Searching for a patient

1. From  Inpatients > Patient List, select .

2. Do a quick search or an advanced search for a patient.

   Read more about quick search

   Read more about advanced search

1. Select one of the following options from the navigation bar on the left.

   The options you see depend on your organisation and permissions.

   •  Inpatients

   •  Outpatients

   •  Collections

   •  Live Flow

   •  Pharmacy

   •  Back office

   •  Bed Management

   The option you choose depends on your role and the patient's location. For example, if you work in the hospital pharmacy, select  Pharmacy.

2. Select Patient Detail.

3. Select Select Patient, or select a patient's name.

4. Do a quick search or an advanced search for a patient.

   Read more about quick search

   Read more about advanced search

Depending on your organisation, you might be able to search for patients from Patient Detail > Search/Register.

By default, when you select Select Patient, quick search opens, showing a single field, Name / Number / DOB / Scan. If you see other fields, select Quick.

1. Under Name / Number / DOB / Scan, enter a name, hospital number, or date of birth.

   You can enter a partial name, for example, you might only need to enter the first three letters of a patient's name to get a result.

   If your desktop has an external scanner, you can scan a patient's wristband instead of entering search terms.

   Read more about scanning with an external scanner

2. Search for a patient. To search all patients, select Search all patients.

   When you search from  Inpatients, you have more options.

   • When you type in your search term, matching patients in your patient list are shown.

   • To search all inpatients, select Search inpatients.

3. Select a patient's name.

4. When you search for a patient from  Outpatients, select an episode of care.

By default, when you select Select Patient, quick search opens, showing a single field, Name / Number / DOB / Scan.

1. Select Advanced.

2. Optional: select + to choose search options.

3. Select a search option, and either enter your search term or select an option.

   You can search using one or more of the following options.

   Number	Enter a patient's hospital number.
   Surname	Enter a patient's last name.
   Firstname	Enter a patient's first name.
   Postcode	Enter a patient's postcode.
   DoB	Enter a patient's date of birth in the format dd/mm/yyyy.
   UBRN	Enter a unique booking reference number UBRN Unique Booking Reference Number. A unique number assigned by eRS to identify a referal through the system..
   Case Note No	Enter a case note volume number.
   DoB after	Enter a date. Searches for patients with a date of birth that is after the date entered. For example, enter 01/01/1995 to search for a patient born after 1995.
   DoB before	Enter a date. Searches for patients with a date of birth that is before the date entered. For example, enter 01/01/1995 to search for a patient born before 1995.
   Include Historic or other names	A patient might change their first name or last name. A patient's previous names are historic names. Select an option: Historic off searches the current names of patients Historic on searches the current and historic names of patients For example, a patient changes their last name. Their last name is updated on Nervecentre. You search for their previous last name. If Historic off is selected, you can't see the patient. If Historic on is selected, you can find the patient.
   Match Type	Select an option: Name starting... searches for names starting with the letters you enter in Surname or Firstname. For example, you search for the last name Green. You enter gre. The results show patients with the last name Green or Grey. Exact names searches for names that exactly match what you enter in Surname or Firstname. For example, you search for the last name Green. You enter green. The results show patients with the last name Green. Sounds Like searches for names that start with a similar sound to what you enter in Surname or Firstname. For example, you search for the last name Green. You enter green. The results show patients with the last name Green or Graham.
   Include Deceased	Select an option: Do Not Include Deceased searches for patients who are alive. Include Deceased searches for patients who are alive or deceased. Include Admitted Deceased Patients Only searches for patients who are admitted and deceased.
   Patient Merged	Sometimes a patient record is merged with another patient record to create a new merged patient record. The patient records that existed before the merge are called non-retained merged records. You can choose to include or exclude non-retained merged records.

4. Search for the patient.

   • Select  to search.

   • To clear a single search option, select  next to the search option.

   • To clear all search criteria, select X next to +.

5. Select a patient's name.

6. If you are searching for a patient from  Outpatients, select an episode of care.

1. From  Inpatients, select Patient Detail.

2. Select Select Patient or select the patient's name.

   By default, when you select Select Patient, quick search opens, showing a single field, Name / Number / DOB / Scan. If you see other fields, select Quick, then select the field Name / Number / DOB / Scan.

3. Scan the QR code on the patient's wristband with the external scanner.

You can view a quick list of patients you have recently viewed.

1. Select one of the following options from the navigation bar on the left.

   The options you see depend on your organisation and permissions.

   •  Inpatients

   •  Outpatients

   •  Collections

   •  Live Flow

   •  Pharmacy

   •  Back office

   •  Bed Management

   The option you choose depends on where your patient is located and your role. For example, if you work in the hospital pharmacy, select  Pharmacy.

2. Select Patient Detail.

3. Select Select Patient or select the patient's name.

4. Select Quick.

5. Select Recent.