Prior to the deployment of a patient demographics integration into the live environment, a number of scenarios should be tested in the test environment.
For this to be possible there should be a test patient that meets each of these criteria:
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Patient with each of the identifier numbers being used as part of the integration (e.g. NHS Number +/- hospital number). Depending on the setup there may be more permutations to test here - for example, a patient with an NHS Number but no hospital number and vice versa.
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Patient with more than one given name
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Deceased patient with a date of death
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Example patient for all possible genders
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Patient with no contact details
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Patient with only email address as contact details
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Patient with only mobile number as contact details
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Patient with both email address and mobile number as contact details
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A child under the age of 14
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A record that has been merged (maintain both the merged and retained identifiers)
The following may also be relevant depending on how patient demographics can be stored within the organisation:
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Patient without title
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Patient with a preferred name
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Deceased patient without a recorded date of death
Testing should check that:
- Patient demographics are displayed correctly in all the above scenarios
- Contact details are pre-filled correctly when sharing information with the patient
- Appropriate consent forms can be selected for child patients
- Following a merge:
- Searching for the merged (old) record returns the primary/retained record
- Viewing the primary/retained record displays episodes previously created under the merged (old) record
Full details regarding demographic integration, including a description of each field and FAQ’s are available here.