Chapter 3 - Setting Up Patient Information Adding a New Patient
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Clicking the Save button or clicking the Image Display tab saves entered information
and opens the scanning window.
3. Enter the last name.
4. Enter the first name.
5. Enter the middle name.
6. Enter a patient ID (sometimes called a Medical Record Number).
You can enter up to 64 alphanumeric or special characters. You cannot use any of the
following characters in the Patient ID field:
* \ |: “< > /?
7. If appropriate, enter a study ID number using up to 16 alphanumeric characters.
8. If appropriate, enter the accession number from the Hospital Information System.
You can use up to 16 alphanumeric characters. You cannot use the ‘
\’ (backslash)
character.
9. Enter the patient’s date of birth in this format: MM/DD/YYYY.
a. Click the month field in the DOB display, and type the month as one or two
numerals.
01 displays as 1, 02 as displays as 2, etc.
b. Type the day as one or two numerals.
c. Type the year as two or four numerals.
02 displays as 2002, 84 displays as 1984, etc.
10. Click in the check box for the patient’s gender:
M for male or F for female.
11. Enter the patient’s height and weight. To change the units of measurements used, see
Setting the Units for Patient Measurements on page 249.
12. Enter any comments. You can type directly in the field, or click Extended Comment
to type a longer comment.
13. In the Location: field, enter where the exam is taking place. You can enter up to 46
alphanumeric characters.
14. In the Clinician: field, enter the name of the clinician performing the exam. You can
enter up to 46 alphanumeric characters.
15. Click the Save button or click the Image Display tab to save the entered information
and open the scanning window.
The patient information is saved in a Patient Info file and displays in the Terason Explorer
window in a folder with that patient’s name. The Image Display window is ready for you
to conduct the exam.
Caution:The fields are not case-sensitive. Do not enter data that relies on case-
sensitive characters.
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