About patient tags

A patient tag displays a short piece of information about the patient. A patient tag might tell you a piece of critical information about your patient. For example, a patient with dementia might have the tag DEM.

Your organisation configures your patient tags. Patient tags can appear when a patient:

• Has a clinical note with a specific value

• Has a specific patient alert A patient alert draws attention to a significant circumstance, medical condition or disability that might otherwise be overlooked. The successful use of alerts leads to improved patient treatment, and improved safety and experience for both patients and staff.

  Read more about patient alerts

• Has a specific disability

• Is an outlier Your organisation defines when a patient is an outlier. For example, cardiology patients on a gastroenterology ward might be outliers.

• Is a ward attender

• Is pregnant

• Is on home leave

Nervecentre sometimes updates clinical notes automatically. When the clinical note updates, a patient tag might be created. For example, during sepsis screening, Nervecentre updates the clinical note 'Sepsis Screening' and creates a patient tag for sepsis.

Read more about sepsis screening

Read more about AKI screening

About patient tags on a mobile

About patient tags on a desktop