Does searching for a patient using Search All Patients create a new patient record?

When utilizing the Search All Patients functionality, it is important to understand that this process is designed solely to locate existing patient records within the system. The purpose of this search feature is to enable users to find information about patients who are already in the database efficiently. Consequently, when you perform a search, it does not create a new patient record, regardless of whether the patient is found or not.

This is fundamental to maintaining the integrity of the patient database by ensuring there are no duplicate records created inadvertently through the search process. If a search does not yield results for a specific patient, a user would typically go through a different procedure to create a new record manually, rather than relying on the search function to do so. Therefore, the assertion that searching for a patient using Search All Patients creates a new patient record is false.