All relationships between the patient and other patients in the system must be defined in their record so that gamete sources in treatment cycles can correctly be identified in any future treatment cycles. Relationships can be simple (Patient and Partner), or involve third parties such as a Semen Donor, Oocyte Donor or Surrogate/Gestational Carrier. Relationships can be ended or modified.
Create a relationship
To create a relationship go to;
patient record>demographic details>relationship tab
click on “New relation…”
Use the search window to identify the relevant patient record that you wish to form the relationship with (i.e. Husband, partner, same sex relationship, surrogate, or donors).
Select the patient if they are already in the IDEAS - if they are not yet in IDEAS create a new record for that partner.
Please note: If the patient has not already been entered into IDEAS then the user can add them at this time by selecting “New…”. The patient can now be created in IDEAS. There will also be an option at this time to “Copy Data from Partner” where the address details and home phone number will be copied from the partner file.
The “Relationship” window will appear displaying some basic details on the selected file.
Complete the details by specifying the Type of relationship (E.g.: Partner) and additional information can be specified such as the “From” and “To” dates and “Remarks”.
If the “To” date is specified the relationship will only be active to the date range specified, and the patient will not be able to be chosen as a gamete source in any cycle after that date.
Other options
Other options include “Edit”, “Remove relation…” and “Go to patient”
Relationships through treatment cycles
Treatment cycles in IDEAS are stored with all relevant relationships intact. These relationships linked to treatment cycles can be viewed here