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Patient Management
Manage the patient flow through your practice, search for patient records, create new patient records, add referrals and update patient details.
Waiting Room
The Waiting Room is where you track the movements of patients in your actual Waiting Room at your Practice.
Waiting Room Columns
Details of patients in the Waiting Room are displayed in columns.
Display Waiting Room Columns
Choose the columns displayed in the Waiting Room window.

Patient Management
Manage the patient flow through your practice, search for patient records, create new patient records, add referrals and update patient details.
- Searching for Patients
  Search for patients using a standard or advanced search, by swiping a patient's Medicare card or by name in the Patient Details window.
- Adding New Patients
  Add new patients to Pracsoft.
- Editing Patient Records
  Edit a patient's demographics, contact details, emergency contacts, and so on.
- Merging Patient Records
  Merge duplicate patient records.
- Referrals
  Attach a referral to a patient record.
- Waiting Room
  The Waiting Room is where you track the movements of patients in your actual Waiting Room at your Practice.
  - Adding Patients to the Waiting Room
  - Checking a Patient's Contact Details
    When a patient arrives, review their contact details, mobile number and opt them into receiving SMS messages if they grant permission.
  - Removing Patients from the Waiting Room
  - Assigning a Waiting Patient to a Different Practitioner
  - Refreshing the Waiting Room
    If you have numerous computers on your network with the Waiting Room open simultaneously, it may take a moment to refresh the data on each computer, during which patients who have been recently added to the Waiting Room may not appear.
  - Print the Waiting Room List
    If required you can print the Waiting Room list.
  - Waiting Room Notes for Patients
    Record temporary or permanent notes about patients sitting in your Waiting Room.
  - Waiting Room Columns
    Details of patients in the Waiting Room are displayed in columns.
    - Display Waiting Room Columns
      Choose the columns displayed in the Waiting Room window.
    - Change the Width of Waiting Room Columns
      Change the width of columns in the Waiting Room window.

Display Waiting Room Columns

Choose the columns displayed in the Waiting Room window.

Procedure

In the Waiting Room, right-click a column heading.
Select Configure Columns.
Set the checkboxes next to the columns you want to display.
To change the display order of the columns, select a column name. Select Move Up or Move Down.
Click Save.