Saving, Copying, & Sharing Responses
- Purpose
- How Conversations Are Saved
- Copying Response Text
- Sharing A Response
- Important To Remember
- Related Articles
Purpose
This article explains how Consult stores conversations, how to copy text from a response, and how to share a response with a colleague.
How Conversations Are Saved
Consult saves every conversation as a persistent thread. The thread is created as soon as a message is submitted, before the response is generated, so conversations are preserved even if the response is interrupted or the session ends unexpectedly.
To return to a previous conversation:
- Open Consult.
- Next to the blue send message button, click the clock icon.
- A sidebar will appear on the right side of the screen, select the conversation from the thread history.
- The full conversation, including all prior exchanges, loads in the main view.
Copying Response Text
Consult includes a built-in copy tool at the bottom of any given response. To copy a response:
- Locate the copy icon at the bottom of your Consult response.
- Click the icon and paste into a document, clinical note, or messaging application.
For smaller selections, you can select the text using your cursor and use the standard keyboard shortcut for your device (Command + C on macOS; Ctrl + C on Windows). In text citation numbers are included but not the actual referenced piece of literature if selected or if the built-in copy tool is used but can be removed.
Sharing A Response
Consult does not currently include a native share or permalink feature for individual responses. To share a response with a colleague:
- Copy the relevant text as described above.
- Paste into an email, clinical note, or institutional messaging application.
Important To Remember
- Conversations are private and visible only to the signed-in physician. They are not shared across users within the same organization.
- Conversation threads persist across sessions.
- Consult does not delete old conversations, you can find all of your previous conversations in the history drawer.