In Edit Patient Information, near the center, is a list for Family Relationships.

This is not a commonly used option, however a relationship may determine who is considered an Authorized Representatives in the Patient Portal.

Add: Create a new family relationship. See the following Edit Family Relationship section.

Defaults: When clicked, the following occurs:

• Deletes all current relationships.
• Makes the oldest female family member the mother for all family members with a position of Child.
• Makes the oldest male family member the father for all family members with a position of Child.
• The relationships are automatically applied to all family members.

Edit Family Relationship

Click Add to create a new family relationship or double-click an existing entry to edit. Edit Family Relationship opens.

Manually entered relationships are not automatically copied to other family members.

Patient: The name of the currently selected patient.

Family Member: Click [...] to pick a family member. Immediate family members appear in the list. Click Other to choose a patient outside of the current family.

Guardian: Check this box designate the family member as the patient's guardian.

• The family member is given access to the patient's health information in the Patient Portal.
• Add the Guardians row to an Appointment View to show this relationship on appointments.
• Add the Guardians field to Fields Showing in Display Fields, PatientInformation to show the relationship in the the Family Module, Patient Information area (first name, relationship abbreviation).

Relationship: Click the dropdown to select the family member's relationship to the patient.

• Brother (br)
• Caregiver (cg)
• Child (c)
• Father (d)
• Foster Child (fc)
• Friend (f)
• Grandchild (gc)
• Grandfather (gf)
• Grandmother (gm)
• Grandparent (gp)
• Guardian (g)
• Life Partner (lp)
• Mother (m)
• Other (o)
• Parent (p)
• Self (se)
• Sibling (sb)
• Sister (ss)
• Sitter (s)
• Spouse (sp)
• Stepchild (sc)
• Stepfather (sf)
• Stepmother (sm)

Click Save to keep changes.