The Alerts History module can be found under the Charting menu. It allows you to add Chart Alerts and make comments on each. While you can add Chart Alerts via the Chart Alerts button on the far right in the Patient Profile Medical Tab, the Alerts History provides a more complete picture as it displays the dates and comments for each Chart Alert.
While Medical Alerts provide red flag notifications across the status bar, they are limited to the 5 available slots. To circumvent this, Chart Alerts can be used to elaborate on generic Medical Alerts.
The system was designed such that Medical Alerts could be used as prefixes, which are then described by the Chart Alerts. This way, the 5 alert boxes can provide categories of alerts while the Chart Alerts give the details.
E.g. We can set the Alert 1 box to read “HC“, standing for Heart Condition. We can then use Chart Alerts to expand on that, selecting something like HCBS to represent “Heart Condition – Bypass Surgery”.