The Patient Bar plug-in is a work in progress. Specific features may undergo minor or significant changes as the plug-in iterates toward national release. The following descriptions and instructions apply solely to the software's state as it existed at the time of this writing.
The Patient Bar plug-in includes a feature that enables you to update or add phone numbers from within the application's demographics pop-up pane; the plug-in then writes the updated numbers back to VistA, where they will be available to CPRS and other clinical applications.
To update patients' telephone numbers:
You can currently edit the Emergency Contact Phone and Next of Kin Phone numbers only if these fields already contain entries.