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0. Overview

0.

The

goal

of

PATIENT

registration

is

to

identify

a

PATIENT,

as

well

as

capturing

some

basic

demographic

information;

See

also

point

7.

1.

PATIENT

may

get

registered

in

various

ways.

2.

The

most

visible

way

is

having

their

info

entered

by

a

CLERK.

3.

Most

hospitals

have

legacy

data,

as

paper,

or

excel,

these

may

be

taken

care

of

by

TECHNICIANS.

4.

PATIENT

info

may

be

entered

offline

as

well,

by

Community

Health

Workers.

5.

PATIENT

registration

may

be

delayed

when

there

is

an

emergency.

6.

Most

other

actions

performed

by

medical

workers

directly

rely

on

PATIENT

record,

so

registration

is

very

important.

7.

In

addition

to

point

0,

the

goal

of

this

step

is

also

to

assign

a

PATIENT

to

a

department.

1. Info Accuracy

1.

It

is

very

important

to

accurately

record

PATIENT

info,

especially

those

related

to

identity.

2.

In

countries

like

India

there

are

many

working

languages,

names

may

be

romanized

in

different

ways,

thus

making

retrieving

correct

data

difficult.

3.

When

it

is

overly

time-consuming

or

inconvenient

to

find

a

record,

most

CLERKS

will

instead

try

to

create

a

new

one,

causing

duplication

and

loss

of

past

history.

4.

The

same

happens

to

localtion,

e.g.

village

names,

where

a

mistyped

name

could

cause

a

duplicate

record

to

be

created.

5.

A

lot

of

info

could

be

collected

by

Bahmni,

but

little

of

them

is

of

real

use,

we

need

to

be

aware

of

that,

as

well

as

the

cost

associated

with

keeping

those

info

private

and

secure.