Fred Dispense
Overview
This topic provides information about generating reports of patient addresses based on specific criteria using the Activities > Mailing Labels command.
Create a Report of Patients
- From the Activities menu, select Mailing Labels.
Shortcut: [ALT+A], [A]
The Patient Mailing List Processing popup displays.
- In the Process COMMAND field, type R for Report of Patients.
The Patient Mailing List Processing popup displays.
- Fill in the form using any of the following fields:
Optional Criteria Use this if you want to filter the results based on specific criteria. For more details, see Examples of Optional Criteria when selecting patients.
Include Patients Enter letters to search for patients with Surnames that begin with a specific range of letters. By default this range is A to Z.
From No Patients are assigned a Patient Number when first added into Fred Dispense. Use this field to search for patients from a specified Patient Number onwards.
With Category Limit the report to patients who have been assigned a specific Mail Category.
Create a Delimited Patient File
The Delimited Patient File creates a text file in the C:\FRED\DATA directory. By default the file is called Patients.txt but this can be changed to any name. The text file contains the address details for the patients selected.
- From the Activities menu, select Mailing Labels.
Shortcut: [ALT+A], [A]
The Patient Mailing List Processing popup displays.
- In the Process COMMAND field, type F for Delimited Patient File.
The Patient Mailing List Processing popup displays.
- Fill in the form using any of the following fields:
Optional Criteria Use this if you want to filter the results based on specific criteria. For more details, see Examples of Optional Criteria when selecting patients.
Include Patients Enter letters to search for patients with Surnames that begin with a specific range of letters. By default this range is A to Z.
From No Patients are assigned a Patient Number when first added into Fred Dispense. Use this field to search for patients from a specified Patient Number onwards.
With Category Limit the report to patients who have been assigned a specific Mail Category.
Examples of Optional Criteria when selecting patients
You need to enter the criteria in CAPITAL LETTERS as shown in the examples.
- To list patients who have reached Safety Net entitlement and Safety Net concession
(NOT EMPTY(PSAFENTNO)) OR (PCONCTYPE = “S”) - To list patients who have reached Safety Net entitlement only
NOT EMPTY(PSAFENTNO) - To list patients who have reached Safety Net concession only
(PCONCTYPE = “S”) - To list patients by postcode
PPOSTCODE=XXXX
where XXXX is the required postcode - To list patients by birth date for a given month
MONTH(PBIRTHDATE)=X
will list all patients with a birth date in the month corresponding to the number e.g. 1 = January, 2 = February etc - To list patients by birth date who are of a certain age
(DATE()-PBIRTHDATE)<XXXX
will list all patients who have a birth date which is less than XXXX where XXXX is the number of days e.g. 3650 corresponds with 10 years of age - To list all patients with allergies
NOT EMPTY(PALLERGY) - To list all patients who are smokers
PALLERGY="113" OR AT(" 113 ",PALLERGY)>0
will list all patients who have Allergy or Condition 113, in this instance 113 is Smoking. -
(PALLERGY="113" OR AT(" 113 ",PALLERGY)>0) AND (PALLERGY="500" OR AT(" 500 ",PALLERGY)>0)
will list all patients who have Allergy or Condition 113 and 500, in this instance Smoking and Asthmatic.
To find the number associated with the Allergy or Condition go to Lists > Interaction Groups.
Related Links
Mail Category in Fred Dispense Online Help
Patient Reports in Fred Dispense Online Help
Report of Customers with Accounts in Fred Dispense Online Help
Report of Patients with Repeats Held at Pharmacy in Fred Dispense Online Help
Record and Report Patient Allergies and Conditions in Fred Dispense Online Help