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Custom Patient Messaging can be added to the Clinical Workflow® Suite application to be used for communication with the patient’s family. The Custom Patient message can be used within the Patient record, and selected from the Message drop-down. This will still allow Free Text messages to be added to the message when sent from the application.
How to Add/Create Custom Messages
- Navigate to the Admin tab > Clinical Workflow Management > Admin Lists > Code Lists. 
- Then select Patient Notifications from the Code List, and select Edit 
- You will then see the current messages listed (if there are current messages built out) in the Manage Patient Notifications window. 
- Here you can either select to Edit a highlighted Notification or Add a new Patient Notification. 
Edit Custom Message
- With Edit, you can make edits to a current message. 
- Name (what is displayed in the Message drop-down within the Patient Message in the Patient’s record) 
- Reply 
- Description (what is displayed in the Full Text area in Patient Message from the Patient’s record) 
- Sort Priority (used on the backend to sort dictionary items, not Priority of message) 
- Inactive (when selected this message will no longer show in the Message drop-down) 
Add Custom Message
Add new Custom Messages to the application
- See the Edit Message breakdown above for a description of items 
Sending Patient Message
You can now select the Custom Message by selecting the Send Message option within a Patient record. Click the drop-down in Messages, and select the Custom message that was created.
Full Text
- This will allow end users to add any additional information to the message prior to it being sent. 





