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  2. Patient Management

    Manage patient records and recalls.

  3. 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.

  4. Ethnicity Code Reference

  • 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.

      • Country-Of-Birth Codes

      • Ethnicity Code Reference

    • Recalls

      A Recall is a reminder given to a patient to remind them that they are due for a visit.

Ethnicity Code Reference

Ethnicity codes used in Bluechip and other MedicalDirector products are a subset of the Australian Standard Classification of Cultural and Ethnic Groups (ASCCEG) created by the Australia Bureau of Statistics (ABS). These ethnicity codes are used when you record a patient's demographics.

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