Merging Patient Files - Zeiss HUMPHREY 720i User Manual

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Merging patient files

REV. B 02/03 PN 51680-1
MERGE PATIENTS allows you to resolve any inconsistencies in how you entered the name
and date of birth for an individual patient. Slight differences in patient identification over a
number of visits can cause the HFA II to treat tests taken by the same patient as tests taken by
different patients. As a result, some of a patient's tests may not be included in STATPAC analysis.
For example, if patient Patricia Smith is entered into the Patient Data 1 screen as "Smith,
Patricia" on one visit but as "Smith, Patty" on another, the HFA II will think that two different
patients took these tests.
To help avoid these differences, you should enter a returning patient's data via the RECALL
PATIENT DATA button. The MERGE PATIENTS feature is available during patient data recall to
help clear up extra patient entries. See Section 3: "Recalling Patient Data" for additional
information.
MERGE PATIENTS may be accessed on any File Directory screen when the directory displays
Patient order.
1
Select the desired test
function (VIEW TEST,
COPY TEST, etc.).
2
Select PATIENT from
Directory Order. Press
PROCEED.
3
Choose the two tests you
wish to merge. A check
mark will appear next to the
selected tests once they have
been chosen.
4
Press MERGE PATIENTS.
A pop-up window will
display both choices, including
the date of birth and the ID
number.
5
Press the button to the
left of the name you wish to
use as the correct test. An "X"
will appear next to that patient.
6
Press PROCEED. All the test results for the two patient entries selected will be combined
into the file marked with the "X".
HUMPHREY FIELD ANALYZER II -
FILE FUNCTIONS
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