What is the difference between New Section and SOAP section fields? – DrChrono Customer Success

When building a form, you have the option to have fields in appear SOAP format.

Navigate to Clinical and select Form Builder.

Under the Form Tools, there are two section types: New and SOAP. New Sections do not have any formatting assigned to them. When you add a field that is in SOAP section, you can assign it to the Subjective, Objective, Assessment or Plan section of the note.

The New Section text field has only one area for generated text. With the SOAP Section field, you can have the field appear in the desired section of the note. Simply enter the text associated with the field, in the Subjective, Objective, Assessment, or Plan generated text.

Note: When saving a form under Additional, use the New Section field (only). This will allow proper rendering when the note is previewed. When saving Additional Forms it is important to ensure that New Section is selected or the form will not be available when you preview note > select print sections option.

To make a SOAP field, click SOAP Section.

Next, create the field label and enter the information you would like to appear on the note under the appropriate section. Click Update Field when finished and repeat for other fields.

In the form below each field has been assigned a SOAP section.

The note will render in SOAP format.

Note: When using the option to "Print Section", the proper SOAP template must be selected in order to populate all of the data entered. It is also important to note that, Additional Forms that are not built using the New Section field will not be included in the Print section.

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