As previously posted, a digital workflow for completing a Medical Certificate of Death (MCoD) in Connect Care must be used by the most responsible physician or nurse practitioner whenever Connect Care is the record of care at the time of a patient's death.
Deceased information is automatically sent from Connect Care to Vital Statistics, with no need for paper certificates. Nothing needs to be printed for Funeral Homes or Vital Statistics.
Some nursing units may continue sending printed death information with a body on dispatch from the ward. Any associated printing is not a prescriber responsibility. The relevant report is available via the Media tab of the Chart Review activity in a patient chart.
- Note: From May 21, 2026, the 1-page death information report will be more clearly labelled (with embedded instructions) to further emphasize that it is not a death certificate.
Paper forms are being retired; stocks will not be replaced in facilities that use Connect Care as the record of care.
Some clinicians have wondered about specific workflows. Instructions are embedded in the Connect Care certification tools, and are available in the Connect Care Manual.
- Downtime: If a death occurs during a Connect Care downtime, responsible prescribers are advised to complete a digital death certificate after the downtime finishes.
- Unidentified patient: If a death occurs before a patient is identified ("unknown patient"), responsible prescribers are advised to wait for positive patient identification and the associated chart merge before completing a digital death certificate.