Visit Types & Flows

Whenever a patient is checked-in for a visit in SanteEMR, the visit classification (the typeConcept ) is used to determine the flow of that patient through the visit lifecycle. This allows for the patient to be returned or held in different waiting areas depending on the status of the visit.

SanteEMR's state flows are linked to encounter types using the Visit Types & Flows administrative screen on the SanteEMR area of the administrative panel.

Creating/Editing a Visit Type

Creating and editing a visit type are the similar processes. When creating a visit type, users will enter the classification concept and will identify the workflow states that are applicable to this type of visit. For example, creating an inpatient visit type and flow may appear as:

In this flow, the administrator has indicated that the visit flow for an inpatient visit in their deployment is as follows:

• Patients are Checked-In first

• Patient may be assigned to a ward or may be placed in a waiting state before being placed on the ward

• After care is done the state of the encounter is awaiting for discharge

Defining New States & Flows Between States

The states for the EMR flows are contained in the Concept Dictionary in the EMREncounterTags concept set. The administrator may create new states by creating new concepts in this concept set.

Each state is then assigned one or more concept relationships of type State Flow to indicate the outward flow of a state to another. This is administered on the concept detail screen.