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๐Ÿ”ฎ Signals

Signals highlight important information patients put on their registration form which you should review.

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Written by Matthew Payne
Updated over a week ago

What are Signals?

In some cases, patients are registered automatically but they enter important information in their registration form which might require a follow up action.

We call these notifications ๐Ÿ”ฎ Signals.

Signals highlight safeguarding concerns, health concerns, and other patient details that are important for you to make note of.

How will I know if a patient has Signals?

If a patient has been registered but they have a Signal, you'll receive this email notification:

Where do I find Signals?

In the Hub, you'll find Signals in the purple section at the top right of a patient's registration form:

You can check them off when you've reviewed them โœ…

What Signals are there?

๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ Administrative

  • The patient has uploaded a document (eg. a baby red book or vaccination record)

  • We were unable to update the Pharmacy preferences for this patient. Please add this.

  • We were unable to update the Summary Care Record (SCR) preferences for this patient. Please add this.

  • We were unable to update the systmOne Record Sharing preferences for this patient. Please add this.

๐Ÿ‘ฅ Demographic

  • The patient has a social worker

  • The patient is fostered

  • The patient has a disability

  • The patient identifies as non-binary

  • The patient describes their gender in another way

  • The patient says their current sex is different from their sex at birth

  • The patient is out of area*

  • The patient are a carer

๐Ÿš‘ Medical

  • The patient would like Blood Borne Virus (BBV) screening*

  • The patient says they have repeat medications*

  • The patient says they have long term conditions*

  • The patient would like a HIV test*

  • The patient would like a chlamydia test*

  • The patient says they have special circumstances*

  • The patient has a high alcohol FAST score (8+)

  • The patient has a high alcohol AUDIT-C score (10+)

  • The patient says they have mental health conditions

  • The patient says they require reasonable adjustments

  • The patient says they need to be communicated with in an accessible format

๐Ÿ‘ถ Safeguarding

  • The patient is a child (under 18 years old)

  • The patient is under 16 years old and their stated person of parental responsibility is anyone other than their mother or father

  • The patient is under 16 years old and does not live with their stated person of parental responsibility

  • This patient has a carer which we have not added to the patient's record. Please add this.

  • This patient has a second carer which we have not added to the patient's record. Please add this.

* These Signals are part of configurable questions which may not feature on your practice's registration form. You can toggle these on by going to your form settings:

Can we reduce the number of signals we get?

Yes! You can turn signals off if you're finding they're not useful for your team. To do this, send us a chat or email and we'll toggle them off.

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