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Version: 3.1

Facility

Definition

A facility in Care is a hospital, clinic, health center, or other place that provides care to patients. . The facility is the top-level unit that holds departments, users, patients, and encounters.

Key Attributes

ComponentsWhat it captures
Facility NameThe name of the facility. This is required.
DescriptionA description of the facility. This is optional, and it supports formatted text.
Facility TypeThe kind of facility. This is required.
FeaturesThe services or capabilities available at the facility. This is optional, and you can choose any number of them.
Phone NumberThe contact number of the facility. This is required.
AddressThe street address of the facility. This is required.
PIN CodeThe 6-digit postal code of the facility. This is required.
Geo OrganizationThe government administrative area that the facility belongs to. This is required.
LatitudeThe map coordinate of the facility from north to south. This is optional.
LongitudeThe map coordinate of the facility from west to east. This is optional.
Make this facility publicWhether the facility appears in the public facility directory. This is optional.
Cover PhotoAn image that Care shows on the page of the facility. This is optional.

Permissions

PermissionWhat it allows
Can Create on FacilityCreate a new facility.
Can Update on FacilityEdit the details of a facility.
Can Create Facility OrganizationsCreate departments or teams in a facility.
Can Manage Facility OrganizationsRename or edit the departments or teams of a facility.
Can Delete Facility OrganizationsDelete the departments or teams of a facility.
Can List Users in a Facility OrganizationsSee the users in a department of a facility.
Can Manage Users in a Facility OrganizationAdd a user to a department of a facility, remove a user from it, or change the role of a user in it.

Note: Only a system administrator can delete a facility. Deletion does not use one of the permissions above.

Note: When you create a facility, Care creates a default Administration department for it. Care also adds you to that department as its Facility Admin.