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Patient Management
Search for patient records, create new patient records, update patient details and delete patient records.
Opening and Closing Patient Records
Opening Multiple Patient Records
Switch between multiple patient records if required.

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.
- Adding, Editing, and Deleting Patients
  You can add and edit patient records to keep your patient database up-to-date.
- Merging Patients
  Merge duplicate patient records.
- Opening and Closing Patient Records
  - Opening a Patient's Record
    To start a consultation, open a patient's record.
  - Opening a Patient's Record on Multiple Computers
    You can open a patient's record on more than one computer simultaneously.
  - Opening Multiple Patient Records
    Switch between multiple patient records if required.
  - Closing a Patient's Record
    To end a consultation, close the patient's record.
- Patient Photographic Identification
  Display patient photographs to assist you in identifying your patients, ensuring that you have opened the correct patient record.

Opening Multiple Patient Records

Switch between multiple patient records if required.

Before you begin

Procedure

With the first patient's record open, select Patient > Open Another, or press Alt+F2. The Select Patient from List window appears.
(Optional) To display patients who have been marked as inactive, tick the Include Inactive Patients check box. Inactive patients are displayed in red.
To locate and open the patient record, either:
Repeat for another patient.

Results

To switch between multiple open patient records, select the Window menu, and then a patient record from the list available.

What to do next

Once you have finished working with a record, you can close it in the normal manner.

If other records are still open, you are returned to the record accessed last. If there are no other patients open, you are returned to the MedicalDirector Clinical main screen.