ISPatientLookupItem.ByAlternativeSearch

Description

Returns True if the patients were loaded by their alternative names, maiden names or aliases.

Syntax

object.ByAlternativeSearch

Part	Attribute	Type	Description
`object`	Required	ISPatientLookupItem	The `object` always implements the ISPatientLookupItem interface

Restriction: This property is readonly.

Return Value

bool

Example

Display the number of the loaded patients and check whether these patients were loaded by their alternative names, maiden names or aliases.

Dim aParam
Dim aList
Dim aPatientLookupItem
Dim aLookupType  
Dim aMessage 

Set aParam = Profile.MakePatientLookupParam 'ISPatientLookupParam
aParam.IsIncludeAlternatives = True
aParam.Value = "John"
aParam.MaxCount = 20
 
aLookupType = 23 'patient lookup 
set aList = Profile.LoadLookupList2(aLookupType, aParam)  'ISPatientLookupItem collection

aMessage = "Patients Count = " & aList.Count & vbNewLine & vbNewLine  

for each aPatientLookupItem in aList 

  aMessage = aMessage &_
    "By Alternative Search: " & aPatientLookupItem.ByAlternativeSearch & vbNewLine &_
    "Name: " & aPatientLookupItem.Name & vbNewLine & vbNewLine
  
next
  
Profile.MsgBox(aMessage)

Note:

In Profile Client v8 on User Interface Alternative Names can be found in Patient > Alter Patient > Personal > Other field, Alias Name can be found in Patient > Alter Patient > Personal > Alias field, Maiden Name can be found in Patient > Alter Patient > Personal > Maiden > Previous field.

Version information

Added in v7.8.0