Selecting a patient

If you do need to use a new patient, then it’s quite simple. When you load the Resource Builder (after re-loading clinFHIR) then you get a list of all the patients that have had data entered against them. (Actually it’s a bit more complex than that – and an area that requires some tidying – but don’t worry about that for now.

This list is actually in a tab labelled ‘Previous patients’ – and there’s another labelled ‘Select by Name’. If you select that tab, then you can select a different patient by name – try smith. You can then enter data against that patient in the same way as you have so far – and the next time you use clinFHIR, the patient will be in the initial list.

But wait, there’s more!

You can actually create your own patient using a trick. Select any patient to start with, and then from the Resource Builder select the ‘Patient’ resource type. Enter the data you want and save the new patient. From the gear menu, select the option ‘Select new patient’. This will return you to the patient selection screen, from where you can select – and subsequently use – your new patient! (or just reload clinFHIR – the effect will be the same).