Add a Patient

UpdatedSeptember 24, 2023

By Peter Hutten-CzapskiPeter Hutten-Czapski

Adding a Patient

From the Appointment screen, click on the ‘SEARCH’ tab
Search the name to ensure that the patient is not already in the database
Click on the link “Create Demographic”
Fill in the patient’s information and click ‘Add Record’.

TIPS:

The name that you are searching will populate the “Create Demographic”

TIPS:

You MUST, at minimum, fill in the following fields mandatory fields indicated by a red asterisk* First Name, Last Name, Sex and Date of Birth.
When entering a patient’s name, the characters < or > should not be used.

Contact Information

The contact information section contains all the methods that you may contact the patient. If the Postal Code has been configured to be required it will be indicated by a red asterisk *

Tip:

Select the country prior to selecting the province/state
Enter the Mailing Address into the Address (This can be set to be a required field for some installations)
Enter the Residential Address if it differs from the first Address
A prefix for the phone can be set in oscar.properties
The phone number inserted is reformatted to xxx-xxx-xxxx or 1-xxx-xxx-xxxx as applicable
- To override reformatting use international convention with a + such as +48 22 841 00 16

Swipe Card

When configured, the “ready for card swipe” notice area will be green and allow for a HIN card swipe to fill/update the demographics.

Health Insurance

The enrollment status is set to one of several options

1. Not enrolled: Patient is not currently enrolled to any physician

2. Rostered: Patient is enrolled to a physician

3. Terminated: Patient is no longer rostered to a physician

4. Fee for service: Patient is not rostered and is being seen on a fee for service basis

5. a Custom status that has been added to this OSCAR with the “Add New” button

The MRP is usually the enrolled to physician, but can be different. The MRP is only for clinic management and has no billing implications.

To migrate existing roster data to incorporate these new changes see Administration

The enrollment history of a patient can be accessed by clicking on the “Enrollment History” link on the master demographic page

Care Team

The team can be selected with internal providers for MRP, Nurse, Midwife, Resident. The Referral Doctor can be picked from the select from the list of Professional Specialists.

TIP: To allow for auto-population of consult letters with the Referral Doctor you need to link Referral Doctor’s particulars with the Patient

Click on the Search #
Search then by Name, Specialty or Referral No by placing some of that information in the search box. In this case ‘hutten’ under name
When the Search is done all the entries that meet your search are displayed. Just click on your referral doctor and the patient will be linked to that physician.
If you want to Add or Edit a Referral Doctor press the link

An ability to Edit referral physicians also exists in the Consultations > Edit Specialists Listing > Edit Specialists , and the billing screen.

Out-Of-Province Patients – (how to enter HIN#)

In ‘Master Record’ enter the out-of-province health number in the Health Ins. # box
In ‘Health Card Type’ click on the the drop down menu of the provinces & select the correct province
For Ontario patients the health number must not already exist in the system

NOTE:

There is a Reciprocal Health billing agreement with all provinces except Quebec. Quebec patients need to pay cash for the appointment and submit the receipt to the Quebec Health system for re-reimbursement.

Alert & Notes Areas

Anything typed in the Alert box will show up in bright yellow in the ‘Make Appointment’ window to alert the receptionist during appointment booking. The notes area can be used for various functions