Medical Form with Restrictive and Locked Fields Should Be More Flexible in Use

Currently, certain blocks in the Medical Form (namely Allergy and Conditions) have certain locked fields and fields that require a population of table values (allergies, conditions, medications, etc.). This is hard for a school to utilize as for:


1) Students all have a range of allergies, dietary restrictions, medications, etc. that you cannot account for. The blocks should have a space where non-listed items could be typed into a text field - maybe after choosing an "Other" option in the populated list of values.


2) Locked fields are unnecessary and do not work for all school situations. Our school in particular does not need to know when an allergy or condition started (As of Field) and "Who needs to see this" field. Actually, the latter field causes confusion because our institution's policy requires all residential personnel to have access to this information for emergency situations as we do not have a "nurse" on staff.


I would request that this is left up to the schools to choose the fields as they meet their needs.

  • Matthew DeLoach
  • Aug 22 2023
Blackbaud Learning Management / Academics (General)
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  • Lynda Torneck commented
    08 Aug 01:07

    How do we get Blackbaud to action this idea? We have been having problems with the mandatory As Of field for years, as noted in my comment from last September. Now, my medical form is completely not working because when you add a second condition or allergy to the form, the As Of field is completely not working meaning it won't accept a date. Given that this is a mandatory field, the form is not submissable to anyone with >1 condition or allergy. I am beyond frustrated with Blackbaud's lack of response to this relatively simple tweak.

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  • Michele Mendrick commented
    25 Jul 22:13

    I totally agree. Who needs to see this should be optional or at least editable to include the right people. We don't have dorms.

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  • Lynda Torneck commented
    September 06, 2023 21:28

    WE MUST LOSETHE "AS OF" DATE FIELD IN MEDICAL FORMS PLEASE!!! This field causes many issues each year and has absolutely no medical value. I also agree that the "Who needs to see this" should be optional and not a mandatory field.

    PLEASE FIX THIS!!!

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