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<syntaxhighlight lang="text">Register → Active → (optional) Inactive / Deceased</syntaxhighlight> |
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* '''Register''' — a patient record is created with minimum demographics |
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Revision as of 04:13, 5 July 2026
A patient in Care is a person who receives care through your facility or program. It is the longitudinal anchor for clinical documentation — every encounter, observation, order, and care plan links back to a patient record.
What it represents
In Care's FHIR-aligned model, a patient maps to the Patient resource. It holds:
- Identity — name, date of birth, sex, photo, and government or facility identifiers
- Contact — phone, address, and emergency contacts
- Administrative context — registration status, facility association, and tags used by your deployment
- Clinical linkage — references to encounters, conditions, allergies, and other resources in the record
A patient is not the same as a single visit. One patient can have many encounters over time; the patient record is the container that makes that history coherent.
Identifiers
Patients are located using one or more identifiers, depending on how your deployment is configured:
| Identifier type | Typical use |
|---|---|
| Facility MRN | Primary key inside a hospital or clinic |
| National health ID | ABDM, ABHA, or other national rails |
| Program ID | Public health or campaign-specific registries |
Identifiers must be unique within the scope your administrator defines. Duplicate detection during registration uses these fields.
Lifecycle
Register → Active → (optional) Inactive / Deceased
- Register — a patient record is created with minimum demographics
- Active — the record is used for encounters and orders
- Inactive — retained for history but hidden from routine search (configurable)
- Deceased — administrative closure; clinical history remains auditable
Permissions
Who can view or edit patient demographics is controlled by role-based access. Clinical staff typically can read full records; registration staff can create and update demographics; some fields may be restricted by facility or ward.
Related
Pages that link here:
- Concepts/Account
- Concepts/Appointment Booking
- Concepts/Consent
- Concepts/Diagnostic Report
- Concepts/Invoice
- Concepts/Medication Request
- Concepts/Observation
- Concepts/Questionnaire Response
- Concepts/Roles & Permissions
- Concepts/Specimen
- Concepts/Token
- Concepts/User
- Flows/Create a patient
- References/Account
- References/Encounter
- References/Patient
- References/Questionnaire Response
- References/Token
- References/User & Skills
- Reference: References/Patient
- Flow: Flows/Create a patient