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Version: 3.1

Mark a patient as deceased

Overview​

This flow describes how to record that a patient is deceased. You record the status and the date and time of death from the patient's profile.

Pre-requisites​

  • The patient is registered in Care.
  • You can open the patient's profile.
  • You have the permission listed below.

Permissions​

PermissionAccess
Can Update a Patient's dataLets you change the patient's details, and mark the patient as deceased.

Steps​

1. Open the patient's profile​

Open the profile of the patient. See View a patient's profile.

2. Edit the additional details​

Find the Additional Details section. Select Edit.

3. Mark the patient as deceased​

Select the Patient is deceased checkbox. Care shows a field for the date and time of death.

4. Enter the date and time of death​

Enter the date and time of death.

Note: The date and time of death must not be in the future.

Note: The date and time of death must not be earlier than the patient's date of birth. If the patient has an age instead of a date of birth, Care compares the date of death with the birth year that it calculates from the age.

5. Save the change​

Save the Additional Details section. See Update patient details.

Expected Outcome​

  • The patient's profile shows the deceased status as "Passed away on {date}, at {time}".

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