SOAP Charting

SOAPware derives its name from the SOAP format used for encounter documentation (i.e. Subjective, Objective, Assessment and Plan).  

In SOAPware, the legacy format for encounters is for the Plan to be further divided into two (2) fields:  

  1. Medications
  2. Follow-up

Subjective

Subjective

The Subjective section will include the history or information offered by the patient.

Objective

Objective

The Objective section will include findings discovered by clinical examination.

Assessment

Assessment

The Assessment section will include the diagnoses addressed during the encounter.

Plan

Plan

The Plan section will include the plan for the patients care going forward.

Medications

Medications

The Medications section will include medications prescribed during the current visit.

Follow Up

Follow Up

The Follow Up section will include all patient follow-up instructions.

Scroll to see the entire SOAP Note

Scroll to see the entire SOAP Note

Depending upon the size of the monitor used for the display and/or the amount of information contained within the SOAP Note fields, all the information within the six SOAP fields may not visible in a single view.  In order to view additional SOAP field information, click the Up or Down Arrows in the vertical scroll bar located on the right side of the SOAP Note workspace.