Task
Editor
Creating
a New Task For A Patient
- Click the Clinician Dashboard
perspective or the Nurse Dashboard perspective on the HealtheVet Desktop
perspective selector.
- Click the name of the
patient for whom you want to create a task.
- On the main menu, click Action, then click Create
Task.
or
Click an icon adjacent to the patient’s name on the Clinician or Nurse
Dashboard and click the Link Task link at the bottom of the screen.
or
Click an icon adjacent to the patient’s name in the Task column
(or the blank area under the Task heading where a Task icon would appear) and click the New Task
link.
The Create Task dialog box appears (graphic).
Note: If the Link
[item] to Task dialog box appears (graphic),
select the task to which you want to link the item or select Link to new
task.
- In the Subject field,
type the subject of the new task.
- In the Due field, type or select a due date for the task. (The default is today.)
Note: This field does not support relative date notation (T-20, for example).
- Select a priority for
the task (the default is low).
- Click Save.
The task is created.
Note: Icons do not appear on the dashboard until the task is due.
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