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.

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 do not automatically copy to other family members.

Patient: The patient record currently selected.

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 will have access to the patient's health information in the Patient Portal.
• The relationship shows on appointments if Guardians is set to display in the Appointment View.
• The relationship shows in the the Family Module, Patient Information area (first name, relationship abbreviation) when the Guardians field is added to the list of fields showing in Display Fields, PatientInformation.

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 OK to save.