Births module

The Births module holds registration of birth details and is used to produce a birth certificate.

A Births record includes:

  • An official birth registration number
  • Child details: name, D.O.B., Birth weight, etc.
  • Details of the parents: name, D.O.B., address, etc.
  • Pregnancy details
  • Health details (mother and child)
  • Labor details
  • Adoption details

Typical Births module tabs and their purpose

Note: As every institution is able to customise Vitalware to suit its requirements, there are many different versions of Vitalware. Even where institutions have the same modules, the tabs included in each instance of the module may be different; and even where institutions have tabs with the same name, the fields on those tabs may be different. For that reason this section only provides a general description of modules, tabs and fields.

Note: Use the Field Level Help to find a description of a field as it is used in your organisation. A field description can be added to every field, describing its specific use by your institution.

Tab Description

Summary

The Summary tab is a read-only summary of data entered on other tabs in the Births module.

Child

Records the Birth registration number (a unique registration number within the jurisdiction in which the birth is registered), and details about the child and place of birth.

Parents

Records details about the child's parents.

Issue

Records details about the parent's marital status and other children.

Informants

Records details about informants.

Sex Chg/Adopt

Records details about gender change and adoption.

Name Change

Records details about any changes of name for the child.

Maintenance

See Maintenance tab for details.

Links

See Links tab for details.

POS

See POS tab for details.

Stock

See Stock tab for details.

Communications

See Communications tab for details.

Validation

See Validation tab for details.

Tasks

See Tasks tab for details.

Notes

See Notes tab for details.

Multimedia

See Multimedia tab for details.

Security

See Security tab for details.

Audit

See Audit tab for details.

Admin

See Admin tab for details.