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Manage patients

Open the patient list from the start screen, or press ⌘L.

Find a patient

• Type at least two characters of the patient's first name, last name or number in the search field. Type a last name and a first name to match both. Type * to list every patient.
• If only one patient matches, PulStar selects them.
• Sort the list by Name or Number.
• Turn on Include Archived to include archived patients, marked “ARCHIVED”.
• Turn on Date Range to list patients seen between the start and end dates.

Add or edit a patient

1. Click New Patient, or select a patient and click Edit.
2. Enter the patient's details. The fields you must fill in are set by Patient Required Fields in General preferences.
3. Click Save.

Each patient can have their own analysis force, a force for each spinal region and a position. Leave a setting at Default From Preferences to use the practice default. When Auto Save Patient Preferences is on, the forces you use in a session become that patient's defaults at the next visit.

Click Start Session to begin a visit, or Review Sessions to look at past visits. PulStar saves the patient first.

Archive a patient

Select the patient, click Archive Patient, then confirm. Archived patients are kept but can't be edited, started or reviewed. To bring one back, turn on Include Archived, select the patient, then click Unarchive Patient.

Sessions without a patient

A session started with New Session on the start screen has no patient. To assign one, click Assign Patient in the session's sidebar and choose the patient. To detach the patient from a session, choose Session > Remove Patient From Session.

To look at saved sessions that have no patient, choose File > Review Anonymous Sessions. A session is saved only if it has analysis readings or adjustments.

Import patients from earlier PulStar software

1. Choose File > Import Patients.
2. Click Choose Folder… and select the folder that contains the PSDemographics and PSactivePatients folders.

PulStar backs up your current data first. Patients and sessions you already have are skipped, and a summary shows how many were imported.