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Patient Management
Search for patient records, create new patient records, update patient details and delete patient records.
Adding, Editing, and Deleting Patients
You can add and edit patient records to keep your patient database up-to-date.
Inactive, Deceased, or Deleted Patients
Mark patients as deceased or their records as inactive or deleted.

Patient Management
Search for patient records, create new patient records, update patient details and delete patient records.
- Patient Database
  The Patient Database lists the records of all active, inactive, and deceased patients.
- Importing and Exporting
- Adding, Editing, and Deleting Patients
  You can add and edit patient records to keep your patient database up-to-date.
  - Adding a Single Patient Record
    Use the Patient Details window to add a patient record.
  - Adding a Multiple-Member Family
    Add patient records for families to Clinical.
  - Adding a Patient to an Existing Family
    Add another family member to an existing family from the Clinical front screen.
  - Adding a Patient to an Existing Family via the Patient Database
    Add another family member to an existing family from the Patient Database.
  - Editing Patient Details
    Edit a patient's details.
  - Inactive, Deceased, or Deleted Patients
    Mark patients as deceased or their records as inactive or deleted.
    - Inactive Patients
      Mark a patient as inactive to hide their record from view and exclude them from searches.
    - Permanently Deleted Patients
    - Deceased Patients
      When a patient dies, mark them as deceased in their patient record.
- Patient Reviver
  Use the Patient Reviver utility to restore patient records that have previously been marked as Deceased or Deleted.
- Merging Patients
  Merge duplicate patient records.
- Opening and Closing Patient Records
- Patient Photographic Identification
  Display patient photographs to assist you in identifying your patients, ensuring that you have opened the correct patient record.

Inactive, Deceased, or Deleted Patients

Mark patients as deceased or their records as inactive or deleted.

Deleted patient records are not permanently deleted but are 'flagged' as deleted in the underlying patient database, and can be restored via the Patient Reviver utility, which is part of the MedicalDirector Maintenance Suite.

In Clinical, patients are considered deleted when they are flagged as either:

Patients can be deleted from Clinical by:

Selecting Patient > Open from the Clinical main screen or pressing F2 to open the Select Patient from List window, highlighting the patient in question, and pressing Delete.
Selecting Patient > List from the Clinical main screen, or pressing F10 to open the Patient Database, highlighting the patient in question and pressing Delete.
Merging patient records, at which time one record is discarded (and deleted) after its data has been merged with that of another.
Note:
You cannot recover merged patient records.
Patients that have been deleted as the result of a patient merge may possibly be restored, but only after the examination of your database by MedicalDirector Data Repair Technicians.
Deleting the patient from within Pracsoft; as both MedicalDirector Clinical and Pracsoft share the same patient database, changes made to a patient record in one application are reflected in the other