Step 4: Specify Alias Information

After you specify the required demographic information for a patient, you can specify any alias names for that patient. Once you add an alias, it appears in the patient profile tree on the left side of the Create System Record page.

Figure 37 Create System Record - Alias Information

To Specify Alias Information

1. Complete Step 3: Specify Demographic Information.
2. In the EUID tree in the left portion of the Create System Record page, select Alias.

   The page changes to display alias fields.

3. On the Create System Record page, enter the patient’s alias information (for more information, see About Alias Fields on the Patient EDM).
4. In the lower left portion of the page, click Add Alias.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each alias name you want to add.
6. If you add an alias name in error, highlight the alias in the EUID tree, and then click Remove Alias.

   The alias name is removed from the tree.

7. Do one of the following:
   • To specify additional information about the patient, continue to Step 5: Specify Address Information.
   • To save the patient profile without specifying additional information, skip to Step 9: Save the Patient Profile.