Behavioral Health

Add Treatment Plan Objectives

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Objectives are the achievable steps a patient can take to meet an overarching goal. Review the following to define objectives for patient goals.

Add an objective

In the Goals card, click Show more to expand it. Click Add to the right of the Objectives section heading.

In Add Objective, enter keywords and select the objective from results or opt to use the objective as entered.

If desired, select a priority level for the objective, a Start Date, and a Target Date. Click Date Range to toggle the date range off and leave the start and target dates undefined.

For a complete listing of fields and definitions, see Quick Reference: Objectives.

See Maintain objectives to update this information.

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