Patient Name QBE Examples

Patient Name QBE

When you enter data into the Patient Name QBE field, in a Worklist that supports Advanced QBE, Synapse does the following:

  • Supports input string in the form of LastName, FirstName, MiddleName where LastName, FirstName, and MiddleName are integral parts of a person’s name, delimited by the comma (,) character.
  • Included in this string is the ability to search by any combination of last, first, and middle names.

The following are examples of potential search queries using special characters and combinations of special characters.

Column

QBE

Sample Input Text

Patient Name

Last name starts with s

s

Patient Name

First name starts with p

,p

Patient Name

Middle name starts with j

,,j

Patient Name

Last name starts with O'
(for the name O'Connor)

O"

Patient Name

First name is Patient1, Middle name is John

,=patient1, =john

Patient Name

First name is Patient1 or Patient2

,=patient1|,=patient2

Patient Name

Last name contains Smith

/smith

Patient Name

Last name is Smith, or First name is Patient1

=smith|,=patient1

Examples

Using the patient name of Patient1 John Smith (where the patient's first name is Patient1, the middle name is John, and the last name is Smith), examples of name queries follow.

This query...

Queries on the patient ...

Smith,Patient1,J

Full name

Smith,,

Last name

,Patient1,

First name

,Patient1,J

First and middle names

Smith,,J

Last and middle names

,,J

Middle initial

,,/J

Middle name contains letter J

Related Topics

Advanced Query by Example Overview