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Category: Patient

Batch Letters

Batch Letters is an area that can be used to manage the printing and sending of patient letters and can be accessed in the icon menu. Batch Letters table In the batch letters section admin users will be able to see all letters that have been added to the batch,

Previous Diagnosis

The Previous Diagnosis section was developed to record COVID-19 related data where an LFT or PCR test has been positive or there is a strong likelihood of having had COVID-19. It is up to your service’s processes if you use these fields but it is worth considering how this can

Current Contextual & Non-Mental Health Difficulties

In the Current Contextual & Non-mental Health Difficulties tab you can record any additional difficulties being faced by the patient. To record the rating, click the appropriate radio button and then save. There is a free-text area to record any additional information. Once saved, the latest information will always be

Presenting Complaints

Presenting Complaints can be recorded against a person’s referral by using the add option in the Clinical Contact form or within the Problem/Medication tab. The Presenting Complaint is diagnosed by a healthcare professional in your service and is different to the referred problem which is recorded when adding a new

Recording medication in iaptus

The Medication area allows you to record the medication details for the patient’s selected episode. This is in addition to the Use of Psychotropic Medication field recorded in clinical contacts. There are two tabs in the section, At start of Treatment and Current (updated) / at Discharge.  The At start

Patient opt in

The Opt In function allows you to record the date a patient chooses to be considered for treatment, if your service wishes you to. This is against the specific episode you have selected. Recording a patient opt in date You can record this either by using the ‘Patient Opt In

Non-Clinical Notes

If you want to add a note about the patient, but it is not a clinical note, you have the option to do this via the General Non-Clinical Notes area. The option to add non-clinical notes can be found in several areas of the patient tabs, and will display the

Adding a new referral for a patient

After a patient is added to the system a referral form needs to be completed to start the episode of care. If the patient has no referral, the boarding card will show the message The patient does not have any treatment episodes. Please create a treatment episode by completing the

Patient Registration Tab

Patient details When you have a patient record selected, you will be able to see the boarding card which displays key information with the patient’s names and iaptus ID will be shown. You can choose to show or hide the rest of the details. The ‘Patient Details’ section will show

Discharging a Patient and Closing a Referral

When it’s time to close a referral, you will need to move the patient into the ‘Discharge Planning’ pathway stage in the Care Pathway tab. Discharging Discharge Planning You will see that ‘discharge planning’ is always available at all stages of the Care Pathway, but may have a prefix depending