Ethnicities
The Ethnicities preference is used on a patient in order to distinguish the ethnicity of the individual. This information is of particular use as some ethnicities are more prone to certain mutations. An example of an ethnicity could be ‘Caucasian’.
Ethnicities are displayed on the patient demographics screen.
Ethnicities can be specified per organisation unit or for the entire application.
Location
The Ethnicities preference is located under the Administration > Preferences area of iGene.
In order to access the preferences area, a user must be a member of a role that has the Administration: Preferences and Administration menu permissions assigned.
- Navigate to Administration > Preferences.
- Find Ethnicities in the table and click View by either:
- Navigating through the Preferences table until the Ethnicities preference is found.
- Performing a search using an existing saved search for Name = Ethnicities.
- Performing a search using a newly created search. See the searching guide for information on how to create searches.
3. To create a new ethnicity click the + button at the bottom of the table, or select New Item from the Actions menu.
4. To edit an existing ethnicity, click the Edit button.
The table of ethnicities will display the code, name and status for the ethnicity.
The Status field indicates two pieces of information:
User / System: User records have been added by users manually and are fully editable. System records are generally added via a data import or provided by default. Only the name can be edited on a system record.
Active / Inactive: Shows whether the record is currently active or inactive. Inactive items will not show up for selection for new records but will continue to show on entries that are using them.
Configuration
When adding or editing an ethnicity, users are presented with the following form to complete.
Always press Save in the bottom right hand corner of the browser after adding or editing an Ethnicity.
Code
(Required, Unique)
A unique code for the ethnicity. This can be the same as the name but must be unique throughout the entire system.
Name
(Required)
A name for the preference. It is advisable to keep this unique.
Active
A checkbox to activate/deactivate an ethnicity. If the preference is not active, it will not be able to be selected for future patients but it will show for exisitng patients.
Deactivating / Activating
Each ethnicity has an active status that specifies whether the ethnicity is available for selection. When deactivating an ethnicity, it will no longer appear in dropdown lists for selection, but will still be displayed on any records that continue to use it.
To deactivate (or reactivate) an Ethnicity, either:
- Untick the Active checkbox inside the preference and Save.
Or
- Right-click on the required entry in the table and select Toggle Active Status. Click Yes when prompted.
The state of the patient will then be changed to either Active or Inactive.
Usage
The Ethnicities preference is used with the following items:
- Patient - This field is the ethnicity of the patient.