Viewing patients on a PIFU pathway

Depending on your permissions, you can view a list of patients on a PIFU Patient Initiated Follow-Up. Allows patients and their carers the flexibility to arrange their follow-up appointments as and when they need them. pathway from  Outpatients > Manage > PIFU Lists.

Viewing patients on a PIFU pathway on a mobile

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Viewing patients on a PIFU pathway on a desktop

  1. From  Outpatients > Manage > PIFU Lists, select your search criteria.

    Use the table below to choose your search criteria.

    Specialty

    Select a specialty to search for patients on a PIFU pathway with that specialty.

    PIFU List

    Select a PIFU list to view a specific list of patients on a PIFU pathway.

  2. Select .

    A table appears.

    Read more about the table

  3. Double-click on a patient to view their PIFU pathways.

    From the bottom right of the screen, select to view the patient's PIFU pathways in another window. This allows you to view all the patients on a PIFU list, and a specific patient's PIFU pathways, at the same time.

    Read more about viewing a patient's PIFU pathways

From  Outpatients > Manage > PIFU Lists, you can view patients with PIFU pathways.

Here you can select the criteria for your search.

To clear one search term, select next to the search term.

To clear your whole search, select next to .

Read more about viewing a PIFU list

Select to search.

Export the current results to an .xlsx file.

Drag column headings here to group rows by that heading.

Select next to the name of a group to remove it.

Read more about grouping rows

Shows the table of data returned by your search.

Select a column heading to sort the data by that heading.

Read more about sorting the contents of a column

Double-click on a patient to view their PIFU pathways.

Read more about viewing a patient's PIFU pathways

Show details

Select to view details about a PIFU pathway.

Send letter

Select to send an ad-hoc letter to one or more patients.

Read more about sending ad-hoc letters

  1. From  Outpatients > Manage > PIFU Lists, select your search criteria.

    Read more about viewing a PIFU list

  2. Select .

  3. Select one or more patients.

  4. Select Send letter.

  5. Select a letter you want to send.

    For example, a letter about the appointment.

    The following appear:

    • The name of the letter

    • The recipient of the letter

    • How the letter is delivered

    • Any attachments automatically added to the letter

  6. Optional: edit the name of the letter.

  7. To preview a letter:

    1. From Preview for, select a patient to preview the letter for that patient.

    2. Select Preview.

  8. To edit the letter, select Editor.

    Read more about the letter editor

  9. To add attachments to the letter:

    1. Select Attachments.

    2. Search for an attachment, or browse folders until you find an attachment.

    3. Select an attachment.

    4. Select Add Attachment.

    5. Select outside the dialogue box.

    6. To save the attachments you added, select Yes.

  10. To sign a letter, or to remove a signature from a letter:

    1. From Preview for, select a patient to preview the letter for that patient.

    2. Select Preview.

    3. Select Sign off.

    4. Select an option.

      • To sign the letter with your name, select Sign.

      • To sign the letter for someone else, select Sign as, then select their name.

      • To remove a signature from the letter, select Un-sign.

  11. To send the letters, select Send.

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