You can create Qnaire questions to collect a patient’s Medical History, Family History, Surgical History, and Obstetrical history.
To add patient Qnaire responses to the corresponding Health Profile section of the patient's chart, you will review and confirm them manually or enable automatic confirmation in the patient data settings when publishing the Qnaire. For more information, refer to Reviewing Health Profile entries linked to Qnaire responses.
📌 Note: If you do not have Health Profile enabled in your domain, contact the support team.
📌 Note: This question type is optional for patients to complete. You cannot make it mandatory.
Steps
1. From the main menu, click Qnaires.
2. Start a new Qnaire or select an existing one. See Creating and modifying Qnaires.
3. Click the Questions tab and in the top-left corner, click New Question.
📌Note: At the bottom of your Qnaire, you can also click +New Question.
A New Content box with the possible question types appears.
4. Under Choose Type, click History.
A new window opens.
5. Complete the sections that apply to this question:
Field | Description |
Type | Select one of Medical history, Family history, Surgical history and Obstetrical history. |
Question Text | Type a question to ask your patients. |
Question Subtext (optional) | Type any additional information related to the question. This appears under the question. |
Question Label (optional) | To change the way the question appears in the Qnaire responses, type a new Label.
For example: Question Text: Please confirm your age. Question Label: Age. |
Natural Language Conversion | You can convert a patient's response into a sentence that appears in an encounter note under the History, Examination, or Plan and Assessment section. ⚠️Important: For the response to appear in the patient’s encounter, the main question must have #answer in the Natural Language Conversion field. For more information, refer to Setting up natural language. |
💡Tips:
To move the question to a different position in the Qnaire, in the left side panel, click and drag the question to the suitable position.
To delete the question, in the top-right corner, click X.
To duplicate a question click the copy icon at the bottom-right corner of the question.
6. To add more questions, click +New Question.
7. To publish the Qnaire, click Next Step. See Publishing your Qnaires.
📌 Note: If you edited an existing Qnaire and you are done, close the Qnaire builder window. The Qnaire builder automatically saves your changes.
Updated November 18, 2025