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Clinical Notes Font Size, Styles, Colors

It would be very helpful if the clinical notes could allow certain text to be bold, italics, and/or a larger font. We are constantly duplicating information from clinical notes into Patient Alerts so that it is more apparent in the future. We also use lots of CAPITALS and ****** to bring attention to information in clinical notes. A simple rich text editor in there would be a really helpful addition.

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    RobertRobert shared this idea  ·   ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
    jordanjordan shared a merged idea: change font for progress notes  ·   ·  Show description
    ConnieConnie shared a merged idea: Font Colors, highlighting  ·   ·  Show description
    JessicaJessica shared a merged idea: Patient Chart Clinical Notes  ·   ·  Show description
    Areta ReimerAreta Reimer shared a merged idea: Allow choices of font colors in clinical notes to make certain text stand out more  ·   ·  Show description
    dvadnaldvadnal shared a merged idea: Highlite chart notes  ·   ·  Show description
    AnonymousAnonymous shared a merged idea: To be able to highlight text in clinical notes  ·   ·  Show description
    LoriLori shared a merged idea: bold and highlight in clinical notes  ·   ·  Show description

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      • jordanjordan commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        Obviously it is a problem in Dentrix online also! a capital "i" looks like a lowercase "L" !!!

      • BriBri commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        agree! we need to be able to write certain information in different colors.

      • MaryMary commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        We would like to have a Bold and underline and highlight on the clinical notes so that we can quickly see what we want to do next. We are anticipating being paperless.

      • LauraLaura commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        It would be great if the clinical notes could be different colors. Red for hyg. Black for admin, and blue for dr. notes. (Our office did this in the paper chart) Makes it easy to follow.

      • Lynn Ayers, TrainerLynn Ayers, Trainer commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        We need to be able to change fonts in ledger and in family file window. As some of us age and look at a screen all day, the thin small font that is there now is hard to view sometimes. If we could just make it bold it would help. I realize we can change some of this in windows, but I need to see as much information, clearly, in the most space possible. thanks

      • Mary E. MorrisonMary E. Morrison commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        I shadowed at the INSIGHT SEMINAR yesterday in NY. An attendee suggested being able to change fonts, colors etc just like in WORD.

      • LynnLynn commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        Yes, this would be great if we could change colors. Maybe hyg, could be one color, medical alerts could be another color, progress notes, yet another color. It would save having to read all the way through the notes looking for something specific.

      • LindaLinda commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        We would like to have color changes for text in clinical notes. Such as green for hygiene appointments.

      • Kirk KingKirk King commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        color choices are a GREAT idea. When we used paper progress notes, Hygiene notes were in GREEN, Operative Notes were in BLUE, Administrative notes were in RED. The best idea is to have this fully customizable and perhaps have the ability to tie to specific logons, such as HYG1 or FO01 (Front Office 01) for example.

      • KathyKathy commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        Would like the option of having color choices for each entry - such as red to indicate "no show" or late arrivals; purple to indicate miscellaneous personal information. etc.

      • Suzette Nikas DDSSuzette Nikas DDS commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        Clinical notes needs to be completly easy to customize. This includes the text size and color. PLUS; the date that shows to the lefthand side of the notes needs to be easy to customize, (diferent colors used for hygiene vs doctors), this would make it easy to see which notes to open up if you are looking for something specific.

      • NancyNancy commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        we'd like to be able to change 'type' color to red so that in the clinical notes when can type in red when the patient is a NO SHOW or arrives late or cancels short notice.

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