Field Categories are predefined system structures you can only select in the Field Designer or Field Selector. Adding or changing a field category is not allowed


Field categories


System Fields

1. None - this is reserved for system fields like Label


History Fields

1. Medical History

2. Surgical History

3. Social History

4. Family History

All fields in these categories are Unique Value Fields, meaning that in any form you edit the field, it will have the same unique value

For example the history field Hepatitis or custom patient fields like Nationality


Encounter Fields

1. Complaint 

2. HPI - history of present illness

3. ROS - Review of Systems

4. Vitals 

5. Physical Exam

6. Clinical Finding [generic]  - these also map on the older clinical findings features, and values of this type will be displayed there


Investigation Fields 

1. Lab 

2. Imaging

3. Paraclinical Finding [generic] - these also map on the older paraclinical findings features, and values of this type will be displayed there