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Can I customize my account fields in "My Kids"?

Hi.

I'm a newbie, so forgive my ignorance. I am wondering if there is a way we can customize the fields in our accounts. Right now we have "first name," "last name," "birthday," "gender," and "allergy & medical info." The last field, "allergy & medical info" is an open field, however it would benefit us to have several more specific fields, such as "insurance carrier," "insurance policy and group number," "physician's name," "physicians phone number," "known medical conditions," "medications," and a box indicating consent to treat a minor in an emergency.

These specific fields are included on our current paper forms, and having them electronically would be a huge help to our team. So, if that is possible, can you please point me in the right direction so that I can get everything off the ground.

Thanks!

Rick

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Permalink Reply by Alex Smith on April 14, 2011 at 11:21am

For specific medical information (like physician info, etc) you probably want to stick with the paper system for now & then upload that information into the notes system (people tab) for each specific child. (you're going to want signed docs to hand to a health care provider)

Keep in mind that the medical field under "My Kids" can be printed on the actual check-in sticker and you really don't want that publicly visible. But in case of emergency, you can just take the child in for treatment immediately & then even print off all the consent docs from the notes in the people section through KidCheck once you're at the hospital.

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Permalink Reply by Rick DeGirolomo on April 14, 2011 at 11:26am

Thanks for the reply Alex. I can see the practical side of having paper medical files.

As for the suggestion about manually entering the information on the "notes" section of the "People" tab, the page is blank (without any people listed), and I cannot even see my own children listed there (we just started and only have two-three families with accounts at this time). What am I doing wrong?

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Permalink Reply by Alex Smith on April 14, 2011 at 11:28am

You're not doing anything wrong. People only show up there once they have been checked in at least 1 time.

Remember KidCheck is a global system and with 500,000 people in it, the only way we know who belongs in your database is by who has actually checked into your church.

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Permalink Reply by Rick DeGirolomo on April 14, 2011 at 11:35am

Got it. Does it make a difference that I checked my children in to three different future events (it was a beta test)?