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Process · Patient intake and access

Patient intake and access

Register the patient, record consent and establish clinician access.

Step by step

  1. Register patient Clinical Coordinator

    The Clinical Coordinator enters a patient number, name, birth date and contact phone, then names the assigned clinician.

    • Patient identity and clinician reference
    • Updates Patients, People
  2. Record consent Clinical Coordinator

    The coordinator or Licensed Clinician creates a purpose-specific consent with its version, document, signed date and expiry, and updates its status when signed.

    • Purpose, signed document and patient consent status
    • Updates Consents, Patients
  3. Check privilege Clinical Governance Administrator

    The Clinical Governance Administrator records the clinician's privilege type, issuing authority, evidence and effective dates, then records the verification status.

    • Clinician verification evidence and effective period
    • Updates Clinical privileges, People
  4. Set care-team access Clinical Governance Administrator

    The governance administrator names the patient, clinician, access purpose and effective period on a care-team assignment.

    • Patient-specific access purpose and dates
    • Updates Care team assignments, Patients, People
  5. Plan first visit Clinical Coordinator

    The coordinator uses those records when scheduling the encounter with the intended patient and clinician.

    • Scheduled encounter
    • Updates Encounters, Patients, People
Clinical Coordinator
Maintains patient and visit records; Licensed Clinician manages consent; Clinical Governance Administrator maintains privileges and care-team assignments; Clinical Reviewer can read care evidence.

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