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What are some good, funny, or creative test patient names?

I want to get creative with some names. Sick of "Test, A" or "Meyer, Urban"

Hit me with some good ones.

Posted Mar 3, 2022, 4:40 PM UTC

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mommafoofoo•

My last round of test patients were alphabetical from Community:
Abed
Britta
Chang
Dean
Elroy
Frankie
Garrett
Hawthorne

No one noticed, but it brought me joy every time I looked at them.

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saml01•

TESTPATIENT, PROJECTNAMEDONOTUSE

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wankmarvin•

Di Beeties

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wankmarvin•

Ann Putee

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wankmarvin•

Emma Royds

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Thel_OdanSr. Epic Analyst Cadence & Welcome•

All of my test patients are named after Futurama or Archer characters. I typically put problems on their problem list that make sense too.

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RotaryJihad•

Gotta use those ICD.10 codes for spaceship accidents somewhere.

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Bramblinman•

Mario Speedwagon

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dwargo•

Tony D Tiger - I picked that up from the EHR trainers.

I was pushing through test data for a clinical integration with an early iteration of Phreesia, and one of the nurses bursts in laughing. “You guys won’t believe it, a guy named Tony D Tiger just checked in!”

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HITConsulting•

Sarah Bellum is always my favorite

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lucky-peacock•

All of the Care Bears. All of them have the last name of Bear so it’s easy and funny to hear in meetings.

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Curtis_Low•

We use food items, famous dead people, or people from cartoons / movies / tv shows.

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I always used The Simpsons characters for my test patient names lol, with -Test prefixed to the last name... like: "Simpson-Test, Homer" for example.

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szeis4cookie•

I've seen some people use character names from Friends or Seinfeld

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etulip13•

Harry Potter characters! Or any of your favorite TV shows/movies.

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Named hurricanes based on test patient birth year

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Turkeybiscotti•

I used to do batman and robin.

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ashkcat•

Favorite I saw was Johnson, AntsInMyEyes. Not nearly as big a Rick and Morty fan as I used to be (didn't keep up with it and...yeah you know) but the technologist had reached on call at like 1am and at that hour, it was especially funny.

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Vumaster101•

I have Disney princesses

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Pokemon. Never ran out of names

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jackwhainesModerator / HL7 dev•

Mouse, Mickey. Duck, Daffy. McDuck, Scrooge

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