Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to the most common questions about the Healthcare Patient Management Platform.Getting Started
What are the system requirements?
What are the system requirements?
- Modern web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge)
- Chrome 90+
- Firefox 88+
- Safari 14+
- Edge 90+
How do I get access to the platform?
How do I get access to the platform?
- Account Creation: Your admin creates your user account
- Role Assignment: You’re assigned appropriate permissions (Provider, Nurse, Admin, etc.)
- Organization Assignment: You’re linked to your healthcare facility
- Login Credentials: You’ll receive login instructions via email
Can I use this on mobile devices?
Can I use this on mobile devices?
- Tablets: Full functionality on iPad and Android tablets
- Smartphones: Optimized mobile interface for essential features
- Progressive Web App: Install on mobile home screen for app-like experience
How do I reset my password?
How do I reset my password?
- Click “Forgot Password” on the login page
- Enter your email address
- Check your email for reset instructions
- Follow the link to create a new password
- Use your new password to log in
Patient Management
How do I add a new patient?
How do I add a new patient?
- Navigate to the Patients page
- Click the “Add Patient” button
- Fill in required information:
- Personal details (name, DOB, contact)
- Insurance information
- Emergency contacts
- Initial care pathway assignment
- Save the patient record
What is risk scoring and how does it work?
What is risk scoring and how does it work?
- Analyzes patient data (vitals, medications, history)
- Calculates risk scores from 0-100
- Updates automatically as new data arrives
- Triggers alerts when thresholds are exceeded
- Low (0-30): Green - Routine monitoring
- Medium (31-70): Yellow - Increased attention
- High (71-100): Red - Immediate intervention needed
How do I assign a care pathway to a patient?
How do I assign a care pathway to a patient?
- Open the patient’s detail page
- Go to the “Care Pathways” tab
- Click “Assign Pathway”
- Select from available pathway templates
- Customize steps if needed
- Set start date and assign team members
- Save the pathway assignment
Can patients see their own data?
Can patients see their own data?
- Their care pathway progress
- Upcoming appointments
- Medication schedules
- Completed questionnaires
- Messages from their care team
- Educational resources
- Provider notes marked as private
- Risk scores and clinical assessments
- Internal team communications
- Administrative data
Communication & Messaging
How does the messaging system work?
How does the messaging system work?
- Topic-based conversations: Organize messages by subject
- HIPAA compliance: All messages are encrypted
- File attachments: Share documents, images, lab results
- Read receipts: See when messages are read
- Team messaging: Include multiple providers in conversations
- Patient-Provider direct messages
- Care team internal discussions
- Appointment reminders and updates
- Alert notifications
Can I message patients directly?
Can I message patients directly?
- Appointment scheduling and reminders
- Care pathway updates
- Educational information
- Non-urgent clinical questions
- Emergency communications (use phone/911)
- Prescription requests (use proper channels)
- Sensitive personal information
- Messages outside your care relationship
How do I manage patient notes?
How do I manage patient notes?
- Open patient detail page
- Go to “Notes” tab
- Click “Add Note”
- Select category (Clinical, Administrative, etc.)
- Set priority level
- Choose privacy settings
- Write your note and save
- Clinical: Medical observations and assessments
- Administrative: Scheduling, insurance, contacts
- Care Coordination: Team communications
- Patient Communication: Interaction summaries
Clinical Tools
What types of questionnaires can I create?
What types of questionnaires can I create?
- Text Input: Short text responses
- Long Text: Detailed descriptions
- Number: Numeric values with validation
- Yes/No: Boolean responses
- Multiple Choice: Single selection from options
- Checkboxes: Multiple selections allowed
- Scale: Rating scales (1-5, 1-10, etc.)
- Date: Date picker inputs
- File Upload: Document/image attachments
- Conditional logic (show/hide based on answers)
- Threshold alerts for critical values
- Recurring questionnaires (daily, weekly, monthly)
- Multi-language support
How do alerts work?
How do alerts work?
- Real-time monitoring of patient data
- Threshold-based triggers for vital signs, lab values
- Severity levels: Info, Warning, Critical
- Automatic notifications to assigned providers
- Escalation rules for unacknowledged alerts
- Abnormal vital signs
- Missed medications
- Overdue questionnaires
- Risk score increases
- Care pathway delays
What is the pending approvals queue?
What is the pending approvals queue?
- Patient questionnaire responses
- Care pathway modifications
- Medication changes
- Appointment requests
- Document uploads
- Urgent: Requires immediate attention
- High: Review within 4 hours
- Normal: Review within 24 hours
- Low: Review within 72 hours
Technical Issues
The application is running slowly. What can I do?
The application is running slowly. What can I do?
- Check your internet connection
- Clear browser cache and cookies
- Close unnecessary browser tabs
- Restart your browser
- Try a different browser
- Stable internet connection (minimum 5 Mbps)
- Modern browser with JavaScript enabled
- Sufficient device memory (4GB+ RAM)
I'm getting error messages. What should I do?
I'm getting error messages. What should I do?
- Log out and log back in
- Clear browser cookies
- Contact your administrator for role permissions
- Verify you’re in the correct organization
- Check internet connection
- Try refreshing the page
- Contact IT if server issues persist
- Refresh the page
- Clear browser cache
- Try a different browser
How do I report a bug or request a feature?
How do I report a bug or request a feature?
- Document the issue with screenshots
- Note what you were doing when it occurred
- Include browser and device information
- Contact your system administrator or IT support
- Describe the desired functionality
- Explain the business need
- Submit through your organization’s IT request process
- For critical system failures, contact IT immediately
- For patient safety concerns, follow your organization’s emergency protocols
Data & Privacy
How is patient data protected?
How is patient data protected?
- HIPAA Compliance: All data handling meets HIPAA requirements
- Encryption: Data encrypted in transit and at rest
- Access Controls: Role-based permissions
- Audit Logs: All access and changes are logged
- Regular Backups: Data backed up securely
- Use strong passwords
- Log out when finished
- Don’t share login credentials
- Report security concerns immediately
Can I export patient data?
Can I export patient data?
- Individual patient records: PDF reports
- Care pathway summaries: Progress reports
- Analytics data: CSV exports for authorized users
- Message histories: For legal/compliance needs
- Exports are logged and audited
- Some data requires administrator approval
- PHI exports have additional security requirements
- Bulk exports may be limited by role
How long is data retained?
How long is data retained?
- Patient records: Per organizational policy (typically 7+ years)
- Messages: Retained for compliance requirements
- Audit logs: Minimum 6 years
- System logs: 1-2 years depending on type
- Patient data deletion requires administrator approval
- Some data cannot be deleted due to legal requirements
- Anonymized data may be retained for research/analytics
Organization & Administration
How do I switch between organizations?
How do I switch between organizations?
- Click your profile menu (top right)
- Select “Switch Organization”
- Choose from your assigned organizations
- Confirm the switch
How do I manage my team members?
How do I manage my team members?
- Go to Settings > Team Management
- View current team members and roles
- Add new team members (if authorized)
- Modify team member permissions
- Manage shift schedules and availability
- Attending Physician: Full patient access
- Resident: Supervised patient access
- Nurse: Care coordination and monitoring
- Care Coordinator: Administrative and scheduling
- Specialist: Consultation access
Can I customize the dashboard?
Can I customize the dashboard?
- Widget arrangement: Drag and drop to reorder
- Metric selection: Choose which KPIs to display
- Time ranges: Adjust data periods
- Filter preferences: Save common filter settings
- Theme settings: Light/dark mode preferences
- Some widgets require specific permissions
- Organization policies may restrict certain customizations
- Changes are saved per user profile