Quick Guide
This guide shows how to add a patient to eRecord to obtain an MRN without adding any referral or encounter information.
Before registering a new patient you must ensure the patient is not already registered.
- In PM Office, from the Conversation Tab, double click to select Add Person.
- Search for the patient.
- Once you are satisfied that this is a new patient you will be registering, choose Add Patient.
- The Organisation field requires you to add the hospital where you are based.
- A warning will ask if you are certain this is a new patient you are registering. If you are uncertain that this is a new patient, select Yes. If you are certain this is a new patient that has not been seen at this Trust in the past, select No.
- Complete the Birth Date Entry, Date of Birth and Gender fields.
- In the GP Details field, type the name of the GP you wish to find, click the magnifying glass to search.
- In the top part of the screen, select the correct GP, at the bottom of this screen select the correct GP Practice – click OK. This will complete both the GP and the GP practice fields.
- Add a telephone number into the CORRECT field.
If the patient phone number is not known, YOU MUST ENTER NK into the home phone field.
- To add a new Home Address, click the small arrow to the left of Home (0) in the Address Organiser, click the blue plus button to open the Address Viewer.
- From the Residence drop-down menu. select the UK Residence for addresses in the UK. For addresses outside the UK select Free Text.
- For UK Residences, click on the Address Search button, enter the Postcode, the search will then occur automatically.
- Click the Select button until the address is complete, finally select the Accept button once the address is populated.
- Click OK to save the details and create an MRN for this patient.