Chronic Medication Service (CMS) Patient Suitability

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

  • CMS Suitable - The patient has been flagged as a potential CMS participant.
  • CMS Unsuitable - The patient has been flagged as unsuitable for CMS participation.
  • CMS Suitability Not Specified - Suitability for this patient is yet to be considered.
    Remember - A patient can register with a CP regardless of suitability status in Vision 3.

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