Starting a New Patient
To start a new patient click the New Patient button located either on the top of each screen or on the Main Menu. You will get the dialog below. Enter the new patient’s complete First, MI and Last name. Then click Continue! It is NOT necessary to worry about capital letters.
If there are no possible matches a new record will be created and the name you just entered will be filled into the corresponding fields of the new record and the Patient ID calculated for you.
Preventing duplicate patient records
Before a new record is actually created, the system checks to see if there are any possible matches. The first three letters of the last name and first three letters of the first name are used to look for possible duplicate patients. If there are no matches, the new record is created.
However, if there is a possible match, the dialog below appears and then a list (second image below). If none listed matches the new patient, click Continue at the bottom of the screen. Otherwise, click on the record itself that is the match.
