Overview
This article helps you link a document to the correct patient. You may need this when a document arrives without a patient match or when the system suggests more than one patient.
Steps
- Click Inbox.
- Open the document.
- Click the patient name in the header, or click Click to assign patient.
- Search for the patient in the patient search panel.
- Click the correct patient in the results list.
- Review the updated patient name in the document header.
Troubleshooting
- If you cannot find the patient, then search by a different name variation or medical record number.
- If the patient does not exist, then click the option to create a patient.