diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 3503d998c..8dd480ad0 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 takes a user and by default returns True. Override this
 to decide if a menu item should be shown in the nav bar.
 
+* Adds a `populated` angular filter that returns True if an object is populated
+
 ### 0.11.2 (Bugfix Release)
 
 Includes referencedata JSON files in Manifest.
diff --git a/doc/docs/reference/javascript/javascript_helpers.md b/doc/docs/reference/javascript/javascript_helpers.md
index 5d04e38eb..887b37ff5 100644
--- a/doc/docs/reference/javascript/javascript_helpers.md
+++ b/doc/docs/reference/javascript/javascript_helpers.md
@@ -166,6 +166,15 @@ Converts strings with underscores (e.g. variable names etc) to words with spaces
 ->> some underscore string
 ```
 
+#### populated
+
+Checks to see if an object is populated
+
+```html
+[[ {} | populated ]]
+->> false
+```
+
 
 ### Angular HTTP Interceptors
 
diff --git a/opal/static/js/opal/filters.js b/opal/static/js/opal/filters.js
index 1eecca46a..94ccddcf9 100644
--- a/opal/static/js/opal/filters.js
+++ b/opal/static/js/opal/filters.js
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ filters.filter('boxed',  function(){
             return '[X]'
         }
         return '[ ]'
-    }
-})
+	}
+});
 
 filters.filter('plural', function(){
 		return function(someWord, count, plural){
@@ -262,3 +262,10 @@ filters.filter('totalDays', function(toMomentFilter){
         }
     };
 });
+
+filters.filter('populated', function(){
+	// returns true if an object is populated
+	return function(something){
+		return !_.isEmpty(something);
+	};
+});
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diff --git a/opal/static/js/test/filters.test.js b/opal/static/js/test/filters.test.js
index 71b4b263a..a28f98827 100644
--- a/opal/static/js/test/filters.test.js
+++ b/opal/static/js/test/filters.test.js
@@ -499,4 +499,26 @@ describe('filters', function() {
 
     });
 
+    describe('populated', function(){
+        var populated;
+
+        beforeEach(function(){
+            inject(function($injector){
+                populated = $injector.get('populatedFilter')
+            });
+        });
+
+        it('should return true if the object is populated', function(){
+            expect(populated({hello: 1})).toBe(true);
+            expect(populated({hello: null})).toBe(true);
+            expect(populated({hello: undefined})).toBe(true);
+            expect(populated({hello: NaN})).toBe(true);
+        });
+
+        it('should return false if the object is not populated', function(){
+            expect(populated({})).toBe(false);
+            expect(populated(null)).toBe(false);
+        });
+    });
+
 });
diff --git a/opal/templates/patient_lists/layouts/spreadsheet_list_base.html b/opal/templates/patient_lists/layouts/spreadsheet_list_base.html
index c93d18595..bdad0ff60 100644
--- a/opal/templates/patient_lists/layouts/spreadsheet_list_base.html
+++ b/opal/templates/patient_lists/layouts/spreadsheet_list_base.html
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ <h1>
               </a>
             </p>
           </li>
-          <li class="list-group-item" ng-show="profile.can_see_pid()">
+          <li class="list-group-item" ng-show="profile.can_see_pid() && metadata.tags|populated">
             <h4>
               <i class="fa fa-users"></i> Teams
               {% if patient_list.allow_edit_teams %}