Patient Demographics Data

A summary of the patient’s demographics (non-clinical or personal data) appears in Demographics widget located in the upper-left section of the Patient Portal. The tabs above the patient’s name provide the patient’s demographics summary at each site (VA or DoD) that the patient has visited. When the Include Community Data is enabled, one or more VLER tabs may display.

 

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The demographics data displays after searching for and selecting a patient in JLV. Within each tab, the patient’s name is displayed, followed by an icon:

 

 

A yellow triangle icon (yellowwarning.png) displayed in one or more tabs within the Demographics widget indicates the patient is not registered at that VA site or DoD facility. Click the tab to view additional information about the issue. (Connection Status is also displayed within the widget data. See Viewing Connection Status.)

 

You can also click the user's name within any tab to open a separate window that provides patient demographics details.  

 

In a DoD tab, the Demographics widget contains various DoD-only elements from DoD sites:

 

 

Click the user's name within the Demographics widget to open a separate window that provides patient demographics details. The following example displays a sample Details window open to display agency-specific demographic elements.

 

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Note: When community partner data is enabled, JLV will query for VLER demographics data. If demographics data is returned, the VLER data will be integrated into the Demographics widget display. The Connection Status window accessed from the widget will also display status from VLER partner sources, if available. See Viewing VLER Demographics for more information.

 

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