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To enter patient information, you need to be on the patient screen in palCentre. It can be accessed by clicking on the 'Patient' option in the navigation menu bar.
When you open the screen, all patient current patients can be seen. Each patient is represented by a row in the patient screen.
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To create a new patient, click on the purple 'Add a new patient' button in the top right hand corner of the screen.
The patient details form will appear.:
The following information needs to be entered into this screen:
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Once all the information has been entered, click on submit.
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Before the patient details are saved, palCentre will check to see if the patient name and/or MRN Patient ID already exists. This functionality avoids duplicate patients being entered. If this warning does appear, please check that the MRN Patient ID and patients name is correct. If they are correct, you will need to exit from this form and search for the patient. |
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If the country of birth, preferred language, Indigenous status or diagnosis is not entered into the form at time of creationcreating a new patient, you will be prompted to enter this information in the episode form. This ensures that your patient information is as complete as possible. To avoid having blank data items appear on your data quality report, select the 'Not stated' or 'Unknown' option in instances where the patient has not provided this information. |
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Once the patient has been saved, they will now appear in the list on the patient screen.
Changing a patients details
To change any of the patient details, click on the pencil icon to 
to the right of the Patients view screenpatients you wish to change. 
This will take you to open the patient details form window to add or change any details. 
Click on submit once you have made the changes.
Searching for a patient
To search for a patient, type their unique Patient patient identifer or their name in the seach bar in the top left hand side of the screen. Then click on the magnifying glass icon.
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The results of the search will appear below.
If the patient does not appear below, you may need to do an advanced search. Click on the 'Advanced search' link. This will open a pop-up window that will allow you to search for:
- Birthdate date range
- first First name
- last Last name
- Patient identifier
- If the patient is active, inactive or all patients
If the patient exists, they 
Click on 'Search' after entering your seach parameters. The results of this search will appear on the patient screen.
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To remove any search parameters, click on the 'Reset' button in the Advanced Patient Search or the 'Clear Search' option on the patient screen. This will allow you to see you to see the full list of current patients that appeared when opening palCentre. |
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To archive a patient, find the patient on the patient screen and then click on the the archive button below as below.
The following warning will appear, click on yes'Yes'.
The patient has now been archived.
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To delete a patient, find the patient on the patient screen and then click on the the delete button below as below. (UPDATE!!!) 
The following warning will appear, click on yes 'Yes'.
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The patient has now been deleted.
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