Advanced Patient Search Scenarios
Provides example search scenarios to help you find patient records.
Note:
- Use the asterisk (*) wildcard to match any number of
characters. For example, if your search term is jan*,
the results might be: Jane,
Janet, Janice,
Janelle,
Janaya and so on.Tip: Percentage (%) is a legacy wildcard equivalent to an asterisk (*). Use an asterisk (*) instead.
- Fuzzy, wildcard and shorthand searches do not work when you are search for exact matches. For example, fname:"Chris", mc:"22345".
- Fuzzy search does not work when you search with a wildcard character.1
| Search Scenario | Example |
|---|---|
| Search for a patient record with free text or keyword |
|
| Search for a patient record with multiple keywords |
|
| Search for a patient record with an exact match | Use double quotation marks (" ").
Note: Fuzzy logic and wildcard searches
do not work when you are search for exact
matches. |
| Search for patient records that start with the provided keyword. | If your search term is Mar*, the results
might be:
|
| Search for patient records that end with the provided keyword. | If your search term is *ath, the results
might be:
|
| Search for patient records using a wildcard inside the keyword. | If your search term is J*han, the results
might be:
|
| Finds patient records that closely match when the provided keyword contains a spelling variation, misspelling or typographical error. | If your keyword is jac, the results might
be:
|
| Search for a patient record by DOB | Specify an exact value using the following format: dd/mm/yyyy
Note: Fuzzy and wildcard searches do not
work for DOB. |
| Search for a patient record by Identifiers | Specify an exact valid numeric value:
Note: Fuzzy and wildcard searches do not
work for Identifiers. |
| Search for a patient record by Medicare, MRN or Phone number | Specify a valid numeric value:
Note: Fuzzy search does not work for
numeric values. However, you can use a wildcard character to
search for a patient record if required. |
| Search for a patient record by DVA. | Specify a valid alphanumeric value:
Note: If required, apply a wildcard
character next to the keyword. For more information, see Wildcard starts with. |
1 Fuzziness is 1 edit distance for terms 2-5 characters and
2 edit distance for terms of 6 characters or more using the Levenshtein
distance between two strings: the minimum number of edits needed to
transform one string into the other with the allowable edit operations
such as insertion, deletion or substitution of a single character.
(Levenshtein distance,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance)