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This use case allows other systems to make requests to a CHIS to follow-up for any reason.  A common implementation might be for Lost to Follow-Up whereby a clinic generates a list of patients that have missed appointments and wants community based systems to help find the patient and encourage them to attend their appointment or to understand why they cannot or will not. This might be achieved either by having a health worker physically go find the patient or by other communication protocols (SMS, for example). 

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  1. Requesting System: Any system that wants a community based health worker to find and follow-up with a patient. The requesting system will often be an EMR like OpenMRS
  2. CHIS: A Community Health Information System is an information system that supports the routine and emergency health care of a patient population within community contexts in defined geographic areas.
  3. CHW: Community Health Workers are the central users of CHIS. CHWs conduct household visits and are responsible for the health of their community.
  4. SHR: Shared Health Record is a centralized data repository for storing patient’s shared health record.

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