1. Adding Patients
Chapter 3

2. Objectives
Add a new patient to patient MedTrak database

3. Key Concepts Meaningful use Birth date Gender Preferred language Race
Ethnicity
Audit log

4. Adding a patient
After logging in to MedTrak Main Menu appears

5. Patient Registration button

6. List Processor
List processor screens in MedTrak present contents of database of records.

7. Add Patient Button If patient does not give SS# insert 999-99-9999
Click Submit when finished

8. Patient Demographics Screen
If the patients social security number is already in database
Patient’s demographic information will be displayed for review
Otherwise, only social security field is pre-populated

9. Patient Registration Screen
Red asterisks appear next to fields that are required
If a required field is not completed message appears in red below the date and time at the top of screen and the cursor is placed next to field that needs information

10. Required fields Meaningful Use Core Objective 7: Birth date Gender
Preferred language
Race
Ethnicity

11. Entering information Use patients registration form
Use appropriate punctuation and capitalization
EXAMPLE: 258 West Olive Street
NOT: 258 west olive street
OR: 258 WEST OLIVE STREET

12. Companies screen
If simply adding a new patient companies screen is not needed
When companies screen appears click EXIT SCREEN BUTTON
Patients screen appears again, with recently added patient in the patient database

13. DO this
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14. Patient demographics audit log
Enables users to review who made what changes
Patient’s demographics
What changes were made
When the changes were made
Recording this health care data in an audit log is part of Meaningful Use Core Objective 15

15. Place cursor next to command field next to patients name & click More functions

16. Command help screen

17. Displays log record

18. Do this
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ENTER

19. Printing patient’s demographic log

20. Viewing your report Click EXIT SCREEN BUTTON on PATIENT LOG
PATIENTS SCREEN APPEARS Click VIEW PRINTS REPORTS Print

21. PATIENT LOG Click Printer Icon at top left To SAVE PATIENT LOG Click Diskette Button at the top left. Close window

22. Do this!
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