Patient Selection

The quick way to find a patient is to select Select a Patient or press <F3>. Then at the Select Patient screen, enter a few letters of the patient's surname in Search Details, followed by a space then the first letter(s) of the forename, eg ABB MA for Mark Abbott. Then press Enter or click on Find. If you are not sure of the forename, just enter two or three letters of the surname, eg ABB and press Enter.

This then displays a browse list of patients beginning with the letters you typed in.

Either use the up/down arrow keys to highlight the correct patient you want, then select OK; or just double click on the patient line you want.

When the patient has been selected, their Patient Record screen displays, with their name and age on the title bar at the top of the screen. Usually a consultation is started automatically so you can start entering data straightaway. See also Consultations.

In this section Ways to Select a Patient Next Patient / Patient Select tab on Patient Record Select a Patient Patient Select - View Branch Patients Only Active Patients Only and Options Viewing a Sensitive Record Patient and Address Details Audit Trail from Select Patient Problems when selecting a patient Updates to the Personal Demographic Service (PDS) What Data is Synchronised with the PDS? Deselect a Patient Groups of Patients Change Select Patient Browse List