# What Happens When I Process a Reminder?

To process a reminder, you must start a new progress note. When you begin a new progress note, the reminders drawer will appear. You can click that to get a tree view of the reminders for this visit.

1. In the tree view, you open all the folders that contain reminders (with dialogs) that you want to process. Then, click a reminder to bring up a dialog and begin processing reminders. The content of this dialog has been created at your site. The CAC or other person can create a CPRS GUI dialog that will allow you to click check boxes by the activities accomplished during your visit.

2. Marking a check box may bring up additional choices: an area for comments, a way to choose a diagnosis, or other ways to enter the information that will satisfy the reminder.

3. As you select the appropriate check boxes, the dialog can be set up to insert predefined text into the progress note you have started and select encounter codes to be sent to the Patient Care Encounter (PCE) package for workload credit and billing purposes.

4. As you make your selections, you can see the text of the progress note below the Clear, Back, and Next buttons. Below that is the encounter information. The bold text in those areas applies to the specific reminder you are processing. You can process multiple reminders, document the visit, and enter the PCE data all through this dialog.

5. You can select another reminders or select Next to go the next reminder that has a dialog defined.

6. When you have processed all of the reminders you wish to at this time, you click Finish to place the text in the note, send the PCE data, and place orders, or whatever else is defined in the dialog.

7. After you finish processing the reminder, you can make other comments in the note and have a completed progress note for the encounter.

Related topics

How do I know a patient has reminders?

How did this reminder get selected for this patient and how do I satisfy the reminder?