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Patient Management
Manage patient records and recalls.
Managing Patient Records
Add new patient records, deactivate or reactivate patient records, mark patient's as deceased, delete patient records and search for patient records using a patient's details.
Delete Patient Record
If a patient record has no historical data, it can be permanently deleted from the Bluechip database.
Delete Multiple Patient Records
Use the Delete Patient Records Wizard to delete multiple patient records simultaneously.

Patient Management
Manage patient records and recalls.
- Managing Patient Records
  Add new patient records, deactivate or reactivate patient records, mark patient's as deceased, delete patient records and search for patient records using a patient's details.
  - Search for Patient Records
    Open or search for an existing patient's records by their demographic or financial details.
  - Add New Patient Records
    When a new patient joins your health service, create a new patient record.
  - Edit Patient Records
    If required, update an existing patient's demographic details such as name, address, contact details, medicare number and so on.
  - Deactivate or Reactivate Patient Records
    If the patient has not visited your practice for some time, you can make their patient record inactive.
  - Duplicate Patient Records
    You can merge duplicate patient records.
  - Deceased Patients
    When a patient dies, record the date of death details.
  - Delete Patient Record
    If a patient record has no historical data, it can be permanently deleted from the Bluechip database.
    - Delete Multiple Patient Records
      Use the Delete Patient Records Wizard to delete multiple patient records simultaneously.
- Recalls
  A Recall is a reminder given to a patient to remind them that they are due for a visit.

Delete Multiple Patient Records

Use the Delete Patient Records Wizard to delete multiple patient records simultaneously.

Before you begin

User must have a permission to Activate/Inactivate Patient in BC Secure > Permissions. For more information, see Permissions.

About this task

Delete a patient record in the Delete Patient Records Wizard panel.

Procedure

To delete a patient record:

From the main menu, select BC Tools > Utilities > Delete Patient Records Wizard.
You are prompted that Bluechip must close before the wizard can commence.
The Blue Chip Patient Delete Wizard welcome screen displays. If required, to perform a backup before proceeding. in the welcome screen, click the Start HCN Backup to backup database link. For more information, see Backup / Restore.
To continue, click Next ﹥. You are redirected to the Step 1: Select a database to be used for patient deletion wizard:
1. From the Site list, select the Bluechip database from which you want to delete patient records.
2. In the User name and Password fields, enter your username and password.
To continue to step 2 of the wizard, select each record you want to delete and click Next ﹥.
In the Step 2: Patient records eligible for deletion wizard, hover your mouse over the required patient record, set Selected individually or to delete all patient records, click Select All.

Tip:
To reset the selection, click Clear All.
The records are deleted. You are notified when the process is complete.
Click Finish.

Results

The selected patient records are permanently deleted from Bluechip.