Patient Entry - Name & Address Area

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Use the Name & Address Area to maintain the patient's name, address and phone number information. The table following the window example describes the Name & Address Area for the Patient Entry - Demographics Window.

Tip: You can create additional addresses for a patient, guarantor, policy holder, or other using Patient Entry - Patient Address Maintenance.

Directions:

To display the Name & Address Area, open the Demographics Window.

Tip: For details about opening windows, refer to the Patient Reference Panel.

Name & Address Area Example:

Patient Entry - Name & Address Area Prompts Tip: To see more information about a field, click the hyperlink for that field.
Last Name	Enter the patient's Last Name. Or, to set up family members, you can enter a valid patient account number here to automatically fill in the associated patient information in the Last Name through Phone Number fields, excluding the First Name field. (up to 20 characters) Required
First Name, Init	Enter the Patient's First Name, a space and their Middle Initial. (up to 18 characters) Required
Address 1	Enter the first line of the patient's mailing address. (up to 25 characters) Required
Address 2	Enter the second line of the patient's mailing address, if applicable. (up to 25 characters)
City	Enter the city name, town name or a valid City Code (to fill in the associated City, State and Zip Code for this patient). (up to 15 characters) Required Notes: To search for a City Code, click Search or press [CTRL + f]. To create a new City Code, click Fast Maintenance or press [CTRL + o].
State	The US Postal Service State Code displays if you entered a City Code above. Otherwise, enter the US Postal Service state code for this city. (2 characters) Required
Zip	The Zip Code displays if you entered a City Code above. Otherwise, enter the five-digit Zip Code or the nine-digit Zip+4 Code. (up to 10 characters, dashes (-) not necessary)
	To see where the patient resides in order to provide directions to your practice, click Web Map Search.
Phone Number	Enter the patient's Phone Number. (up to 10 characters)
	If patient statements or other correspondence is undeliverable because of an invalid address, click Patient Search to load Web People Search where you can verify patient address and phone number information. Note: Do not confuse Web People Search with Search described above. They are 2 separate functions.