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 * Care opens the profile of the new patient. See [[Flows/View a patient's profile|View a patient's profile]].
 * You can now search for the patient by name or phone number.
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{{Doc header
|type=flow
|domain=clinical
|title=Register a patient
|summary=Register a new patient in Care — the fields for personal details and identifiers, and how to save the record.
|order=2
|introduced=3.0
|concept=Concepts/Patient
|reference=References/Patient
}}

== Overview ==

This flow describes how to register a new [[Concepts/Patient|patient]] in Care. Use it when a person comes to your facility and Care holds no record for that person.

== Pre-requisites ==

* You are signed in to Care.
* You searched for the patient first, and Care found no existing record. See [[Flows/Search for a patient|Search for a patient]].
* You have the patient's personal details, contact number, and identity documents.
* You have the permissions listed below.

== Permissions ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Permission !! Access
|-
| Can Create Patient || Lets you register a new patient in Care.
|}

== Steps ==

=== 1. Open the registration form ===

Open the Patient Registration page.

You can also open the form from the search results. If the search finds no record, Care offers to register a new patient.

=== 2. Enter the personal details ===

Complete the fields in the table below.

{| class="wikitable"
! Component !! What it captures
|-
| Name || The full name of the patient. This field is required.
|-
| Phone Number || The primary contact number of the patient. This field is required. Care validates the format.
|-
| Emergency Phone Number || The contact number for emergencies. This field is optional.
|-
| Same as phone number || Copies the phone number into the emergency number. Care turns this toggle on by default.
|-
| Gender || The gender of the patient. This field is required. Select Male, Female, Non-binary, or Transgender.
|-
| Date of birth or Age || The age details of the patient. This field is required.
|-
| Select Blood Group || The blood group of the patient. This field is optional.
|-
| Patient Tags || Labels that group the patient. This field is optional.
|-
| Address || The current address of the patient.
|-
| Permanent Address || The permanent address of the patient.
|-
| Same as address || Copies the current address into the permanent address. Care turns this toggle on by default.
|-
| PIN Code || The postal code of the address. This field is optional.
|-
| Geo Organization || The government administrative area of the patient. This field is required.
|}

Use the toggle to choose between Date of birth and Age.

If you enter the date of birth, do not enter a future date.

If you enter the age, Care calculates the year of birth.

For Geo Organization, select each level in order.

{{Note|1=Deployment can configure fields which are mandatory and non mandatory. Deceased status should be marked only for patients who are brought dead.}}

=== 4. Enter the patient identifiers ===

Enter the identifiers that your facility configures, for example a national identity number.

Identifiers that are configured as auto generated gets generated once patient registration is completed.

For more details, see [[Flows/Manage patient identifiers|Manage patient identifiers]].

=== 5. Save the patient ===

Save the form.

== Expected Outcome ==

* Care creates the patient record with the details you entered.
* Care opens the profile of the new patient. See [[Flows/View a patient's profile|View a patient's profile]].
* You can now search for the patient by name or phone number.

== Related ==

Concepts:

* [[Concepts/Patient|Patient]]

Flows:

* [[Flows/Search for a patient|Search for a patient]]
* [[Flows/View a patient's profile|View a patient's profile]]
* [[Flows/Manage patient identifiers|Manage patient identifiers]]

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