Create an Intake Form

  Permissions: You must have Organization Administration permissions to create intake forms.

Intake Forms are custom forms that are created to provide a client with information and/or to gather information from a client. There are forms included in the system by default and you can create any other form you use on a regular basis. They may include regular and dynamic elements and may be distributed in a number of ways. 

Create an Intake Form

Intake forms are created either from Intake Forms tab in Client Portal or by creating a Dynamic Client or Case Form and copying it to Intake Forms.

To create and intake form in Client Portal:

1. Navigate to Organization > Client Portal and click Intake Forms tab.
2. Click +New Intake Form.
   
3. Enter Form Name.
4. Select to display Form with 1 or 2 columns.
5. Click and drag appropriate element to add to Dynamic Form. See descriptions below.
6. Drag elements to desired order.
7. Click Save Form when complete.
   
   

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Regular (Customizable) Form Elements

Form fields allow you to request information from the Therapist/Client when they are filling out the Form. Regular Form field are purple. See below for Dynamic Fields.

[Section Header] [Short Answer] [Paragraph Answer] [Check Box] [Dropdown] [Text Box]

A. Section Header 

Add a headline/title for a section or field. Section Headers appear bolded in form. 

B. Short Answer

This adds a field for short answers. Text box is for one word answers such as email address, date, number or URL. Dashes and special characters are not allowed in text boxes.

NOTE: You cannot have duplicate or same name text boxes. Example: Phone number. You must use differentiators such as Mobile Phone number, Work Phone Number, Home phone number, etc.

C. Paragraph Answer

Paragraph Answer adds a field for longer answers. You cannot limit the amount of information that you can enter. This for larger explanation type answers.

D. Check Box

This allows you to add selectable options. Users can select multiple check boxes. You can drag and drop options to desired order.

E. Dropdown

Dropdown allows you to add a multiple choice selection. Add dropdown responses in the order you would like them displayed to Client.
Select checkbox if you would like to make this a required field.

F. Text Box

Text Box allows you to enter form text such as instructions or information. Text boxes do not require action. Copy and paste any text in. Hit enter to create space/paragraphs within the text.

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Dynamic Form Elements

Dynamic Form Elements pull information from TheraNest into the Form for you. For example, you can now insert a Client Full Name Dynamic Dynamic Form Element and TheraNest will pull the Client Name into the Form for you.

IMPORTANT: Dynamic Fields are not available for Organization or Group Case forms.

The following are Dynamic Fields (indicated by being grayed out):

• Client Full Name
• Client Email
• Client Mobile Number
• Client Id Number
• Client Date of Birth
• Client Address
• Client Diagnosis
  

  NOTE: When the Client Diagnosis is added to the form, the form can only be distributed through Clinical Documents in Notes section of the Client page.

What it looks like while creating:

What it looks like in the Form:

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Dynamic Forms Elements Displayed

1. Dynamic Elements
2. Regular (customizable) Elements