You can remove an employer from all patient records and attach a different employer to those patient records.
Note: It is not necessary to be in single-user mode when you are joining employers, but it is recommended that you do not do it during peak office times.
To join employers
In the Employer Maintenance dialog box, click Join Employers.
The Join Employers dialog box appears.
To select the employer that you want to remove from patient records, do the following:
Click the Source Employer search button .
The Select Employer dialog box appears.
In the Enter Employer Name box, enter the first or more characters of an employer's name.
Click the search button .
Any matching employers appear in the list.
Select the correct employer.
Click OK.
To select the employer that you want to attach to the patient records with the selected Source Employer attached, do the following:
Click the Destination Employer search button .
The Select Employer dialog box appears.
In the Enter Employer Name box, enter the first or more characters of an employer's name.
Click the search button .
Any matching employers appear in the list.
Select the correct employer.
Click OK.
Click Join.
If any patient records have the source employer attached, a confirmation message appears and states that all patient recordsĀ in Family File with the Source Employer attached will have the Destination Employer attached.
Note: If no patient records have the source employer attached, a message appear and states that no patient records have changed. Click OK to close the message. Ignore the remaining steps.
Click Yes.
A message appears and states that the employers have been joined.
Click OK.
Note: If necessary, you can now purge the unused employer.