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Adding A New Patient Identifier Field
You can look at pre-existing identifier fields in your system or on the demo website for examples. If the patient identifier type has already been defined within a field, then you should try to re-use the existing field if possible; otherwise, follow these steps to create a new identifier field:
Go to Administration → Manage Fields
Click "Add New Field"
Create your field with the following information:
Field Name
Enter a name for the field, e.g. "Medical Record Number"
Description
Describe the field to help other administrators and users — e.g., "Unique patient identifier for Wilson Hospital"
Field Type
Database element
Database
Table_ =_
patient_identifier
, Attribute =identifier
Default value
$!{patient.getPatientIdentifier(
1
).getIdentifier()
}, replacing the 1 with the internal identifier type id (you can find this under "Manage Identifier Types", hovering your mouse over the identifier type and looking at the link's address)Select Multi
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NOTE: typically, patient demographic fields (like an identifier) should be placed under the "PATIENT" section of a form schema.