Step 6: Specify Telephone Information

When you add a new patient to the master index application, you can specify information about the various telephone numbers associated with a patient, such as their home, cellular, and business telephone numbers.

Figure 39 Create System Record - Telephone Information

To Specify Telephone Information

1. Complete Step 5: Specify Address Information.

2. In the EUID tree in the left portion of the Create System Record page, select Phone.

   The page changes to display telephone fields.

3. On the Create System Record page, fill in the telephone fields (for more information, see About Telephone Fields on the Patient EDM).

4. In the lower portion of the page, click Add Phone.

5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each telephone number you need to add to the patient profile.

6. If you add a telephone number in error, highlight the telephone type in the EUID tree, and then click Remove Phone.

   The number is removed from the tree.

7. Do one of the following:

   • To specify additional information about the patient, continue to Step 7: Specify Auxiliary IDs.

   • To save the patient profile without specifying additional information, skip to Step 9: Save the Patient Profile.