Creating custom questionnaires is a powerful way to capture data from patients or care team members in the care flow. In addition to asking the right questions, it is important that questions and answers use the right coding. Coding can be used to standardize clinical terms and give more meaning to the data you are collecting, making sure the collected data adheres to a specific registry, standard outcomes set (like ICHOM), or research protocol. Coding also helps to make data analysis easier.

Finally, throughout your flow you use data points to configure conditional transitions. Coding form names, questions, and answers allows you to easily find the data points for your conditional logic.

In short, coding helps to build better care flows and ensure high data quality.

This is done in the form builder. Click on "Settings" at the top of the page. The form settings page will open. In the text field you can define a form key. The form key is saved automatically.

You can find this key when configuring transitions and in the data catalog.

This is done in the form builder. Choose the question for which you want to set the question key. On the right side, the setting for this specific question appears. Enter the desired question key in the "Change question key" text field. The question key is saved automatically.

You can find this key when configuring transitions and in the data catalog.

Only the value of the answers to a Singe select and Multiple select questions can be changed. When selecting a question the default coded answer values are shown in the column before the answer label. Click the value column and you can change these values according to your needs. The new values are saved automatically.

NOTE: Yes / No questions are automatically encoded as TRUE and FALSE.

Read more about managing data points and coded values in the data catalog.