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