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Set Up Alert Types

Use the Alert Type table to create a list of categories that you can assign to patient alerts.

How to Get Here

ViewPoint main menu > System Tables > Patient > Alert Type.

Choose Your Settings

Choose Record to Work With - Use the Previous and Next buttons, or the dropdown button at the bottom of the table window to choose an existing record to work with.

Display Active / Inactive Records - You can choose whether to include inactive records in your list. Enable either the Show All or Show Active Only option to include/exclude the inactive records.

Create new alert type - Click New. Then enter the description and colors for the category. When a patient alert assigned to this alert type pops onto your screen, it will appear in the colors you choose here.
Edit alert type - Select a description to work with. If you just created a new description, it is selected automatically. If you cannot find the description you are looking for, disable the Show Active Only option at the bottom of the window to include both active and inactive descriptions.
- Alert Type - You can change the name of your category in this field.
- Colors - Select colors to use when patient alerts assigned to this category pop onto your screen.
- Inactive / active toggle - Once you create a record, you cannot delete it. You can, however, flag it Inactive. Inactive records cannot be selected for your patients. You can, however, include inactive records in your list of records, and change them back to Active if needed. See "Display active / inactive records", above, for details.
Save your changes - Click Exit to save the changes you have made and close the editing window.