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User Roles in LAMISPlus

LAMISPlus is built around clearly defined roles. Every person who uses the system has exactly one role, or a combination of roles, that determines what they can see and what they can do. Nobody has more access than their job requires.

How roles are structured

There are three levels of administration, and then the facility staff who use the system for clinical care and support.

Super Administrator: The platform operator. Manages the entire LAMISPlus installation, creates health organisations, and controls which clinical modules are available. There is usually one Super Administrator per deployment, operated by the platform team.

Tenant Administrator: Manages a health organisation (a hospital network, health programme, or healthcare institution). Creates facilities within the organisation and appoints Facility Administrators.

Facility Administrator: Manages one specific facility. Creates staff accounts, assigns roles, configures clinical modules, and manages facility settings like wards and prices.

Facility Staff: The day-to-day users: doctors, nurses, lab scientists, pharmacists, and others. Created and managed by the Facility Administrator.

Facility staff roles

RolePrimary responsibility
ReceptionistPatient registration and appointment booking
NurseTriage and vital signs capture
Doctor / Clinical OfficerClinical consultation, orders, and prescriptions
Lab ScientistSample collection and result entry
RadiologistImaging requests and radiology reports
PharmacistPrescription review and drug dispensing
CounselorHIV/ART programme and public health counselling
Ward ClerkInpatient admission and bed management
Medical Records OfficerPatient record management and retrieval
AccountantInvoicing and payment recording
M&E OfficerProgramme monitoring, reporting, and data export
IT SupportUser account and access management

Role assignment

Roles are assigned by the Facility Administrator. A staff member can hold more than one role if needed, for example, a facility where one person handles both reception and medical records. Access reflects the combined permissions of all assigned roles.

Select a role from the sidebar to see exactly what that person can do in the system.