# Service-Queues: which kind of clinical note belongs on the Current visit tab?

**URL:** <https://talk.openmrs.org/t/service-queues-which-kind-of-clinical-note-belongs-on-the-current-visit-tab/49832>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [July 25, 2026, 10:17am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/service-queues-which-kind-of-clinical-note-belongs-on-the-current-visit-tab/49832 "2026-07-25T10:17:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![ujjawalprabhat](https://talk.openmrs.org/letter_avatar/ujjawalprabhat/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@ujjawalprabhat](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/ujjawalprabhat)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2026, 10:17am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/service-queues-which-kind-of-clinical-note-belongs-on-the-current-visit-tab/49832/1 "2026-07-25T10:17:23Z")

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While unifying the Service Queues visit tabs onto the patient chart’s shared visit summary ([O3-5763](https://openmrs.atlassian.net/browse/O3-5763)), the queue’s inline visit-note widget was replaced by the chart’s read-only Notes tab. [Here](https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-esm-patient-management/pull/2600#discussion_r3604418819), we agreed to keep the ability to _write_ a note, and it’s back as a **Visit note form** launcher but that widget predates two other note mechanisms, so I’d like input before settling on it.

The options:

- **Visit note** (`esm-patient-notes-app`) — encounter-backed, carries diagnoses, visit-scoped. A durable clinical record.
- **Patient sticky note** (`esm-patient-notes-app`) — a standalone obs, patient-scoped, one current note edited in place.
- **Ward patient notes** (`esm-ward-app`) — obs written via an encounter, visit-scoped, edited in place with history.

Today it’s the **visit note** , same as before this change — the button opens the chart’s visit note form, which writes an encounter of the visit-note type with the clinical note and diagnoses.

Which of the three should it be?

Related: [#2600](https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-esm-patient-management/pull/2600), [chart#3509](https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-esm-patient-chart/pull/3509).

CC: @ibacher @nethmi @dennis @chibongho @veronica

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**Author:** ![nethmi](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/nethmi/32/19734_2.png) [@nethmi](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/nethmi)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 6:35am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/service-queues-which-kind-of-clinical-note-belongs-on-the-current-visit-tab/49832/2 "2026-07-30T06:35:24Z")

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@veronica @fanderson thought you guys might have some opinions on this so pinging you on it 😃 @ujjawalprabhat I think you’d probably get more feedback raising this on the squad call as well

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**Author:** ![fanderson](https://talk.openmrs.org/letter_avatar/fanderson/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@fanderson](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/fanderson)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 1:41pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/service-queues-which-kind-of-clinical-note-belongs-on-the-current-visit-tab/49832/3 "2026-07-31T13:41:05Z")

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@ujjawalprabhat the Visit note makes sense to me.

The Ward patient notes is used typically for admitted patients.

I think the sticky note function is more for quick references to notes or reminders.