Patient Details at a Glance
The Patient Details main screen displays a list of basic information for the selected patient.- The patient heading row shows the selected patient’s name, age, gender, location, code status, and an additional identifier such as DOB, MRN, or account/visit number. An asterisk after the code status indicates that there are additional comments.
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The body area displays a combination of demographic and visit information. The information that is available depends on the fields selected by your system administrator.
- Patient demographic information, such as name, gender, date of birth, and age.
- Information about patient’s currently selected visit (the one that you selected on the Patient List prior to accessing the Patient Details module), such as admit/appointment date, location, reason for the visit, admitting physician, attending physician, financial class, financial number, and insurance company. These are the only fields related to financial information; detailed insurance information is not available on handheld devices. From the Patient Details module you can:
- View the patient’s demographic information (see Viewing Patient Demographic Information)
- Edit the patient’s demographic information (see Editing Patient Information)
- View a list of all of the patient’s visits, as well as the details of any of those visits (see Viewing Visit Information)
- Edit the information for a particular visit (see Editing Visit Information)
- Manually create a new visit for the patient (see Manually Creating a New Visit)
Viewing Patient Demographic Information
The main screen of the Patient Details module displays the available patient demographic information, such as name, gender, date of birth, or address. The data that is available on this screen depends on the fields selected by your system administrator.Viewing Visit Information
The main screen of the Patient Details module displays information about the patient’s currently selected visit (the one that you selected on the Patient List prior to accessing the Patient Details module). If you want to see a list of the patient’s other visits, or if you want to see the details of any of those visits, you can easily do so.-
From the Patient Details module, select the Visits button
The Visits screen displays a list of all of the patient’s visits. The currently selected is shown at the top, with other visits shown below. If a visit is on the current patient list, it shows a blue checkmark in the left column.
- Select a visit to see more information about it. The Visit Details screen displays additional information about the visit. The data that is available depends on the fields selected by your system administrator.
- Tap Back to return to the Visits screen, and then Back again to return to the Patient Details main screen.
Communicating with a Patient
In some cases, patient care team data is available in an external system, and it may be configured to display in Commure Pro for Commure Pro Messaging users. If care team data is available for a patient’s current visit, a Dynamic Care Team button is available on the screen (available for InFacility visit types only). For more details about the patient care team, and the information that is displayed, see Communicating with a Patient’s Care Team in Commure Pro Messaging. To send a message to a care team member:- Tap the Dynamic Care Team button to display the list of providers for that patient.
