Bill,
 
If you enter a last and first name in the Unregistered Patient Option, a list of patients is generated which sound like the patient name you entered. You are then asked if one of the listed patients is the one you want to use. If it is, click on the left selection bar so that the entire row is highlighted and that patient will be selected when you click 'Accept'. If you click 'No', it is assumed another patient with the same name as those in the list is being selected and a new internal patient identifier is created for the new patient with the same name. If you highlight a previously identified patient that patient is re-activated as an active patient. Of course, if you do not enter at least a DOB for a patient it is difficult to tell which 'John Doe' you are dealing with the next visit.
 
  You are uncovering some very relevant questions and could benefit from another live walkthrough. You are also ready to see how to alter/add templates to meet your own needs. I can come to Enid this Friday after clinic hours or Sat. if it would help. Jim tells me we will be able to do NetMeeting like sessions when the new router is installed next month. I am willing to come to Enid before then if your schedule permits.
 
Gene
 
 
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	Gene,
	 
	I was able to retrieve DC’d patients using the unregistered option but have a question. When looking for unregistered patients is there any way for the search to be run automatically so once you enter enough information to identify the patient that a list of patients in the system that are similar, i.e. same or similar last name, is generated to choose from? I would envision a search list similar to the one you have set up for diagnosis. The reason I ask is that is you put in the first and last name of a patient and hit accept rather that search you will have multiple records for the same patient.
	 
	William F. Price, M.D. 
	Assistant Professor 
	Enid Family Medicine/OUHSC 
	620 S Madison Suite 304 
	Enid, OK 73701 
	580-242-1300 ext. 228 
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