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Patient Name Input and Display

Input

Control Layout

This guidance supports two patient name input control layouts:

An input form with the following input controls each displayed on a new line: Title, FAMILY name, Given name, Middle name(s), Suffix, Known as.

In-Form Layout

The in-form layout is considered the most desirable layout from a patient safety and usability perspective and should therefore be the default choice for an application's Patient Name input control

An input form with the following input controls laid out horizontally with labels above each control: Title, FAMILY name, Given name, Middle name(s), Suffix, Known as.

In-Line Layout

The in-line layout is included for instances where vertical space on the input form is constrained, or where a horizontal layout style is a convention in the application's other input forms