How to Delete a Patient

Management and Administration
1

Hi,

How can I delete a patient from Openemr?

Please advise.

Thanks

2

Hi @jhunyan,
A patient deletion can be done by the following steps,

  • Under Administration -> Globals, goto features tab.
  • In this tab check the checkbox named Allow Administrators to Delete Patients, Then click save.
  • Now select the patient need to be deleted from Patient/Client -> Patients then the patient’s demographics will be loaded.
  • In top of the demographics there will be a delete option near to the patient name.

Note: This option is only available for Administrators.

Thanks,
ViSolve

3

Hi, I got it.

Thanks

4

deleting is easy. Recover is harder. I am still looking for a way to do it efficiently

5

Hi,

That is why frequent backup is necessary if you accidentally delete a patient.

More information about backup and restore can be seen in previous forum

Good luck!