Controls – IdentifierLabel

The IdentifierLabel control displays a unique patient identification number.

Example Silverlight control (embedded):

The IdentifierLabel displaying a patient identifier.

Properties

The IdentifierLabel control is initialized with the following code:

<sl:IdentifierLabel x:Name="IdentifierLabelControl" IdentifierType="NhsNumber" Text="4372623623" 
                            FontFamily="Verdana" FontSize="12" FontWeight="Bold" 
                            VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center" />

IdentifierType – gets or sets whether to process the identifier with the “NhsNumber” validation checksum
Text – gets or sets a unique patient identifier; this is mandatory if the IdentifierType is set to “NhsNumber”

Additional Information

IdentifierType has a default value of “Other”
Text has a default value of “XXX XXX XXXX”

If IdentifierType is set to “Other”, no validation is performed. If IdentiferType is set to “NhsNumber”, an algorithm checks whether the number conforms to the NHS Number format. This involves ensuring:

No alphabetic characters are included
The string length is equal to 10 characters
All characters are not the same
The NhsNumber string is not empty or a null value

If the algorithm finds that the number is not correctly formatted as an NHS Number, no data is displayed in the IdentifierLabel.

Example ASP.NET control (embedded):

437 262 3623

The IdentifierLabel displaying a patient identifier.

Properties

The IdentifierLabel control is initialized with the following code:

<NhsCui:IdentifierLabel ID="IdentifierLabel1" runat="server" IdentifierType="NhsNumber"
            Text="4372623623" />

IdentifierType – gets or sets whether to process the identifier with the “NhsNumber” validation checksum
Text – gets or sets a unique patient identifier; this is mandatory if the IdentifierType is set to “NhsNumber”
Value – gets or sets the value of the unique identifier, for example, an NHS Number

Additional Information

IdentifierType has a default value of “Other”
Text has a default value of “XXX XXX XXXX”

No alphabetic characters are included
The string length is equal to 10 characters
All characters are not the same
The NhsNumber string is not empty or a null value

If the algorithm finds that the number is not correctly formatted as an NHS Number, no data is displayed in the IdentifierLabel.

Example WinForms control (screenshot):

IdentifierLabel WinForms control screenshot

The IdentifierLabel displaying a patient identifier.

The full source code for this control can be found in the Microsoft Health Common User Interface Toolkit, which can be downloaded from our CodePlex site.

Properties

IdentifierType – gets or sets whether to process the identifier with the “NhsNumber” validation checksum
Text – gets or sets a unique patient identifier; this is mandatory if the IdentifierType is set to “NhsNumber”
Value – gets or sets the value of the unique identifier, for example, an NHS Number

Additional Information

IdentifierType defaults to "Other" and no validation is performed. If IdentiferType is set to "NhsNumber", an algorithm checks whether the NhsNumber format is correct. This involves ensuring:

no alphabetic characters are included
the string length is equal to 10 characters
all characters are not the same
the NhsNumber string is not empty or a null value

If the algorithm finds the NhsNumber format to be incorrect, no data is displayed in the IdentifierLabel.

Associated Design Guidance and Samples

Design Guidance	Samples
Patient ID Number Input and Display