Downloading Patients
To save a patient to your device so you can access their record when offline:
- From the Vision Anywhere Home screen select Search .
- The Search Patient box displays, enter the first few letters of the patient surname and select search on the keypad.
- Matching patients are displayed along with their date of birth, age, gender and NHS number (CHI number for practices in Scotland).
- Choose Select at the bottom of the screen, choose the patient name(s) to download, then select Download .
Alternatively, you can download the patient whilst viewing the Patient Summary, simply select . A tick displays indicating the record is downloading.
- The patient is now downloaded to your device and is accessible from the Downloaded Patients menu on the Vision Anywhere Home screen. Remember - Patients listed in the Appointments screen for today's appointments are automatically downloaded to your device when you have an internet connection. You can only manually download patients one at a time.
Note - Patients are automatically removed from the device after 90 days.