eMED3 Fit Notes

Purpose

During or after a consultation, you may need to issue a MED3 fit note to a patient to sign them off work, or recommend that the patient's employer makes adjustments to help them back to work. This user guide will show you how to issue an eMED3 fit note from Medicus.

Creating a fit note

There are two routes to creating a fit note for a patient:

1. From a consultation - This is the most likely route, as typically MED3 fit notes are issued after a consultation where a clinician will assess a patient's fitness for work.
2. From the care record.

Creating a fit note from a consultation

To create a fit note from a consultation, you can find 'Fit note' from the actions menu, or you can use a '/' to open up the quick action options.

 

Creating a fit note from the patient record

To create a fit note from the care record, select 'Fit note' from the 'Actions' menu in the top right hand corner of the page.

 

Completing the fit note form

Creating a fit note from a consultation or from a patient record will open up the 'New Fit Note' form.

You can either send the fit note to the patient electronically, issue a printed fit note, or select 'Issued by hand' if you don't need to print a copy.

Once saved, previously issued fit notes are visible in the patient journal.