About managing patients for clinicians

If you are a clinician, you might find the following articles useful.

Finding your patients

You can quickly and easily find patients by scanning or searching. You can also view lists of patients who match specific criteria, for example, all the patients on Ward 11. On a mobile, you can customise existing lists of patients for your own needs.

• Learn how to search for a patient

• Learn how to find a patient's record

• Read about patient lists

Viewing information about your patients

You can view summaries of information about your patients and location. For example, you can find all the patients on your ward with in-progress discharge summaries.

• Read about dashboards

• Read about your home dashboard

• Read about Patient Status At A Glance (PSAAG)

• Read about live flow dashboards

• Read about waiting area dashboards

Transferring and discharging patients

Nervecentre allows you to manage patient discharges, and transfers. You can also manage beds, including bed chains. You can mark patients as deceased, and admit them to the mortuary.

• Read about transferring inpatients

• Read more about transferring patients in UEC

• Read about bed management

• Read about discharging inpatients

• Learn how to depart patients from UEC

• Read about the mortuary

Creating fit notes

In England, Scotland, and Wales, if a patient is unwell and can't work for more than 7 days, the patient might need to give a fit note to their employer. Depending on your permissions, you can create a fit note for a patient.

• Learn how to create a fit note