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Select Patients to Merge Screen |
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Purpose |
Sometimes a single patient has multiple records in the system. When such a case of duplicate records is found, a user will want to resolve them to a single record.
The Select Patients to Merge Screen allows the user to select the patient records he or she wishes to merge.
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Select Patients by Client ID |
To select patients to merge by their patient ID's, perform the following steps:
Identify the two or three patient records you wish to merge and determine their internal patient ID's.
Type the internal patient ID's into the Patient ID 1, Patient ID 2, and Patient ID 3 fields.
Click the View button. The Merge Patients screen displays.
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Select Patients by Filtering |
The system maintains a list of patients who are possible duplicates. These possible duplicates come in through data exchange jobs and through user entry overrides. In order to see any of the patients on the list, you must enter some filtering criteria in order to narrow down the list to those patients you want to work with. To select patients by filtering, perform the following steps:
If you want the pending patients and possible duplicates associated with data exchange jobs for a particular provider organization, select the Organization from the Organization pick list and click the Refresh button. Note that only organizations who actually have possible duplicates display in the pick list.
If you want the possible duplicates created from user overrides, select the IR Physicians from the Organization pick list and click the Refresh button.
If you want the pending patients and possible duplicates associated with data exchange jobs on a particular date, enter the date in MM/DD/YYYY format in the Date field and click the Refresh button. The Date and Organization fields may be used in conjunction.
If you want the pending patients and possible duplicates associated with one particular data exchange job, enter the job number in the Job Id field and click the Refresh button.
The system will display a list of possible duplicates that satisfy the filtering criteria you entered. Select one pair (triplet, quadruplet, or more) of possible duplicate patient records to merge by clicking the View button. The system will take you to the Merge Patients screen.
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Information Provided |
The following table describes the information on the Possible Duplicate Patients listing:
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Description |
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Job Id |
The job number of the data exchange job which created this case of possible duplicate patient records. |
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Exchange Date |
The date of the data exchange job which created this case of possible duplicate patient records. |
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Patient ID |
The unique internal identifier for the patient in the possible duplicate pair. |
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Last Name |
The last name of the patient in the possible duplicate pair. |
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First Name |
The first name of the patient in the possible duplicate pair. |
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Middle |
The middle name of the patient in the possible duplicate pair. |
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Birth Date |
The date of birth of the patient in the possible duplicate pair. |
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Functionality |
The following table describes the buttons you can use on the Select Patients to Merge screen:
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Button |
Description |
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Click on the View button when you want to work with these patients and either merge or unpend them. The system takes you to the Merge Patients screen. |
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Click on the Cancel button to exit the Select Patients to Merge screen and return to the previous page. |
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Click on the Refresh button to generate the list of possible duplicates patient records based on the filtering criteria you entered. |
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Notes |
Note on Manual Merges
Manual Merges are situations where the technical team prepares a list of potential duplicate patients based on criteria other than what the system normally uses in its patient de-duplication process. These manual merges are loaded in batches with negative job numbers. The technical team informs the user assigned to resolve the duplicates of the negative job number. Simply type in the negative job number into the Job Id field and click the Refresh button. You may also select the organization IR Physicians to view the entire list of manual merges.
