I have been a contributor to the design of the Nigeria Health Facility Registry which is yet to be publicly available. However, such use cases have been identified and discussed in our documentation process.
Firstly, you need to identify why does a health facility need to be deleted from the source? Was it created in error in the first place or did it close? We identified the need for appropriate approval processes before any deletion can occur and the only reason a facility should be permitted to be deleted is if it was created in error in the first instance or has a duplicated record. In that situation, there should be no data in the other affiliated systems and if there were because it was a duplicate, a process should include merging the records with the other duplicate facility, albeit ensuring no double counting is introduced in the process.
In a situation where the facility closed, our suggested process was to change the status of the facility to “Closed” in the source with a date when this was achieved. In so doing, we could ensure that the health facility thereafter does not contribute to the statistics or number that are requested from the source based on the current active date. Should a query by the date when the facility was still active be required, then the system can be configured to provide the feedback based on those specific dates.
Hope this helps.
Olusesan Makinde
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