Deceased Patients
Abstract
Whilst Capable 21C has a flag that can be set to indicate that a patient is
deceased, this knowledgebase article includes a simple procedure that will
ensure that no further literature goes to the patient by accident.
Underlying challenge
Capable 21C has advanced and complex tools for extracting lists of patients for
mailing, SMSing or emailing. It might not always be apparent to an
operator to explicitly exclude deceased patients from these lists.
Resolution
Follow these steps to ensure that the office does not accidentally attempt to
contact deceased patients:
- Go to Visits and Financials for the patient.
- If any outstanding account exists, print a statement that can be forwarded to
the person or organisation administering the estate. This step can be
skipped if the office does not intend to recover any outstanding amounts -
however, if the amounts are to be abandoned, write them off formally by clicking
in the left hand box and choosing 'Write Off'.
- Click the Archive button.
- Go into Patient Details.
- Mark the patient as deceased (on the Tracking Options tab).
- Remove the patient's address, and save it into the Permanent Notes as 'last
known address'.
- Remove the patient's phone numbers and copy them into the Permanent Notes as
'last known phone numbers'.
- Remove the patient's e-mail address and copy it into the Permanent Notes as
'last known e-mail address'.
- Save and Exit from Patient Details.
Detailed Information
No further detail.
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