Alumni Processing allows facility staff to communicate and track discharged patients who wish to opt into alumni aftercare. The alumni processing feature is important as it offers ongoing counseling/support groups to help individuals maintain their recovery.
Key Terms
- Alumni Coordinator: Helps maintain relationships with former patients by offering post-treatment support, organizing alumni events, providing resources, and fostering a recovery community to aid their continued wellness.
Assigning an Alumni Care Coordinator
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- Use the global search to access the patient record.
Important: If you don't have the Kipu EMR, the admission staff must manually place the discharge date.
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Once you're in the patient record, select the alumni/aftercare coordinator from the drop-down list.
Important: Super users should set up receipt of discharge data from EMR notifications on alumni coordinators' user profiles, so that they receive notifications.
- Once the alumni care coordinator has been set, select Save Changes.
- Use the global search to access the patient record.