Following is a list of available Merge Fields in Impulse including a description of each one.
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   DATE AND TIME Merge Fields  | 
  
   Description  | 
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   <GEN_TODAY>  | 
  
   Document generated Date from system clock. In format e.g. Tuesday, 5 May 1998  | 
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   <GEN_TODAY_SHORT>  | 
  
   Document generated Date from system clock. In format DD/MM/YY  | 
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   <GEN_TODAY_DD/MM/YY>  | 
  
   as above  | 
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   <GEN_TODAY_DD/MM/YYYY>  | 
  
   Document generated Date from system clock. In format DD/MM/YYYY  | 
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   <GEN_TIME_AM/PM>  | 
  
   Document generated Time from system clock. In format AM/PM  | 
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   <GEN_TIME>  | 
  
   Document generated Time from system clock. In format hh:ss  | 
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   PATIENT Merge Fields  | 
  
   Description  | 
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   <PAT_FILEID>  | 
  
   Patient’s File ID  | 
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   <PAT_TITLE>  | 
  
   Patient’s Title e.g. Mr  | 
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   <PAT_FIRSTNAME>  | 
  
   Patient’s First name  | 
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   <PAT_SURNAME>  | 
  
   Patient’s Surname  | 
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   <PAT_TITLE_NAME>  | 
  
   Patient’s Title + First name + Surname e.g. Mr. Max Power  | 
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   <PAT_GREETING_NAME>  | 
  
   Patient’s Title + Surname e.g. Mr. Power  | 
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   <PAT_ADDRESS_1>  | 
  
   Patient’s Address Line 1  | 
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   <PAT_ADDRESS_2>  | 
  
   Patient’s Address Line 2  | 
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   <PAT_SUBURB_STATE_POSTCODE> 
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   Patient Address’ Suburb + State + Postcode e.g. Sydney NSW 2000  | 
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   <PAT_HOME_PHONE>  | 
  
   Patient’s Home Phone Number  | 
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   <PAT_WORK_PHONE>  | 
  
   Patient’s Work Phone Number  | 
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   <PAT_SEX>  | 
  
   Patient’s gender e.g. Male.  | 
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   <PAT_DOB>  | 
  
   Patient’s Birth Date in Format DD/MM/YYYY  | 
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   <PAT_DOB_WORDS>  | 
  
   Patient’s Birth Date in long Format 3 July, 1978  | 
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   <PAT_AGE>  | 
  
   Patient’s Age  | 
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   <PAT_DATE_FIRST_VISIT>  | 
  
   Patient First Visit Date in Format DD/MM/YYYY  | 
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   <PAT_DATE_LAST_VISIT>  | 
  
   Patient Last Visit Date in Format DD/MM/YYYY  | 
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   <PAT_USUALGP>  | 
  
   Patient’s Usual Provider Name linked with data in Table Patient Details  | 
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   <PAT_USUALGP_PROVIDER_NO>  | 
  
   Patient Usual Provider’s Provider Number linked with data in Table Patient Details  | 
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   <PAT_MEDICARE>  | 
  
   Patient’s Medicare Card Number  | 
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   <PAT_OTHER>  | 
  
   Patient’s Other Card Number  | 
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   <PAT_PENSIONER>  | 
  
   Patient’s Pension Card Number  | 
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   <PAT_SAFETY_NET>  | 
  
   Patient’s Safety Net Card Number  | 
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   <PAT_SOCIAL_SECURITY>  | 
  
   Patient’s Social Security Card Number  | 
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   <PAT_HEALTHCARE>  | 
  
   Patient’s Health Care Card Number  | 
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   <PAT_VA>  | 
  
   Patient’s Veteran Affairs – All Condition Card Number  | 
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   <PAT_VB>  | 
  
   Patient’s Veteran Affairs – Limited Condition Card Number  | 
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   HEAD OF FAMILY Merge Fields  | 
  
   Description  | 
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   <HOF_FILEID>  | 
  
   Patient’s Head of Family File ID  | 
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   <HOF_TITLE>  | 
  
   Patient’s Head of Family Title  | 
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   <HOF_TITLE_NAME>  | 
  
   Patient’s Head of Family Title + First name + Surname e.g. Mr. Max Power  | 
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   <HOF_SURNAME>  | 
  
   Patient Head of Family’s Surname  | 
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   <HOF_FIRSTNAME>  | 
  
   Patient Head of Family’s First name  | 
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   <HOF_GREETING NAME>  | 
  
   Patient Head of Family’s Title & Surname e.g. Mr Power  | 
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   <HOF_ADDRESS_1>  | 
  
   Patient Head of Family’s Address Line 1  | 
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   <HOF_ADDRESS_2>  | 
  
   Patient Head of Family’s Address Line 2  | 
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   <HOF_SUBURB_STATE_POSTCODE >  | 
  
   Patient Head of Family’s Suburb + State + Postcode  | 
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   <HOF_HOME_PHONE>  | 
  
   Patient Head of Family’s Home Phone  | 
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   <HOF_WORK_PHONE>  | 
  
   Patient Head of Family’s Work Phone  | 
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   <HOF_SEX>  | 
  
   Patient Head of Family’s Gender  | 
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   <HOF_DOB>  | 
  
   Patient Head of Family’s Date of Birth  | 
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   <HOF_AGE>  | 
  
   Patient Head of Family’s Age  | 
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   <HOF_DATE_FIRST_VISIT>  | 
  
   Patient Head of Family’s First Visit Date  | 
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   <HOF_DATE_LAST_VISIT>  | 
  
   Patient Head of Family’s Last Visit Date  | 
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   <HOF_USUALGP>  | 
  
   Patient Head of Family’s Usual Doctors Name  | 
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   <HOF_USUALGP_PROVIDER_NO>  | 
  
   Patient Head of Family’s Usual Doctor’s Provider number  | 
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   <HOF_MEDICARE>  | 
  
   Patient Head of Family’s Medicare Number  | 
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   OTHER PAYER Merge Fields  | 
  
   Description  | 
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   <OTH_NAME>  | 
  
   Other Payer Company Name  | 
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   <OTH_ADDRESS_1>  | 
  
   Other Payer Address Line 1  | 
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   <OTH_ADDRESS_2>  | 
  
   Other Payer Address Line 2  | 
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   <OTH_SUBURB_STATE_POSTCODE>  | 
  
   Other Payer Suburb + State + Postcode  | 
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   <OTH_ATTENTION>  | 
  
   Other Payer Attention Person’s Name  | 
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   <OTH_GREETING_NAME>  | 
  
   Other Payer Title + Surname  | 
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   <OTH_PHONE>  | 
  
   Other Payer Contact Phone Number  | 
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   <OTH_FAX>  | 
  
   Other Payer Fax Number  | 
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   <OTH_BANK>  | 
  
   Other Payer’s Bank Name  | 
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   <OTH_BRANCH>  | 
  
   Other Payer’s Bank Branch  | 
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   <OTH_REFERENCE>  | 
  
   Patient’s Incident Reference Number  | 
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   <OTH_INJURY>  | 
  
   Patient’s Incident Injury Description  | 
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   <OTH_FIRST_VISIT>  | 
  
   First Visit Date for the Incident  | 
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   <OTH_LAST_VISIT>  | 
  
   Last Visit Date for the Incident  | 
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   <OTH_INCIDENT_DATE>  | 
  
   Patient’s Incident Date  | 
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   REFERRING DOCTOR Merge Fields  | 
  
   Description  | 
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   <REF_TITLE_NAME>  | 
  
   Referral Doctor’s Title + First name + Surname  | 
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   <REF_TITLE>  | 
  
   Referral Doctor’s Title  | 
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   <REF_FIRSTNAME>  | 
  
   Referral Doctor’s First Name  | 
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   <REF_SURNAME>  | 
  
   Referral Doctor’s Surname  | 
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   <REF_ADDRESS_1>  | 
  
   Referral Doctor’s Address Line 1  | 
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   <REF_ADDRESS_2>  | 
  
   Referral Doctor’s Address Line 2  | 
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   <REF_SUBURB_STATE_POSTCODE>  | 
  
   Referral Doctor’s Suburb + State + Postcode  | 
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   <REF_GREETING_NAME>  | 
  
   This will be taken from the Dear field in the Referral Doctor’s database  | 
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   <REF_DEGREE>  | 
  
   Referral Doctor’s Degree  | 
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   <REF_MOBILE>  | 
  
   Referral Doctor’s Mobile Number  | 
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   <REF_LOCATION_NAME>  | 
  
   The Name of a Location in which Referral Doctor Works  | 
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   <REF_LOC_PHONE>  | 
  
   Phone Number at the location  | 
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   <REF_LOC_FAX>  | 
  
   Fax Number at the location  | 
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   <REF_PROVIDER_NO>  | 
  
   Referral Doctor’s Provider Number at the location  | 
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   <REF_SPECIALITY>  | 
  
   Specialty Description in short (6 characters)  | 
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   <REF_REFERRAL_DATE>  | 
  
   Referral Date.  | 
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   <REF_EXPIRY_DATE>  | 
  
   Referral Expiry Date  | 
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   USUAL GP Merge Fields  | 
  
   Description  | 
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   <USUALGP_NAME>  | 
  
   The Name of a Provider who is writing the document  | 
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   <USUALGP_DEGREE>  | 
  
   The Doctor’s Degree  | 
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   <USUALGP_NOTES>  | 
  
   Data from the Notes1 field in the Provider Details area  | 
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   <USUALGP_ADDRESS_1>  | 
  
   The Address Line 1of a Location the provider works at  | 
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   <USUALGP_ADDRESS_2>  | 
  
   The Address Line 2 of a Location the provider works at  | 
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   <USUALGP_SUBURB_POSTCODE>  | 
  
   The Suburb + Postcode of a Location the provider works at  | 
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   <USUALGP_PROVIDER_NO>  | 
  
   Provider Number the provider uses at the Location  | 
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   <USUALGP_HOME_PHONE>  | 
  
   The Home Phone Number from the Doctor’s Provider Location  | 
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   <USUALGP_WORK_PHONE>  | 
  
   The Home Phone Number from the Doctor’s Provider Location  | 
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   RECALLS Merge Fields  | 
  
   Description  | 
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   <RECALL_DESCRIPTION>  | 
  
   Data from the Full Description field in the Recall setup area.  | 
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   <RECALL_FIRST_VISIT>  | 
  
   First Visit Date for the recall  | 
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   <RECALL_LAST_VISIT>  | 
  
   Last Visit Date for the recall  | 
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   <RECALL_NOTES>  | 
  
   Notes against the Recall  | 
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   <RECALL_SEQUENCE_NO>  | 
  
   The Sequence Number for the Recall  | 
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   <RECALL_PROVIDER>  | 
  
   Recall Provider Name  | 
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   <RECALL_PROVIDER_NUMBER>  | 
  
   Recall Provider Number  | 
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   <RECALL_DATE_MADE>  | 
  
   Date Recall was Made  | 
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   <RECALL_DATE_DUE>  | 
  
   Due Date of the Recall  | 
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   <RECALL_PRESENTED>  | 
  
   Date Patient present for the recall  | 
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   <RECALL_NOTIFY_NO>  | 
  
   Notify Number for the Recall  | 
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   <RECALL_DATE_NOTIFY>  | 
  
   Notify Date for the Recall  | 
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   <RECALL_NEXT_NOTIFY>  | 
  
   Next Notify Date for the Recall  | 
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   Additional
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   <EXTRA_FULL_NAME>  | 
  
   Receiver’s Name  | 
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   <EXTRA_LOCATION_NAME>  | 
  
   Referring doctor’s work location  | 
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   <EXTRA_ADDRESS_1>  | 
  
   Address Line 1  | 
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   <EXTRA_ADDRESS_2>  | 
  
   Address Line 2  | 
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   <EXTRA_SUBURB_STATE_POSTCODE>  | 
  
   Suburb + State + Postcode  | 
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   <EXTRA_GREETING_NAME> 
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   Greeting Name  | 
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   APPOINTMENT BOOK Merge Fields  | 
  
   Description  | 
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   <APPOINTMENT_BOOKED_DATE>  | 
  
   Date the appointment was booked  | 
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   <APPOINTMENT_DATE>  | 
  
   Date of the patient’s appointment  | 
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   <APPOINTMENT_TIME>  | 
  
   Time of patient’s appointment  | 
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