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Easily manage and support admissions, transfers and discharges for inpatient wards.
Give users basic information about patients on their ward to support clinical decision making (e.g. time since admission, time on this specific ward, important clinical information).
When needed, view connected/related patients on the same card in the ward view even if they are in separate wards (e.g. Mothers in postnatal and newborns in the NICU
Theme | User | Want/Need | Benefit/Reason |
Ward View | Clinician or Ward Clerk | View patients who are waiting for admission to my ward | I can admit them |
Ward View | Clinician | View all patients currently admitted to my ward | Prioritise providing care to those with greater needs/have been there longest |
Ward View | Clinician or Ward Clerk | Transfer/Discharge patients off my ward | Ensure patients get appropriate care in the appropriate ward/avoid bottlenecks in providing care by making sure patients are discharged on time |
Not In Scope:
Bed Management
Patient Chart (or the entire patient chart?)
Doctor’s Notes
Discharge Planning
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