Patient Risk Flags

Patient risk flags may display on a Patient Profile. These flags show information about the patient as reported to the WA Health Department by health practitioners.

The types of patient risk flags that may be displayed are:

• Drug-dependent person
• Oversupplied Person
• Deceased
• Extreme risk

Patient risk flag indicator on Medication History record

If the patient has both a regulatory profile and a medication history record, then when you view the patient's Medication History record, the Patient Profile button displays in red and includes a number that represents the number of risk flags associated with the patient.

Click Patient Profile to open the profile and view the flag(s).