Patient Suitability

Patient suitability status for CMS (Serial Prescribing) indicates whether the patient is a potential CMS (Serial Prescribing) participant. There are three possible suitability statuses:

  • CMS Suitable – the patient has been flagged as a potential CMS (Serial Prescribing) participant.
  • CMS Unsuitable – the patient has been flagged as unsuitable for CMS (Serial Prescribing) participation.
  • CMS Suitability Not Specified – suitability for this patient has not yet been considered.
    Remember - The patient can still register with a CP regardless of suitability status in Vision 3.

Note – Patients are not automatically flagged as suitable for CMS (Serial Prescribing). You need to run the Suitability Group Population or manually flag the patient. See Group Populating Patients Suitable for CMS (Serial Prescribing) and Flagging Individual Patients as Suitable for CMS (Serial Prescribing). This can be done before or after CMS (Serial Prescribing) has been enabled on your system.
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