Add New Patient

Add New Patient

Impulse allows you to add a new patient from a number of different screens, so that you do not have to navigate back to the main screen every time.

From Impulse Main Screen

  1. Select Patient Details from left hand side Taskbar on main screen of Impulse
  2. Patient Search screen will open
  3. Click “New Patient”
  4. Complete New Patient details on this screen taking note of any warnings that may be issued where File ID exists or Patient with same name exists.
  5. Click OK
  6. Click OK to Accept File ID
  7. Enter Patient Demographic Detail, e.g.  Address, DOB, Phone Contact etc
  8. You can set Default Provider and Location. This information will become the default information in the billing screen.
  9. F2 to save

Please Note:

Medicare rules apply when patient details are entered

First name and Surname fields have Character limitations.

Characters accepted are alpha-numeric characters, apostrophes, hyphens and spaces; however spaces must not appear immediately before or after the apostrophes and hyphens.

For example:

O’Toole – Valid

O’ Toole – Invalid (one or more spaces after apostrophe)

O ’Toole – Invalid (one or more spaces before apostrophe)

Anne-Marie – Valid

Anne -Marie – Invalid (one or more spaces before hyphen)

Anne- Marie – Invalid (one or more spaces after hyphen)

Anne - Marie – Invalid (one or more spaces before and after hyphen)

Robert AKA Bob – Valid

Robert (Bob) - Invalid (‘(‘ and ‘)’ are not one of the allowed characters)

AKA: Field added to cater for patient preferred name.


From Patient Details Screen

Click F6
  1. Complete New Patient details on this screen taking note of any warnings that may be issued where File ID exists or Patient with same name exists.
  2. Click OK
  3. Click OK to Accept File ID
  4. Enter Patient Demographic Detail, e.g.  Address, DOB, Phone Contact etc
  5. You can set Default Provider and Location. This information will become the default information in the billing screen.
  6. F2 to save

From the Appointment Book

On the appointment book screen
Select New Patient from left hand tab or CTRL+F6
  1. Complete New Patient details on this screen taking note of any warnings that may be issued where File ID exists or Patient with same name exists.
  2. Click OK
  3. Click OK to Accept File ID
  4. Enter Patient Demographic Detail, e.g.  Address, DOB, Phone Contact etc
  5. You can set Default Provider and Location. This information will become the default information in the billing screen.
  6. F2 to save

From the Waiting Room

CTRL+F4
  1. Complete New Patient details on this screen taking note of any warnings that may be issued where File ID exists or Patient with same name exists.
  2. Click OK
  3. Click OK to Accept File ID
  4. Enter Patient Demographic Detail, e.g.  Address, DOB, Phone Contact etc
  5. You can set Default Provider and Location. This information will become the default information in the billing screen.
  6. F2 to save

Adding a New Temporary Patient

Temporary Patients are those patients not expected to return to the practice on a regular basis.
Temporary patient file ID’s are prefixed with a T.
  1. Click Patient on the top taskbar on the main screen of Impulse
  2. Select Patient Details
  3. CTRL+F6
  4. Enter the New Temporary  Patients Title and enter the First Name(s), Initial(s) and Surname and select OK.
  5. The next Temporary file ID will be automatically allocated, this number may be overwritten if needed. Click OK.
  6. Add patient demographics and other relevant details.
  7. F2 to Save


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