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| 11 | <h1 align=center><img src="images/EDIS_ICON_Small.gif" alt="EDIS icon" width="184" height="184"><br/>
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| 12 | Identify Patient Button</h1>
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| 13 | <h2 align=center>Identify Unknown Patients</h2>
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| 19 | <p>The <b>Identify Patient</b> button enables you to identify patients in VistA after you’ve added them to the display board via the <b>Enter Name, Patient Is Not in VistA</b> or <b>Ambulance Is Arriving, Patient Name Is Unknown </b>selection. <b>Identify Patient</b> is available only for patients whom users added via one of these selections. The application displays this button on the <b>Patient Information</b> bar in the following views:</p>
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| 21 | <ul>
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| 22 | <li><b>Sign In</b></li>
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| 23 | <li><b>Triage</b></li>
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| 24 | <li><b>Update</b></li>
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| 25 | <li><b>Disposition</b></li>
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| 26 | <li><b>Edit Closed</b></li></ul>
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| 27 | <p>If someone has added the wrong patient using the <strong>Search for Patient in VistA</strong> selection, you can remove the patient from the board by selecting <strong>Patient Name Entered in Error</strong> on the <strong>Disposition</strong> list (<a href="Disposition.html">Disposition</a> view).</p>
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| 28 | <p><img src="images/patient_information_pane_sign_in.png" alt="Screen capture: the patient information pane with Identify Patient button" border="1"><br />
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| 29 | The <strong>Identify Patient</strong> button.</p>
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| 30 | <h3 align=left>Identifying Patients Who Are Already Signed In</h3>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <ol>
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| 33 | <li>In the <b>Active Patients</b> list, select the patient whom you want to identify. Keyboard: use the TAB key to locate the <strong>Active Patients</strong> list. Use the DOWN ARROW key to enter the list, and use the DOWN ARROW and UP ARROW keys to select a patient from the list. </li>
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| 34 | <li>In the <b>Patient Information</b> bar, click <b>Identify Patient</b>. The application displays the <b>Identify Patient</b> dialog box. Keyboard: use the TAB key to locate the <strong>Identify Patient</strong> button and use the SPACEBAR key to select the button. </li>
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| 35 | <li> Type all or part of the patients name in the <strong>Find Patient</strong> box using this format: Surname,Firstname. For example, you can search using the patients surname only, or the patients surname and the first initial of his or her first name. You can also search using the initial letter of the patients surname concatenated with the last four digits of his or her Social Security number (X9999 format), the patients entire Social Security number (SSN), or the last four digits of his or her SSN.</li>
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| 36 | <li>Select the patient from this list and press the ENTER key or click <b>Continue</b>. Keyboard: use the DOWN ARROW and UP ARROW keys to locate the patient’s name and use the ENTER key to select the name. You can also select the name by using the TAB key to locate the <strong>Continue</strong> button and the SPACEBAR key to select the button. </li>
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| 37 | <li>If your patient is not on the list and you added him or her via the <strong>Ambulance Is Arriving, Patient Name Is Unknown </strong>selection, click the <b>Enter Name, Patient Is Not in VistA</b> button. Keyboard: use the TAB key to locate the <strong>Search for Patient in VistA</strong> button, then use the DOWN ARROW key to locate the <b>Enter Name, Patient Is Not in VistA </b>button. Press the SPACEBAR key to select this button. </li>
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| 38 | <li>EDIS automatically populates the <strong>Patient Name</strong> box with the name you typed in the <strong>Find Patient</strong> box. Correct this name if necessary. Keyboard: use the TAB key to locate the <strong>Patient Name</strong> box. </li>
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| 39 | <li>Press the ENTER key or click <b>Continue.</b> Keyboard: use the TAB key to locate the <strong>Continue</strong> button and use the SPACEBAR key to select it. </li>
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| 40 | <li>Click <b>Save</b>. Keyboard: use the TAB key to locate the<strong> Save</strong> button and use the SPACEBAR key to select the button.</li>
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| 41 | </ol>
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| 44 | <h3 align=left>Related
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| 45 | Topics</h3>
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| 46 | <ul>
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| 47 | <li><a href="General.html">General Information</a></li>
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| 48 | <li><a href="SignIn.html">Sign In View</a></li>
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| 49 | <li><a href="Triage.html">Triage View</a></li>
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| 50 | <li><a href="TOC.html">Table of Contents</a>
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| 51 | </ul></body></html>
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