As a Community Health Officer (CHO) I want to record follow-up details and close cases when appropriate so that patient progress is tracked and cases are closed with clear outcomes.

Acceptance Criteria

• Follow-Up & Closure section is available as part of the ongoing care workflow.

• “Follow-up required” is a mandatory Yes / No selection.

• If “Follow-up required” is set to Yes, Follow-up date becomes mandatory.

• Follow-up date must be captured in dd-mm-yyyy format.

• “Improvement noted” is mandatory and must be selected as:

• • Improved

• • Same

• • Worse

• Repeat PHQ-9 is available as applicable based on clinical need or program rules.

• “Referral escalation required” is a mandatory Yes / No selection.

• If referral escalation is required, the system follows the existing referral workflow.

• Case closure requires selection of a Case closure reason.

• Case closure reason options include:

• • Recovered

• • Referred

• • Lost to follow-up

• • Death

• Case cannot be closed unless a closure reason is selected.

• Clear validation messages are displayed for missing mandatory or conditional fields.

Data Fields