# Need to find a way to import patient data

**URL:** <https://community.open-emr.org/t/need-to-find-a-way-to-import-patient-data/10535>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 26, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/need-to-find-a-way-to-import-patient-data/10535 "2018-07-26T14:21:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![stephenwaite](https://community.open-emr.org/user_avatar/community.open-emr.org/stephenwaite/32/15754_2.png) [@stephenwaite](https://community.open-emr.org/u/stephenwaite)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/need-to-find-a-way-to-import-patient-data/10535/4 "2018-07-26T17:55:38Z")

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hi @NDave, .csv will be easiest to start with patient\_data table, the [open-emr.org](http://open-emr.org) wiki has some articles detailing this

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