Ways to Select a Patient

When you enter Consultation Manager, after clicking OK on the New Consultation Options, you will need to select a patient before entering clinical data, using one of the following:

• The patient register, using Select a patient
• Or by pressing F3 function key;
• Or press Alt-C, then P.
• Or from a Group (see "Groups of patients");
• Or from the Next Patient tab on a Vision 3 Framework view, use one of the options: the Select Patient window, the recently selected patients, or the Appointments listing. See Next Patient / Patient Select tab on Patient Record (Vision 3)
• Or from List Appointments if you are using the Appointments module (see "Appointments List").
• Or from the Appointments tab on a Vision 3 view – see Appointments List
• Or click on a patient name from the list of last four selected patients from the bottom of the Consultation menu.
• Or select another member of the patient's family from the Patient Details and Contacts - Family screen

When you select a patient, this automatically deselects the previously selected patient. See "Deselect a patient" - for other ways to deselect a patient.

If you have a patient selected within an open consultation, and you want to view a second patient's data at the same time, use the option New Consultation Manager (see Start a second consultation for another patient).

See also Select a patient, Patient and Address Details, and Problems when selecting a patient.