4-2 Exam Preparation
4.1.1 New Patient Information
The Patient Info screen is shown as follows:
Place the cursor onto the targeted box. The field box is highlighted and a flashing cursor appears.
Information can be entered or selected from the options.
You can also change the cursor position by <Tab>, <Enter> or up/down controls.
Information includes:
1. General information
Patient ID
Patient ID is generated automatically by the system after starting a new patient, and can be
modified manually. Once you enter the ID and confirm it, you are not allowed to change it.―\‖ is
not permitted.
The ID can be obtained by the bar code reader as well.
Name
Enter patient name through the keyboard.
Gender
Select Male, Female or Unknown for patient gender in the drop-down list.
DOB (Date of birth):
You can either enter the birth date of a patient manually;
Or, click to select the date and click [OK] to finish.
Age
Auto generated age: once the DOB is obtained, the system can display an auto-
generated age in the field box; the unit can be ―Years‖, ―Months‖ or ―Days‖. If the age is
less than one year, the system will automatically calculate the age in months or days.
Also, you can manually enter the age.
When you enter the date manually, please enter it in the format as that of the system.