How to use Patient Status & Enrollment
Understand how Patient Status and Enrollment fields work, what the enrollment termination codes mean, and when to use each option in BC and Ontario clinics.
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Instructions
1. Click Patients in the left column
2. Open or create the Patient
3. If this is a new Patient, click Edit
4. Scroll down to Patient Status & Enrollment section
5. Fill out the fields as follows:
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Patient Status: (*mandatory) Indicates whether the patient is currently considered part of the clinic’s active patient population.
- Active: Patient is currently receiving care
- Deceased: Patient is deceased
- Inactive: Patient is no longer receiving care (moved, transferred, etc.)
- Patient Status Date: (*mandatory) The date the patient’s current status (Active/Deceased/Inactive) took effect. This information will be captured within the Timeline details on the Patient Profile to establish a timeline.
Note: The remainder of the fields are not mandatory and are more applicable to Ontario clinics.
- Enrolled to Physician: Refers to the physician to whom the patient is enrolled as per the MOH enrolment process. By enrolling a patient to a physician, the patient is becoming part of his/her "enrolment list."
- Enrollment Status: Indicates whether the patient is in active use.
- Enrolled: Patient is in active use
- Not Enrolled: Patient is not enrolled to a physician. Additionally, fill out the Enrollment Termination Date.
- Enrollment Start Date: The date that the patient has been enrolled with a particular physician.
- Enrollment Termination Date: The date that the patient enrollment has been terminated with a particular physician.
- Enrollment Termination Reason: Records why the patient is no longer enrolled. These reasons are defined by the Ontario Ministry of Health and may be system-generated.
6. Save