Because there needs to be a complete audit trail of Medical Notes, the software does not allow deletion.

Medical Notes can be edited in a way to hide them from the Medical History tooltip.

All iterations of a Medical Note (full history) can be viewed by means of the Show Audit option in the Medical tab.

Hiding a Medical Note from Medical History Tooltip

It is not possible to delete a Medical Note, but you can hide it from the Medical History tooltip.

To hide a Medical Note from the Medical History Tooltip

1. Select the Note.

2. Click the Edit (e|d) button .

3. Replace the Note text contents with either a dash "-" or the word "ERASED", and press Enter.

   

4. Click OK.

5. This note will then normally not be visible in the Medical History Tooltip, but will be visible in the Medical tab:

   

   All of its historical iterations will be visible in the Medical tab when you check (tick) the Show Audit checkbox: