new PatientId is generated on every refresh of New Patinet page #/patients/edit/new

[SwathiVarkala]

On every load/refresh of #/patients/edit/new page, the Patient id is incrementing even if no patient is created.
Steps to Reproduce :
1.Open New Patient page.
Ex : Patient Id field shows auto generated Patient Id as P001
2.Reload the Page without creating the patient.
Expected : Patient Id after reload should still be P001 as it is not used for any Patient
Actual : Patient Id Field now shows P002

[BrianHC]

@tangollama I have also experienced this issue, I'd like to address this issue.

[hex007]

I think that this measure is necessary. If a user opens "add new patient"
in two separate windows then the id should not be same. if ID is same then
saving the patient data will be a problem. Hence every request to create
new patient page should be called with a different id.

A solution to this problem can be to have a pool to add new patients that
dynamically allots patient id based on the order and current patient count
in DB. A user can query multiple times for the "add new patient" page. The
page should have no ID field. Once the patent is successfully added to the
database the browser can be redirected to the "patient details" page with
allotted ID. This will prevent creating multiple patients with same ID or
skipping of IDs due to dropped/discarded pages .

[tangollama]

After discussing this further, I'm inclined to close this as an issue. As I understand it, the primary concern appears to be "burning" a unique sequence. For the complexity of what a solution would introduce to the system, I don't believe this is worth the effort. If someone has a truly compelling, helpful argument, I'm happy to re-open the conversation. Otherwise, closing.