Registration of Patient

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Recovery Procedure: Registration of Patient

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  • WHAT
  • Capture patients' attendance by entering patients' particulars and required services into Patient Information System

Pre-Crisis

  • HOW
    • Update list of changes of all polyclinic services
    • Update SOPs
    • Update staff list
    • Update patients' database and cull records of patients at regular intervals according with the retention period prescribed for patients' records.

Recovery & Resumption

Within T+24 hours

  • HOW
    • Redeploy Customer Service Officers to alternate polyclinic based on anticipated increase in workload.
    • Register redirected patients as new patients in alternate polyclinics as per SOP.
    • Open new folders for redirected patients.

After T+24 hours

  • HOW
    • Retrieve (from Patient Information System) the list of patients (with chronic medical condition) of the affected polyclinic and who are scheduled for appointments for the next 3 days to:
      • Inform patients via telephone calls of the closure of the polyclinic;
      • Inform patients of the alternate polyclinics where they can seek continued medical care;
      • Make appointments for patients to attend alternate polyclinics' sessions.
  • Send letters to patients (with chronic medical condition) who are scheduled for appointments for consultation from the 4th to the 14th day of crisis to inform them of the above.