Core Concepts
How SystmOne — the software behind CCMS — actually works. This section covers the 5 key ideas you need to understand before doing real clinical work: how the system is organized, how patients move through the clinic, how clinical coding turns documentation into structured data, how the audit trail preserves every action, and why your documentation is visible across the entire care network.
Concepts vs Tasks
This section explains how the system thinks. For the program behind CCMS (history, rollout, benefits), see Introduction. For step-by-step instructions, see FAQ & Tutorials.
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What This Section Covers
Find a Concept
| If you need to understand… | Go to… |
|---|---|
| What CCMS includes as a system | System Modules |
| How patients move through the clinic visually | Patient Status |
| How clinical coding works (SNOMED CT, Read codes) | Clinical Coding |
| Who can see patient data and why it matters | Data Visibility |
| How every action is logged and preserved | Audit Trail |
Related Topics
| If you need to understand… | Go to… |
|---|---|
| What states a record can be in (active, error, deleted) | Document States |
| How to correct entries while preserving history | Mark In Error |
| What happens to deleted or corrected items | Deleted Items |
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