Medoc PATHWAY - 18 Appendix G - Patient Record Control; Control Patient Field Entry Format with Input Masks; Table 36: Regular Characters; Table 37: Special Characters

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18. Appendix G - Patient Record Control
Allows full customization of patient fields including the options to add, remove, rename and
control input.
18.1 Control Patient Field Entry Format with Input Masks
When you have several users entering patient data, you can control how the data must be
entered in specific fields in order to maintain consistency. For example, you can set an input
mask for the ID field so the ID numbers will have a very specific format.
Input Masks
An input mask consists of a string of characters which represent the format in which the data
should be entered. The input mask strings consists of Regular Characters, Special
Characters, and Literal Characters.
The Regular Characters represent the alphabetic or numeric characters that must or may be
used to enter data in the field. Refer to Table 36 for a list of Regular Characters and their
definitions.
The Special Characters represent the case and various delimiters and symbols. Refer to
Table 37 for a list of Special Characters and their definitions.
The Literal Characters are characters that are not Regular Characters or Special Characters.
They are inserted as is into the edit box of the field and the curser will skip over them during
editing. The use a Regular Character or a Special Character as a Literal Character, add a
backslash (\) before.
Table 36: Regular Characters
Character
Definition
L
User must enter a letter (A-Z, a-z)
l
User can only enter a letter (A-Z, a-z) but it is not required
A
User must enter a letter (A-Z, a-z) or a number (0-9)
a
User can only enter a letter (A-Z, a-z) or a number (0-9) but it is not required
C
User must enter any character
c
User can enter any character but it is not required
0
User must enter a number (0-9)
9
User can enter only a number (0-9) but it is not required
#
User can enter only a number (0-9) and a plus (+) or minus (-) but it is not
required
Table 37: Special Characters
Character
Definition
>
All the characters that follow are converted to upper case
<
All the characters that follow are converted to lower case
<>
No case checking is performed
/
Used to separate months, days and years in dates. The character used depends
on the regional settings of the computer
:
Used to separate hours, minutes and seconds in time values. The character used
depends on the regional settings of the computer
$
Currency symbol. The symbol used depends on the regional settings of the