Adding a New Patient

If a patient does not exist in Pharmacy Manager, you can create a new patient record. To add a new patient: 

  1. From Pharmacy Manager, select Patient and press Enter on your keyboard:

  2. The Find Patient screen displays, select Add :

  3. The Patient Details screen displays, complete as required:

    Training Tip - Use the Other tab to add patient notes as required.
  4. Select OK to save and return to the Find Patient screen.

To add a temporary patient, place a tick next to Temporary patient on the Patient Details - Patient screen:

To change a temporary patient to a permanent patient, simply remove the tick next to Temporary patient on the Patient Details - Patient screen.

To include temporary patients on the Find Patient screen, simply place a tick next to Show temporary patients:

Note - The system records all dispensing details for temporary patients and therefore reports include temporary patient information. Temporary patients display on reports with an asterisk * next to their name.

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