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Patient Screening Layout

The Screening page in Helix is where nurses and staff record a patient’s main complaint, vital signs, and medical history before they see a doctor. It also provides access to patient demographics, previous visit history, and pediatric-specific charts when needed.

🌐 Overview

  • Screening happens after a patient is registered and admitted.

  • Once admitted, the patient panel shows the file number of the patient, patient name, and time of admission, if the visit was booked with the original booking time; if not, it clearly flags the visit as a Walk-in

  • Staff can open Screening from Today’s Admissions.

  • Information recorded includes:

    • Chief Complaint

    • Vital Signs

    • Nurse’s Notes

    • General Medical History (persistent across visits)

  • For children, Screening also includes vaccination charts, growth charts, and pediatric-specific notes.

🧭 Navigation

  1. Go to Home → Today’s Admissions.

  2. Click Send to Screening to update the status from waiting to Screening(Optional)

  3. Select the patient and click Screening.

⚙️ Screening Page Layout

🔹 Top Section – Patient Demographics

  • File Number, Name, Photo (if uploaded from Emirates ID).

  • Blood Group

  • Age, Gender, Nationality, Date of Birth, Mobile Number, National ID, etc.

  • Tags – small notes visible to staff and doctors.

  • Insurance or Contract details (if linked).

Quick Shortcuts (under patient name):

  • Investigations → Upload or view.

  • Documents → View.

  • Forms → View, Fill & Sign.

  • Consents → View or Re-sign.

  • Add Service / Package.

  • Consumables → Issue stock.

  • Open Patient Profile.

Visibility of sensitive data(mobile, email) depends on the roles and persmissions

🔹 Center – Screening Information

  • Chief Complaint → Patient’s main issue.

  • Vital Signs → Height, Weight, BMI (auto-calculated), Blood Pressure, Pulse, Respiration, Temperature, Waist Circumference, Duration of Illness.

  • BMI is calculated automatically if both height and weight are provided.

  • Nurse’s Notes → Free-text entry for nurse observations.

🔹 Right Panel – Patient History

  • Shows all previous visits in chronological order.

  • Includes notes made by doctors and nurses in those visits.

🔹 Left Panel – Patient Management

  • Includes items like Prescription, Investigations Referrals, Schedule Surgery or External Service, etc.

 

🧭 General Medical History

  • Completed once during the first visit and updated only when needed.

  • Always required for compliance.

Sections include:

  • Diabetes

  • Hypertension

  • Allergies

  • Past Medical History

  • Past Surgical History

  • Family History

  • Social Habits

  • Current Medication

How to Record:

  • Diabetes/Hypertension: Click Edit, toggle ON, enter details (type, duration, control status).

  • Other conditions: Click +, choose from dropdown.

  • If not applicable: mark as “No condition”(-) (mark as none, don’t leave blank).

  • Medications: Add them in the Current Medication section (add item if not present in the dropdown).

  • Medical History updates automatically with time (e.g., years since diagnosis basis date selected).

🧒 Pediatric Screening

Extra features appear for pediatric patients:

  • Vaccination Chart

    • Expand to view and add notes.

    • Can be printed or emailed(provided integration is done).

  • Growth Charts (visible in Medical Record specifically)

    • Includes standard weight growth chart, length growth chart and head-circumference chart.

    • Select which charts to include.

    • Can be printed or emailed.

  • Extra Pediatric Fields

    • Circumference.

    • Child brought by.

    • Baby’s activities.

    • Feeding method.

    • Crying description.

    • General examination. 

 

🧭 Nursing Forms

  • Located in the left-hand panel.

  • Examples:

    • General Forms
    • Fall Risk Assessment
    • Pain Assessment

  • Saved forms can be edited or deleted.

  • Availability/access depends on user role permissions and specialty and clinic setup.

Examples

Pain Assessment

  • Open the left pane → Nursing Forms → Pain Assessment.
  • Fill out all fields, then click Save.
  • A bottom-right notification appears: “Successfully created.”
  • Result: On the right-side medical history panel (above Screening and Vital Signs), a new entry shows the form name, Edit and Delete buttons, and Created by.

Fall Risk Assessment

  • Open the left pane → Nursing Forms → Fall Risk Assessment.
  • Complete the form; the Score and Interpretation are calculated automatically.
  • Click Approve.
  • A bottom-right notification appears: “Successfully created.”

The assessment appears on the right-side medical history panel with Edit and Delete buttons, and Created by.

 

🔄 Workflow Reminders

  • Vitals must be entered once per visit (not per provider).

  • Recording the vital signs is a Healthcare Authority requirement. These measurements should be taken and recorded every time the patient visits the clinic

  • General Medical History must not be skipped – mark conditions as “None” if absent.

  • All Screening entries stay visible for doctors in their charting view.

  • The left-pane shortcuts (e.g., Prescriptions, External Investigations, Refer Patient) appear in both the Screening page and the Medical Chart

💡 Pro Tips

  • ✅ Enter at least one Chief Complaint for every patient.

  • ✅ Never leave history fields blank – always record “None” if nothing exists.

  • 📊 Use pediatric charts for accurate child monitoring.

  • 📎 Upload external reports (lab results, referrals) directly from shortcuts.

  • 🏷️ Use Tags to highlight important details or key reminders.