1. 4.3 Searching for Patient Information 4-12 Medisoft offers two options for conducting searches for information: 1.Search for and Field boxes 2.Locate buttons

2. 4.3 Searching for Patient Information (Continued) 4-13 The Search for box contains the text that is to be searched for The Field box controls how the list is sorted – Several options are available Data can be resorted and filtered Exercise 4-4 and 4-5

3. The Search for and Field boxes are found at the top of many dialog boxes 4.3 Searching for Patient Information (Continued) 4-14 List of Field options

4. 4.3 Searching for Patient Information (Continued) 4-15 The Locate buttons are used to display the Locate Patient dialog box Locate buttons

5. 4.3 Searching for Patient Information (Continued) 4-16 When a Locate button is clicked, the Locate Patient dialog box appears Exercise 4-4 & 4-5 Locate Patient dialog box

6. 4.4 Editing Patient Information 4-17 To edit patient information: – Search for a patient – Click the Edit button to display the Patient/Guarantor dialog box – Make necessary changes – Save changes