Dear Experts
We are converting dhis2 tracker application from 2.13 to 2.19. and need your help on a crucial issues.
In absence of a common identifier like Nation ID, Birth ID or mobile no. we are tracking the patients with system generated 16 digit identifier (version 13). Our health workers written down that number in the patient register. So when those patients return back to any clinic, the Health workers can find out that patient by using that patient identifier number. Additionally, few health workers are hand written / print that patient name and patient identifier number on card (some cases with barcode) and those patients come back again to clinics with those paper cards.
But latest versions does not have any system generated identifier, instead they have uid (Tracked entity instance uid) which is not displayed in patient profile. It does have an option for registration number but that need to be manually entered and manually maintain uniqueness across the system is not possible.
One Solution is we can create an attribute with this numbers and can call that trackerID or HelathID from converting the previous data. But how we continue this ID for new data? We are now staked in this position. Now please suggests us a solution as soon as possible.
Regards
Hannan Khan
HISP Bangladesh
