Staff can enter a pain score in applicable records of a clinical record. The pain score has a maximum value. ezyVet automatically shows the maximum value in dialog boxes of the applicable record. The maximum value shown has a relation with a species. A practice manager can configure the maximum pain score of a species.

To configure the maximum value of the pain score of a species record, do this procedure.

The example image that follows shows a maximum Pain Score value of 4 in a New Health Status dialog box:

Note: You can also configure the maximum pain score that ezyVet automatically uses for all new species records of a site. But the maximum pain score configured for a species record always overrides the pain score configured for a site.

1. Select Admin.
   
2. In the settings list, select Patients.
   
3. Select Species.
   
   ezyVet shows the configured species records of your site.
4. Find and select the applicable species record.
   ezyVet shows the settings of the species record.
5. In the Default Pain Score section, select the maximum value of the pain score.
   
6. Select Save.
   
   ezyVet shows a confirmation message: