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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.
Editing Patient Records
Edit a patient's demographics, contact details, emergency contacts, and so on.
Selecting a Patient's Next-of-Kin
Add the patient's next-of-kin to their record.

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.
  - Selecting a Patient's Emergency Contact
  - Selecting a Patient's Next-of-Kin
    Add the patient's next-of-kin to their record.
  - Flagging Patients as Deceased, Deleted, or Inactive
- 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.

Selecting a Patient's Next-of-Kin

Add the patient's next-of-kin to their record.

Procedure

To select a patient's next-of-kin:

Locate the patient whose record you want to edit.
Within the Select Patient window, select the patient and then click EditThe Edit Patient Details window appears.
Select the Personal Details tab, and then Contact Details tab.
Within the Contact Details section, click Select to select the Next of Kin. The Select Next of Kin for... window appears.
Select another patient to be the next-of-kin.
Select the type of relationship from the Relationship drop-down menu. You can also free-type an entry here.
Click Save to confirm the changes.

Results

The selected person is recorded as the patient's next-of-kin.