This article is part of the systems administration guide. You will require administration access to view the pages mentioned in this article.
To make changes to Patient Settings (Patient Banner):
- Click Administration.
- Select Patients from the menu.
- Select Patient Settings.
- The Patient Settings screen will display and has 4 sections:
- Patient Header (Banner)
- Medical Record Number (MRN) Settings
- Client Record Number (CRN) Settings
- External Record Number (ERN) Settings
- The Patient Settings screen will display and has 4 sections:
- Make relevant changes - see fields below with descriptions of each.
- Select Update Patient Settings button.
Field / Check box | Description | Default Setting |
|---|---|---|
| Patient Header AKA Banner | ||
Show Patient Image | Patient image appears in banner | TRUE |
Show Facility Code | Facility code appears in banner | TRUE |
Show MRN | Patient's MRN appears in banner | TRUE |
Show CRN | Patient's CRN appears in Banner | FALSE |
| Show ERN | Patient's ERN appears in Banner | FALSE |
Show Age | Patient's Age appears in banner | TRUE |
Show Date Of Birth | Patient's DOB appears in banner | TRUE |
Show Facility | Patient's current admitted location appears in banner - this will display "currently Admitted" | TRUE |
Show Phone Number | Patient Contact number appears in banner. If the field is present, it shows, else the next number is checked: 1. Summary > Contact Details > Mobile 2. Summary > Contact Details > Home Phone 1. Summary > Contact Details > Work Phone So if the mobile is present, it will show the mobile, then the Home Phone,if present, then the work phone, if present. | FALSE |
Show Primary Provider | Primary Provider from the Summary page appears in banner | FALSE |
Show Referrer | Most recent active Medical Referrer details appears in banner | FALSE |
Show Address | The patient's address appears in banner | FALSE |
Show Health Fund | The Patients health fund details will display in the banner | FALSE |
| Medical Record Number MRN Settings - MRN is a unique patient identifier | ||
Auto Generate MRN? (check box) | Recommended setting - System generates MRN | TRUE |
Start Value | Start MRN at this number | 1 |
Length | Length of MRN | 6 |
| Client Record Number (CRN) Settings - CRN is an additional unique patient identifier | ||
Enable CRN (Check box) | Enable a second identifier for patient | FALSE |
Auto Generate CRN? (Check box) | Choose system generated or user defined | FALSE |
Start Value | Start CRN at this number (if Auto Generate CRN = TRUE) | 0 |
Length | Length of CRN | 6 |
CRN Number Format | force CRN to be formatted a certain way using Regular Expressions | [blank] |
| External Record Number (ERN) Settings | ||
| Enable ERN (Check box) | ||
| Value retained if not in API messages (Check box) | ||
| API Identifier | ||
Changes in Support of Patient Creation API Interface (v6.67.8 Enhancements)
In support of the original update to support the transmission of patient info via API (v6.66), we have further enhanced CareRight to support the back-end processing of this data. These changes, made in v6.67.8, include:
- Allow receiving Medicare Expiry date from Health Director;
- Allow receiving TCID from Health Director;
- Allow for search for patients via the TCID; and,
- Ignore the case of name when matching between systems.
The handling of the TCID, however, required a few modifications to the CareRight UI, starting with the Patient Settings screen. Primary among these changes is the introduction of an External Reference Number (ERN).
These changes include:
Enable ERN, Managed via API Interface and API Identifier
In the External Record Number (ERN) Settings panel, select the following checkboxes and/or field as needed:
- Enable ERN: This setting turns on the ERN in the user interface. If enabled, the user can see and change the ERN value.
- Managed via API Interface: If enabled, the ERN value can be set and updated via the patient data consumer API interface. When enabled, the field becomes an API field and can only be edited via an API override. Please note that even if Enable ERN above is not enabled, enabling this field means that the ERN is updated via the API but the user has no way to see the value.
- Value retained if not in API messages: A configuration option to the API interface to instruct CareRight to not remove an existing TCID value if A08 message has a blank TCID or no TCID record.
- API Identifier: If Managed via API Interface is enabled, then the Admin must define a value for this field. The API Identifier is the code that the API interface will correlate to determine if any API message contains a new or updated value for the ERN.
Show ERN
In the Patient Header panel, enable the Show ERN field to display the ERN value in the patient banner.
The ERN number will now appear in the patient banner:
Remember to select Update Patient settings to apply all changes.
In addition to the patient banner (if enabled), the ERN will also appear in the Identity section of the Patient Summary screen:
Using Translations
The translation system must support adding a translation for ERN to allow the user to change the display value of ERN to the user. The translation may be different to the API Identifier. For example, Icon may set the API Identifier to "TCID", but the translation may be "Total Care ID" to support user comprehension.
