Whenever you are in the patient's record, you will see the banner at the top of the page. The banner contains key information about the patient.
You are able to specify/configure which values you wish to display. This can be set up by your System Administrator in CareRight Administration>Patients.
Banner Item | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
Picture + | The patient's photo. | n/a |
Full Name | The patient's full name including title, and any aliases. | Mr John Smith |
Facility + | The location that they are assigned to. Users with rights to see this location will be able to see this patient. | Clintel Clinic |
MRN + | The patient's unique Medical Record Number, usually automatically assigned by CareRight. | 000999 |
CRN + | A second reference Client Record Number. | 000111 |
Gender | The patient's gender. | Male |
Age + | The patient's age and D.O.B. | 01/01/1980 |
Current Admission Location + | If the patient is admitted then the location that they are admitted to will appear. This could be the same as the Facility name or different. | Clintel Clinic
|
Phone + | Patient Contact number appears, if the field is present, it shows, else the next number is checked: 1. Summary > Contact Details > Mobile 2. Summary > Contact Details > Home Phone 1. Summary > Contact Details > Work Phone So if the mobile is present, it will show the mobile, then the Home Phone if present, then the work phone if present. | 0426258451 |
Primary Provider + | Primary Provider from the Summary page | Mr Polan |
Referrer + | Most recent active Medical Referrer details | Dr Brenda Reed (W: 08 8203 0500 ) |
Address + | The patient's address | Home: 31 Flinders St, Kent Town SA 5067 |
Alerts | Any important information that users should be aware of. An alert is either visible by clicking the ALERT label or it appears as text in the banner. Clicking the Alert will give more details. | Patient is suicidal |
Allergies | If a patient has any known allergies then the ALLERGY label will appear in the banner. An allergy can also appear as text in the banner. Clicking the Alert will give more details. | Allergic to Latex |
Notices | Any non-clinical alerts appear under the NOTICES label or as text. Clicking will provide more details. | Patient has outstanding debts and is embargoed |
Colour of the banner | The colour of the banner will change if an Alert, Allergy or Notice is attached to the patient's record. | Blue - Normal colour Red - Alert, Allergy or Notice Black - Patient is deceased |
+ denotes a field that may not appear due to configuration settings
Please review Patient Setting for more information on how to configure patient banner.
