Adding & updating patients

This article explains how to add patients into Melo to start recording data against them.

Only administrators can add and update patients.

Add a new patient

  1. Navigate to the Patients page

  2. Click “Add patient”

  3. Enter the first and last names

  4. Enter the NHS number

  5. Enter the patient ID (the patient's identifier code; some teams call this the patient’s hospital number)

  6. Choose a gender

  7. Type or choose the date of birth

  8. Choose a ward

  9. Choose relevant tags

  10. Click “Add”

Update a patient’s details

  1. Navigate to the patient’s profile

  2. Click the “…” button

  3. Click “Edit”

  4. Change any relevant details

  5. Click “Save” at the bottom

Discharge & readmitting patients into Melo

Only administrators can discharge and readmit patients.

  1. Navigate to the patient’s profile either by:

    1. Directly browsing to the URL (link) or browser bookmark if you have it, or

    2. Navigating to the Patient list, opening the filters, checking “Include discharged patients”, clicking “Apply”, then clicking the discharged patient in the list

  2. Click the “…” button

  3. Click “Discharge” or “Readmit”

  4. Confirm in the dialogue box