Generating PseudoPHINs

This article describes how the Data Processor generates PseudoPHINs.

Instructions

run query PL_2Phin Fake or Blank to find patients without a PHIN
check if any of the patients on the list has a PHIN < 100000000; if so, correct that PHIN before proceeding since this PHIN would interfere with generating new PseudoPHINs (new # would be that bad PHIN + 1)
for each patient on the list,
- click the Cat button to bring up possible matches for that patient if he/she has been encountered before
- if one of these matches the patient
  - copy (ctrl-c) the PHIN
  - open the patient's record
  - paste (ctrl-v) the PHIN into the PHIN field
- if none matches the patient generate a new PseudoPHIN:
  - open the patient
  - click the pseudo button to the left of the PHIN field label
  - the program will look up the highest previous PseudoPHIN and enter that + 1 into the PHIN field