• Assigns unique case number to patient case
• Shares information with external systems via the HL7 interface
• Send information to Triage queue.

• Triage queue is based on the order in which patients have been registered
  The nurse can however select any patient for triage based on the patient’s condition
• Vital signs such as temperature, pulse, blood pressure, SpO2 and respiratory rate are automatically captured by the system from the vital signs monitor.
• An indicator that denotes the seriousness or severity of the patient’s condition is displayed
• The patient’s complaint can be selected from a list or can be entered by the nurse in free text format to be seen by the doctor
• Dug allergy information can be entered by the nurse
• Preliminary treatment and medical procedures administered by the nurse are captured
• Prints sticky labels

• During examination, the doctor is provided with a standard list of illness from which he can select. The option to enter additional data is also provided
• Diagrams of the parts of the body are available for the doctor to draw / indicate diagrammatically the region of the illness and the description of the region
• The Doctor can record his observations and results of examining the patient in the Doctors Notes section
• A standard set of phrases, examinations and observations is available for the doctor to select from: Thus, reducing the amount of data entry and time required
• Information pertaining to the type of accident and cause is also captured

• Information on orders (procedures & medications) is available on the screen for the nurse
• Nurse is able to enter procedure status (pending, completed etc.)
• Doctor can see the procedure status from his screen

The HL7 engine works as a standalone application generating HL7 messages from the data generated by Copernicus and sending them to the receiving applications.

Applicable messages:

• Visit Information
• Diagnosis Information