Have you considered converting your paper-based health forms into a digital format? Dr. Leslie Jackson, a family physician in Illinois, has. Recently, she decided to convert her medical office's paper-based health history form into a digital format. She started by downloading the Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 Health History Questionnaire template from Office Online, but she found that the template didn't meet her needs for replacing her paper-based form.

Dr. Jackson contacted Microsoft to suggest improvements to the existing InfoPath health history questionnaire. She shared her best practices for customizing the health history questionnaire with Tony Northrup, a Microsoft MVP and technology expert. In the article "How to convert paper medical forms into InfoPath forms," which is listed later on this page, Tony documents the steps for creating a customized InfoPath health history questionnaire.

Use the following information and templates to customize a health history questionnaire that meets the needs of your medical practice or to help you convert other paper-based health forms to InfoPath.

• How to convert paper medical forms into InfoPath forms (Article)
  Tony Northrup shows you how to customize the InfoPath 2003 Health History Questionnaire template.
• Health history questionnaire with free-form list (Template)
  Dr. Leslie Jackson and Tony Northrup customized this health history questionnaire. It uses a free-form list, rather than check boxes, to document patients' existing illnesses.
• Health history questionnaire (Template)
  This InfoPath template makes it easy for physicians and specialists to create customized patient health history forms because the basic layout and data fields are already set up.
• Top tips for InfoPath (Article)
  Check out these timesaving tips for working with InfoPath, including tips for designing, filling out, and developing forms.