HUMS Hospital

Medico-Legal Requirement
Once a nursing note has been finalized, it should become part of the permanent medical record and must not be deletable.

Requirements:

• Draft notes may be deleted.
• Only the user who created the draft note may delete it.
• Other users must not have permission to delete another user's draft notes.
• The Action column should display the delete (X) icon only for draft records owned by the logged-in user.
• No delete icon should be displayed for finalized/saved notes.
• Saved notes must not be allowed to be deleted by any user.
• Delete functionality must be removed for finalized/saved notes to preserve medico-legal integrity and auditability.
• Any amendments to saved notes should be handled through update/edit controls with appropriate audit trails, not deletion.

Expected Outcome:
Medico-legally compliant note management, ensuring finalized clinical documentation cannot be deleted while allowing users to manage their own draft records.