This page appears when you click the Add button or click a comment description on the Comments page.

• If you access this page using the Add button, the page is called Add [patient, order, <order choice>, or <test>] Comment, based on the item to which you are adding the comment. Harvest Webstation enters the order choice or test name into the title.
• If you access this page by clicking a comment description, the page is called Edit [patient, order, <order choice>, or <test>] Comment, based on the level of the comment you are editing. Harvest Webstation enters the order choice or test name into the title.

Adding or Editing Comments

Note that you must have the necessary security settings in order to add, modify, or delete comments. See Configuring Harvest Webstation: Establishing Security Settings for more information. If you don't have the necessary security settings, the edit box will be in read-only mode, the Cancel and Save buttons will be replaced with a Back button, the "Don't report" check box will be replaced with "Yes" or "No" text, and "View" will be used instead of "Edit" in the title's text.

1. Enter or modify the comment in the Add comment / Edit comment field.
2. Indicate a Reporting Status by selecting or clearing the Don't report checkbox.
   • Selecting this option will keep this comment from being listed on reports and will prevent the comment from being transmitted through the HL7 host interface (if available).
   • Clearing this option will enable this comment to appear on reports and will transmit the comments through the HL7 host interface (if available).

You may modify your advanced configuration options to select the “Don't Report” checkbox for all comments by default, or to add a user-defined flag to results that have comments, so that reports sent to the host more clearly indicate which results may have clinically significant comments.

3. If you are editing an existing comment, Harvest Webstation displays the full name of the person who entered the comment and the date and time the person created the comment beneath the Don't report checkbox.
4. When you are finished viewing or modifying the comments, click Save to record your changes and return to the Comments page, or click Cancel to return to the Comments page without saving any changes.