Linking a patient's record to PDS

You can link a patient's local record with PDS Personal Demographic Service, an NHS system. PDS helps healthcare professionals to identify patients and match them to their health records. It also allows them to contact and communicate with patients. from Patient Detail > Patient admin > PDS Lookup. You can view information about the patient from PDS, and resolve differences between their local record and their record on PDS. You can recheck PDS to receive the latest information.

Linking a patient's record to PDS on a mobile

You can't do this on a mobile.

Linking a patient's record to PDS on a desktop

From Patient Detail > Patient admin > PDS Lookup, you can view information about a patient from PDS, and resolve differences between a patient's local record and their record on PDS.

Read about information shared between Nervecentre and PDS

If there is a difference between the two records, red text displays on the left and the difference is highlighted in yellow.

Select the values you want to keep. The information you are keeping has a green border around it.

Value in Nervecentre

Shows information about the patient in the patient's local record.

Value in PDS

Shows information about the patient from PDS.

Mouseover a selected value to see this button.

Select to clear your choice.

Apply changes

Select to keep the values you have selected.

Read more about resolving differences

Cancel

Select to cancel the last action you did.

For example, if your last action was you trying to admit the patient, this cancels admitting the patient.

Clear all

Select to clear your choices.
Select all PDS Select to choose all the values in PDS.
Select all Nervecentre

Select to choose all the values in the patient's local record.

Some values in PDS you can't update with the values in the local record, for example, the patient's GP.

Recheck

Select to check PDS for new information about the patient.

Read more about checking PDS for new information

Decouple record

Select to decouple the patient's record from PDS.

Read more about decoupling a patient's record

  1. Open the patient's record.

    • From  Inpatients, select Patient List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail.

    • From  Outpatients, select Clinic List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail.

  2. From Patient Detail > Patient admin, select PDS Lookup.

  3. Select Link to PDS.

    If there are no differences between a patient's local record and their record on PDS, Nervecentre updates the date and time PDS was last checked.

    If there are differences between a patient's local record and their record on PDS, these differences are highlighted in yellow.

  4. Choose the values you want to keep, or decouple the record from PDS.

    • To keep specific values, select those values, then select Apply changes.

      If you are updating PDS with values on the local record, log in with your NHS Care Identity credentials.

      Read more about resolving differences

    • To update all the values in the local record with the values in PDS, select Select all PDS > Apply changes.

      You must then log in with your NHS Care Identity credentials.

      Read more about resolving differences

    • To update all values in PDS with the values in the local record, select Select all Nervecentre > Apply changes.

      Some values in PDS you can't update with the values in the local record, for example, the patient's GP.

      Read more about resolving differences

    • To check PDS for new information, select Recheck.

    • To decouple the local record from the record on PDS, select Decouple record.

      Read more about decoupling a patient's record

    Nervecentre updates the status of the patient's local record, and the date and time PDS was last checked.

    Read more about PDS status

  1. Open the patient's record.

    • From  Inpatients, select Patient List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail.

    • From  Outpatients, select Clinic List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail.

  2. From Patient Detail > Patient admin, select PDS Lookup.

    A table appears that shows the information in the patient's local record, and their record on PDS.

    Read more about PDS Lookup

  1. Open the patient's record.

    • From  Inpatients, select Patient List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail.

    • From  Outpatients, select Clinic List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail.

  2. From Patient Detail > Patient admin, select PDS Lookup.

    If there are differences between a patient's local record and their record on PDS, these differences are highlighted in yellow.

  3. Choose the values you want to keep.

    • To keep specific values, select those values.

    • To update all the values in the local record with the values in PDS, select Select all PDS.

    • To update all values in PDS with the values in the local record, select Select all Nervecentre.

      Some values in PDS you can't update with the values in the local record, for example, the patient's GP.

  4. Select Apply changes.

  5. If you are updating PDS with values on the local record, log in with your NHS Care Identity credentials.

  6. If you have more than one role associated with your Care Identity account, select the most suitable role.

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