You must have Clinical User,or Clinical Assistant permissions to perform these tasks.

Edit Patient

Clinical users are able to edit information about the patient.

To edit Patient Detail information:

1. Access the Patient Detail for the desired patient. See View Patient

   Patient information displays.

2. To edit specific patient details, click the icon () next to the patient's name to display information in these categories: Identity, Contact Information, Care Team, Health Statistics and Rules and Reminders.

   Note: Custom only appears if your organization is tracking customized information for patients.

   Patient information displays.

3. Click the Edit button located at the right of the patient information section. After clicking Edit, make the desired updates in the selected patient information window, and click the Save button. For the Health Statistics section, click the Add button to add or update patient information. If the Time Zone is updated, patient compliance is not impacted.

   Patient information updated and saved.

   Note: If a patient is edited to include a Philips Services external service, a unique ID number is generated. You can edit the number, change its format, or delete it. The number is viewable under the patient's Identity tab (External ID field).

   Note: Only the Patient Level Rule Administrator role can modify and customize existing Health Rules Sets at the patient level. An organization's Health Rule Sets are listed under the Rules and Reminders tab. A patient's Health Rule Set is listed under the Health Rule Set tab on the patient record. For more information, see User Roles.

   Note: When updating a patient's Care Team Assignment, you can search for Internal patients by name, and search for external patients with a name, address or NPI Number.

   Note: If an unauthorized care team member is assigned to a patient, an authorization request is automatically sent to your administrator. The following message appears: An authorization request has been sent to your administrator.

4. (Optional) Patients can be marked as Active or Inactive by clicking on the Active/Inactive button at the upper-right of the Patient details. Click the button and toggle to the desired Patient's status.

   As desired, patient is marked as Active/Inactive.

   Note: Data and card information can be downloaded to inactive patients. However, inactive patients will not receive task notifications for any rules they have been assigned.

5. (Optional) If the DreamMapper logo is shown, then a DreamMapper account can be linked or unlinked. See Link DreamMapper Account for more information. 

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