# Setting a Default Patient List

To make it easier for you to locate your patients, CPRS enables you to set a default patient list. This is the list that will appear when you launch CPRS. For example, if you work in a specific ward, you can set the default patient list to be the list for that ward.

To set the default patient list, use these steps:

1. If you are just opening CPRS, skip to step 2. Otherwise, select File | Select New Patient... .

Note: If you have just entered orders that are unsigned, a screen will pop up asking you to sign the orders .

2. In the Patient Selection screen, select the category in which you want to search for a patient's record by clicking the radio button in front of the category (Default, Providers, Teams, Specialties, Clinics, Wards, or All).

3. In the list box below the option button, click the item that narrows the search further (such as a specific ward).

4. If you select something other than All, CPRS sorts the patient list and divides the list into two parts: The names above the line are the names for the category and item you selected; the names below the line make up a comprehensive patient list.

5. To save the patient list you have chosen, click Save Patient List Settings .

If you selected "Clinics" in step 2, the Save Patient List Settings dialog displays.

6. Select "Save For All Days of Week" If you wish to set the clinic as the default patient list for all days of the week.

-or-

select "Save for Current Day Only" if you wish to set the clinic as the default for only the current day of the week.

7. Press OK .

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