# Additional Patient Information

You can obtain additional patient information by clicking the Patient ID box located on the upper left of the dialog. You can access this button from any chart tab.

The button shows the patient’s name (in bold), status (inpatient or outpatient), Social Security number, SIGI (Self-Identified Gender Identity) if selected, pronoun*, date of birth, and age (as shown in the graphic below). If you click the button, CPRS brings up a window containing additional information such as the patient’s address, the attending physician, and/or the date of admittance.

To obtain additional information about a patient, follow these steps:

1. Select the Patient ID box.

If you select the Patient Inquiry button, the Patient Inquiry dialog appears. The Patient Inquiry dialog includes additional information such as

- the patient's mailing address

- telephone numbers (including the patient's home, work, and cell phone numbers)

- combat veteran status

- eligibility

- admission information

- future appointments

- provider information (including the patient's mental health treatment coordinator (MHTC) contact information, if assigned, displaying in two locations on the Patient Inquiry form) -- The Mental Health Treatment Coordinator is the liaison between the patient and the mental health system at a VA site. There is only one MHTC per patient, and the MHTC is the key coordinator for behavioral health services care.

- primary and secondary next of kin entries

- health benefit plans currently assigned to the patient

- health insurance information

- Permanent & Total Disabled status

- service connection or rated disabilities

While in the detailed display, you can select a new patient, print the detailed display, or close the detailed display.

2. To print a copy of the Patient Inquiry dialog, select Print .

3. To close the Patient Inquiry window and return to the Cover Sheet, select Close

-or-

select a new patient by selecting Select New Patient .

*IMPORTANT NOTE: As of the release of CPRS v33SWD, no method has been deployed for entering the pronoun. The new fields have been added to the PATIENT file (#2). While not advisable, in an urgent situation that could be helped by entering a Veteran’s pronoun, if there is a department at your medical center than has FileMan access to update the PATIENT file (#2), they may update the field using FileMan.