diff --git a/app/components/patient-typeahead.js b/app/components/patient-typeahead.js
index c104ca65ab..4276a4181e 100644
--- a/app/components/patient-typeahead.js
+++ b/app/components/patient-typeahead.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export default TypeAhead.extend(PatientName, {
     _mapPatient: function(item) {
         var returnObj = {};
         item.doc.id = item.id.substr(8);
-        returnObj.name = '%@ - %@'.fmt(this.getPatientDisplayName(item.doc), item.doc.id);
+        returnObj.name = '%@ - %@'.fmt(this.getPatientDisplayName(item.doc), this.getPatientDisplayId(item.doc));
         returnObj[this.get('selectionKey')] = item.doc;
         return returnObj;
     },
diff --git a/app/mixins/patient-name.js b/app/mixins/patient-name.js
index 36295e2e59..8c2607cc7b 100644
--- a/app/mixins/patient-name.js
+++ b/app/mixins/patient-name.js
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 import Ember from "ember";
 export default Ember.Mixin.create({
+    getPatientDisplayId: function(patient) {
+        var externalPatientId = Ember.get(patient, 'externalPatientId'),
+            friendlyId = Ember.get(patient, 'friendlyId'),
+            id = Ember.get(patient, 'id');
+        if (!Ember.isEmpty(friendlyId)) {
+            return friendlyId;
+        } else if (!Ember.isEmpty(externalPatientId)) {
+            return externalPatientId;
+        } else {
+            return id;
+        }
+    },
+    
     getPatientDisplayName: function(patient) {
         var firstName = Ember.get(patient, 'firstName'),
             lastName = Ember.get(patient, 'lastName'),
diff --git a/app/models/patient.js b/app/models/patient.js
index d5fb1c8ea1..243b7b407d 100644
--- a/app/models/patient.js
+++ b/app/models/patient.js
@@ -70,16 +70,7 @@ export default AbstractModel.extend(DOBDays, PatientName, {
     }.property('firstName', 'lastName'),
     
     displayPatientId: function() {
-        var externalPatientId = this.get('externalPatientId'),
-            friendlyId = this.get('friendlyId'),
-            id = this.get('id');
-        if (!Ember.isEmpty(friendlyId)) {
-            return friendlyId;
-        } else if (!Ember.isEmpty(externalPatientId)) {
-            return externalPatientId;
-        } else {
-            return id;
-        }
+        return this.getPatientDisplayId(this);
     }.property('id', 'externalPatientId', 'friendlyId'),
     
     validations: {