Viewing and managing a patient's episodes

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.
From Patient Detail > Patient admin > Show pathways, select All.

Overview of Patient admin > Show pathways > All

From Patient Detail > Patient admin > Show pathways > All, you can view a patient's episodes of care.

	An episode of care with no RTT pathway. You can add an RTT pathway. Read more about adding an RTT pathway
	A closed episode of care. Closed episodes are grey. Select  to select the episode of care.
	Shows information about the episode's RTT pathway.  displays if the pathway is validated. Select  to view more information about the RTT pathway. Read more about viewing an RTT pathway's details
	An active episode of care. Active episodes are blue.  shows this episode is selected.
	Shows that events that are part of that episode of care. For example, referrals, appointments, waiting lists, and procedures. Select  next to an event to view more information about it. Double-click on an event to view all events of that type. For example, if you double-click on an appointment, you view all the appointments for that patient.
	Actions for the selected episode of care. These allow you to: Rename the episode Read more about renaming an episode Record an event in the episode Read more about recording an event Link the episode to another episode Read more about linking episodes You can close active episodes of care, and reopen closed episodes of care. Read more about closing an episode Read more about reopening epiodes

Renaming an episode

By default, an episode doesn’t have a name. You might enter a name if a patient has multiple episodes with the same specialty. For example, your patient has two episodes with trauma and orthopaedics, one for their hip and one for their elbow. You might name the episodes to help identify them.

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.
From Patient Detail > Patient admin > Show pathways > All, select an episode of care.

To select an episode of care, from the top left of the box, select .
Select Rename.
Enter a name.
Select Save.

Recording an event

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.
From Patient Detail > Patient admin > Show pathways > All, select an episode of care.

To select an episode of care, from the top left of the box, select .
Select Record Event.
Select the type of event.
Complete the form, including all mandatory fields.

Mandatory fields are marked .
Select Submit Event.

The event appears in Patient admin > Show pathways > Other.

If the event needs you to record an outcome, the referral has the status 'Outcome required'.

Linking episodes

You might link an episode of care that has an RTT Referral To Treatment. The length of time from referral to treatment. pathway with an episode of care with no RTT pathway.

To link two episodes of care:

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.
From Patient Detail > Patient admin > Show pathways > All, select an episode of care.

To select an episode of care, from the top left of the box, select .
Select Link episode.
Select an episode of care to link with.
Select Link.

The two episodes of care are linked.

Closing an episode

Sometimes your actions lead to an episode of care closing. For example, if you cancel a patient's appointment, then discharge the patient and close their referral, Nervecentre closes the patient's episode of care.

In some situations, you might need to manually close and episode of care. To manually close an episode of care, you must make sure the episode of care has no active activities.

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.
From Patient Detail > Patient admin > Show pathways > All, select an active episode of care with no active activities.

Active episodes of care are blue boxes. Active activities have blue text.

To select an episode of care, from the top left of the box, select .
Select Close episode.
Select an outcome.

For example, treatment complete.
Select Close episode.

If the episode of care has an RTT pathway, the clock for the pathway is stopped.

Reopening an episode

You can reopen a closed episode of care if needed. If the episode of care has an RTT pathway, you must reinstate the RTT pathway.

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.
From Patient Detail > Patient admin > Show pathways > All, select a closed episode of care.

Closed episodes of care are highlighted in grey.

To select an episode of care, from the top left of the box, select .
Select Reopen episode.

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