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Patients and Identity

The patient record is the centre of Elix. Every appointment, encounter, result, prescription and bill points back to it.

What it covers​

  • Registration and editing, with a care number per facility
  • Search across the register
  • Photos and documents
  • Payers and providers linked to the patient
  • Lists and classifications for programmes and cohorts; see Patient taxonomy
  • Custom fields a facility adds to registration

Privacy​

Each patient has a privacy mode. Most records are open to staff with the right permission. A restricted record needs a recorded break-glass reason before it opens, and a pseudonymised record shows a pseudonym in place of identifying fields.

Every patient-identifiable read states its purpose of use, and each read is logged against the patient, so a facility can show who opened a record and why.

Keeping a copy elsewhere​

Systems that keep their own copy of the register, such as an external EMR or an offline station, can read the patient change feed: every patient changed since a cursor, oldest first. See Connect your EMR.