22 · Screenshots and demos without real people

Sample data

A screenshot with a real patient’s data is a leak. In all material (site, manual, presentations, support) we use invented data, marked as such.

Generate a set of sample data for screenshots. Each row carries a visible marker, and the national ID number (cédula, Venezuela’s ID card) and the phone number deliberately use impossible patterns.

Rows: Seed “Example” marker Hide part of the ID number

Time	Patient	ID number	Phone	Reason	Status

Fictional data, for example only. These are not real people.

Fictional patterns

Data	Pattern	Why
Name	Common first name + surname “Example”, “Sample”, “Demo” or “Test”	Nobody is called that: it cannot be mistaken for a person
ID number (cédula)	V-00.000.0NN (zeros and a sequence number)	Does not match an issued ID
Phone	0400-000-00NN	0400 is not a known mobile prefix. To be verified with the carriers before it is fixed
Email	nombre@example.com	Domain reserved for examples (RFC 2606); it reaches no one
Address	Example Ave., Sample Bldg., floor 2	It does not exist
Appointment reason	Check-up, First visit, Follow-up	Generic: never a diagnosis or a specialty
Dates	Relative to the date of the piece, with no birth dates	Avoids identifiable data

What is never shown

Never

Names, ID numbers, phone numbers or photos of real patients, not even “covered” with a blur
Diagnoses, prescriptions, test results or notes from a real record
Screenshots of the database or of a real session in production
Addresses or names of clients’ offices without their written permission
Links with patient identifiers (for example, /paciente/84512)

Always

Invented data following the pattern in the table
A visible label: “Sample data”
The screenshot’s alt text says it is an illustration
Review each screenshot before publishing it, including the edges and the browser bar
Keep the batch of data used so the screenshot can be reproduced

How to label a screenshot

heliodoreapp.com

Today’s schedule

9:00Ana ExampleConfirmed

10:00Luis SampleTo confirm

Illustration with sample data

The label goes inside the image, in a place that cannot be cropped out without losing part of the content.