Use of Special Characters in the
Name Field
Characters in the name field that will be
accepted by CPAR include alphabet, space, period, apostrophe, brackets, and
hyphen. There is also a 12-character limit in the name field due to Netcare
requirements.
Examples of names that would cause a submission
error from a Healthquest clinic include:
First Name Correction Action
Katherine (Kate) Katherine Use
Maiden/Alias field
Robert “Bob” Robert
‘Bob’
Robert *Bob Robert
‘Bob’
Alternate field for a Preferred
Name
For clinics that have placed a preferred name
in the Name field, an alternative is to use the Maiden/Alias field: