Zeiss Humphrey II-i series, User Manual

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Networking 14-25
Using Patient Folders
Patient Folders allow you to store exported exam results using a separate folder on the file server for
each patient. This is like having a separate manila file folder for each patient in an office file cabinet,
except there are files stored on the file server rather than thousands of sheets of paper in a cabinet.
The Patient Folders are created in the shared folder that your Network Administrator has established
on your file server. They cannot be created on a DICOM Archive when using DICOM Gateway 2.0.
Note: Patient Folders are only available if you have licensed the HFA-NET Pro networking software
on your HFA II-
i
. Also, you or your Network Administrator must have activated “Enable Patient
Folders” in the Data Export Setup screen (MAIN MENU>
SYSTEM SETUP
>COMMUNICATIONS
SETUP>DATA EXPORT SETUP) in order to be able to use Patient Folders. See “Setting Up Patient
Folders,” on page I-13 for more information.
There are four different ways to specify a Patient Folder name:
Automatically:
• Allow the HFA II- i to create the Patient Folder name automatically, based on the patient’s name
and date of birth (this happens automatically after patient folders are activated). This is the
recommended method for the creation of patient folders for most situations. If you need to
occasionally change patient folder names, use one of the following methods (of which the first
method is recommended).
Manually:
• Use the Patient Folder button on the Patient Data 1 screen (see “Manually Creating a Patient
Folder with the Patient Folder Button,” on page 14-26 ).
• Specify a Patient Folder from the File Functions menu (see “Manually Creating Patient Folders
with the Specify Patient Folders Function,” on page 14-27 ). Use this if you want to create
patient folders for a group of selected patients at one time, rather than the somewhat tedious
method of recalling each patient to use the Patient Folder button.
• Enter a Patient Folder name, when prompted to do so, upon completion of a visual field
examination, or during any data transfer to the Data Export Host (see “Using the Prompt for
Patient Folder Setting,” on page 14-29 for more information on using this feature).
Note: By default, an automatically created patient folder name will consist of the patient’s last
name, first name, and date of birth. For example, if the patient’s name is Bob Williams (entered as
Williams, Bob) and his date of birth is August 16, 1946, the default folder name will be
Williams,_Bob19460816 (refer to
“Exporting Examples,” on page 14-8 ). If you do not wish to use
the default patient folder name, you may still press the Patient Folder button on the Patient Data 1
screen (see
“Manually Creating a Patient Folder with the Patient Folder Button,” on page 14-26 )
and use the pop-up keyboard to manually enter a new folder name of your preference.
Note: Be careful to type the name of an existing folder exactly the same each time if wishing to store
multiple tests in the same folder. The difference of typing an extra space, for example, will create a
separate folder. Spaces appear as underscore lines on the PC, and commas appear as commas. This
is different than the way the HFA II-
i
handles names (see “Entering Patient ID, Patient Name, Date
of Birth, Gender, & Comments,” on page 3-8 ).