Patient identifiers

To build the database we require that you identify the field that represents a single patient.

This allows our system to count the number of patients in the dataset, which is crucial for accurate privacy evaluations.

Setting the identifier

As a part of onboarding your database you will be prompted to set a patient identifier right after you have configured your tables.

To set the identifier, select the Patient Table and Patient ID Field that represent one patient.

Typically this will be a dedicated "patients" table with one row per patient, but if that's not how your database is structured it's also okay for this to be a table like "visits" that still captures the patient IDs.

After you've selected the correct table and field, press Save and you're ready to continue with onboarding.

Updating the identifier

If you need to can change your patient identifier after the fact you can by navigating to the Settings tab in your database. Once you change the table and field, press Save.