the note.
- The .pdf document will open under the Set PDF file section.
Print and Email
Shares the content of the note via Email to the patient or any other email address.- Click on Email to open the
Email Workflow Event screen.
- Click on Print to print the content of the note as a hard copy for future and offline reference.
- For an extensive explanation on how to send an email or print the Quick Note please see the user manual: Email/Print Forms
Complete
- Click on the Complete button at the bottom of the Quick Note screen when done and satisfied with the content of the Quick Note to complete the form.
- Note that the button will change colour to green to indicate that the Quick Note has been completed.
- The note's colour will also change to green in the side panel to indicate that the note has been completed.
- Click on Save and Close when done with the quick note to return to the Diary screen.
Last modified: Thursday, 21 December 2023, 3:28 PM