Searching for, Sorting and Filtering Care Home Patients

Searching for Patient in a Care Home

To search for a patient in a care home:

  1. From the MDS Info - Care Home screen, in the search box enter the search criteria, the list below updates as you type:

  2. Select Close to clear the search.

Sorting Patients

Patients display alphabetically by default. To manually sort the patients, simply select the column header to sort Oldest to Newest / A-Z or Newest to Oldest / Z-A :

Training Tip - Patient Name sorts patients by their surname.

Filtering Care Home Patients

To filter the care home patient list:

  1. From the MDS Info - Care Home screen, select FILTER:

  2. The Filters pane displays to the right hand side:

    Note - You must have printed a MAR chart or Cassette sheet to filter by the Next Cycle Date.

  3. Select filters as required and select APPLY to apply the new filters.

    Note - Select CLEAR ALL to clear all the selected filters.
Note - To print this topic select Print in the top right corner and follow the on-screen prompts.