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Business Units – Settings – Patient Code

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Path: Administration>Configuration>Business Units>Settings>Patient Code

Using the Patient Code Business Unit settings, you can define whether Patient Codes will be entered manually for each new patient or they will be generated automatically one by one.

This window consists of the following fields:

Field  Description

Generate New Patient Codes

Select to generate new Patient Codes automatically. You must also enter the Patient Code patterns; otherwise this check box is inactive.

Pattern

Enter the pattern for generating Patient Codes (for information about the pattern structure, see Patterns for Automatic Generation of the New Patient Codes).

Start With

Enter the number from which the calculation of Patient Codes will start if the Generate New Patient Codes check box is selected.

Active

Select for the Patient Code pattern that will be used (active) within the specific Business Unit.

Show VIP Patient in Dialog

Select to allow patients defined as VIP in Patient>General>Basic to be shown in the Select Patient window.
Associated pages – Business Unit Settings