# Join a Discussion about a New Patient
## Step by Step
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**If you receive a discussion thread for a patient not yet associated with your patient file bank, the icon will be gray.**
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**You can then *****Accept***** or *****Refuse***** to respond to the discussion thread. Notice the orange mention about the patient file.**
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**To link the discussion thread to the correct patient, you will need to click on the patient file at the top of the thread.**
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**Select *****Associate with a patient*****.**
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**In this case, the patient is not in your patient file bank.**
If this had been the case, you could have selected her from your patient files.
You must therefore create a new patient file.
Click on the icon at the bottom right.
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**Validate the information and modify it if necessary.**
Then save by clicking on the checkmark at the top right.
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**The patient file is now created!**
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