Deceased Patients
When a patient dies, record the date of death details.
Before you begin
When a patient is flagged as deceased, you cannot create new accounts, schedule appointments or issue new invoices for them. However, you can process existing invoices for the patient.
To mark a patient as deceased, you must have a permission to Mark patient as Deceased in . For more information, see Permissions.
About this task
Procedure
To set a patient as deceased:
- Open the patient's record.
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If required, from the left pane, select the
Patient Details tab.
- In the Patient Details panel, set Deceased.
- To acknowledge that you will not be able to create new accounts or invoices for this patient if you proceed, click OK.
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In the Deceased Date field, enter the date of death.
Note:You cannot enter a date later than the current date, nor earlier than the patient's date of birth.
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Click
Save at the top.