Manually Add a Care Observation

Care observations typically come from external systems. As a care coordinator, you can also add care observations manually. You can then use the remote monitoring charts to analyze the data and health metrics to track patient health.

Required Editions

Available in: Lightning Experience

Available in: Enterprise and Unlimited Editions with Health Cloud

User Permissions Needed
To create a Care Observation record:	Public read\write access to the Account object

From the App Launcher, find and select Care Observations.
Click New.
Enter a name for the care observation.
In Observed Subject, select the patient whose care is being tracked.
Select a date and time when the care observation was made.
Select a code for the care metric being observed. For example, Pounds.
Select a unit of measure.
Enter a numeric value for the metric observed.
In Expected Value, select a Care Metric Target.

Note To include this care observation data in remote monitoring and to analyze this data to track patient health, select Monitored remotely. If you don’t select Monitored remotely, this care observation doesn’t appear in remote monitoring charts.
Save your changes.