When an expiration date is added to the profile all future scheduled apt should be auto cancelled and when you go to search the patient by name it should show deceased as well instead of clicking into the chart for it to pop up.
I would also suggest graying out the option to "create new visit." We have patient's come through the ER without identification all the time so this would eliminate the ability for anyone who has stolen the identity of a deceased person, to try to be seen as that patient.
We've had this conversation at our facility. It would be nice to auto cancel scheduled appointments (in more than one facility in our case) and also future orders. At a minimum, prompt the user that there are appointments and orders. Also a report somewhere would be nice so that HIM could run the report for the month to make sure they pull those charts from the wall. HIM staff is not always the user to enter the date.
I would also suggest graying out the option to "create new visit." We have patient's come through the ER without identification all the time so this would eliminate the ability for anyone who has stolen the identity of a deceased person, to try to be seen as that patient.
We've had this conversation at our facility. It would be nice to auto cancel scheduled appointments (in more than one facility in our case) and also future orders. At a minimum, prompt the user that there are appointments and orders. Also a report somewhere would be nice so that HIM could run the report for the month to make sure they pull those charts from the wall. HIM staff is not always the user to enter the date.