Preferred Name Used printed on facesheet and on schedule
Is there a way to have the patients preferred name or name they want to go by, printed on demo sheet, patient name band, patient sticker, and on the scheduler?
Tricia Matthews
Aug 29, 2025
As a related topic (facesheets in general) It came up in conversation this week - that the facesheet is used to communicate with various entities... The patient phone number that is on the facesheet - is their home number/primary number. While there are still people in the world that have a "home number" or traditional landline - that is most likely not their primary contact number and an alternate or cell number does not automatically have a space on the facesheet. Sometimes the spouse's cell number is used as the "home phone" then it is the number that pulls to the facesheet. While, I would agree, if a patient is being referred to an outside facility - it would be on the sender to be sure to communicate a good contact number for the accepting physician's office to contact them to set up an appointment. Not needing to write the cell number the patient has already provided would be helpful.
Also be nice to search by preferred name but make it integrated in the Patient Name search so they can search for legal or preferred with out have to change the search type to preferred name.
Providers would like to have a consistent way of knowing what a clients preferred name is. Can this be added to the demographics entry pages and display on the demographics bar?
As a related topic (facesheets in general) It came up in conversation this week - that the facesheet is used to communicate with various entities... The patient phone number that is on the facesheet - is their home number/primary number. While there are still people in the world that have a "home number" or traditional landline - that is most likely not their primary contact number and an alternate or cell number does not automatically have a space on the facesheet. Sometimes the spouse's cell number is used as the "home phone" then it is the number that pulls to the facesheet. While, I would agree, if a patient is being referred to an outside facility - it would be on the sender to be sure to communicate a good contact number for the accepting physician's office to contact them to set up an appointment. Not needing to write the cell number the patient has already provided would be helpful.
This is being added to the Patient ID Panel (Demographics bar)
Also be nice to search by preferred name but make it integrated in the Patient Name search so they can search for legal or preferred with out have to change the search type to preferred name.