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Patient data
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Entering data
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After you have called up patient registration, the cursor is in the input field for
patient name in the
PATIENT
area.
The Exam and Preregister buttons remain deactivated until you have entered all
the information required to register or preregister a patient.
Personal data
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Name, patient ID, age, and sex of the patient are mandatory entries. This infor-
mation uniquely identifies the patient in your databases.
If you do not enter a Patient ID , your system automatically generates an identifi-
cation code from the date, time, abbreviation for daylight-saving or standard time,
and the identification number of your system (unique worldwide).
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Enter the personal data of the patient (at least the mandatory input fields)
in the
PATIENT area.
The valid input format for the Date of Birth is displayed in the status line. Enter
the year of birth using four digits.
If you do not know the date of birth you can enter the estimated Age . The system
then calculates a date of birth from the current date. In the selection field next to
it you can specify whether the age is in years, months or days (for example for
infants).
Caution
For internal identification of patient data, e.g., studies, series and images,
the system time is used. By resetting the system time, duplicate identifiers may
be created.
Data may be assigned to the wrong patient!
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If it is necessary to reset the system time for synchronization, wait until the
new system time is later than before.