The main function of Patient Goals is to facilitate the participation of a patient in their plan of care.
Patient goal setting is a patient-driven activity through which the clinician provides a supportive role in assisting the patient in setting goals that are well defined and achievable. The Patient Goals component provides the clinician with a tool that can capture and document the patient’s self-defined goals, and serve as a location where these goals can be monitored and followed up. Patient Goals enables documentation of the following:
A goal set or not set at the visit
A free-text field to indicate the patient’s goals in their own words
A goal categorization field for aggregation and reporting purposes
Reason for goal (or motivation for goal)
Goal start date
Goal follow-up date
Goal steps (when smaller steps are necessary to meet a larger goal)
Ability to document short notes during goal follow up visits
Ability to alter the status of the goal to reflect active goals (goals that have been created or are being maintained), as well as inactivation of goals (goals that have been met or stopped)
Patient Goal Information: