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Field Location and Format Changes
| • | To facilitate quick data entry, the patient information fields (gender, dob, age, Medicare num, Veterans' num and MRN) have been moved from the Pt Data tab to the first tab of the data entry form, on the right of the patient's address. The alternative address details have been moved to the second tab with the health fund details, and the tabs have been renamed to Patient and Fund (previously Pt Addr and Pt Data). |
| • | The MRN field has been moved to the bottom of the field list, since this is often tabbed over and not used. |
| • | An Alternative Addressee field has been added to the Patient tab to display a parent or guardian's name in the address window for accounts and letters. If a name is inserted here, it will appear in place of the patient's name in the address section. If left blank, the account is addressed to the patient. You cannot tab into this field (since it will not usually be used), but can click into it or click on the copy shortcut provided to insert the patient's surname. The copy shortcut puts the cursor just to the right of the letter M to allow quick entry of Mr/Mrs etc. |
| • | The Medicare number field has been modified by separating the Patient Reference Number from the Medicare Number. A less ambigious imput format is used (++++ +++++ +) which does not accept spaces. No message is given during data entry if the patient reference number is missing. A brief message is given if the Medicare number fails the check digit text. There is a separate link which will run a check digit test on demand. |
| • | The Medicare Patient Reference Number is now displayed on accounts after a slash (/) e.g. 1234 56789 0/1. |
Similar Patients Lookup List
| • | The similar patients lookup list on the Patient page now displays the Date of Birth & Suburb for easier identification. |
| • | For multiple provider versions, the Date of birth is shown in the multiple provider search form. A filter is provided to limit the patients found to those with the same date of birth as the current patient. |
| • | For multiple provider versions, it is now possible to copy patient details from any patient in any doctors file. |
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