RE: [Hardhats-members] Adding a new patient

[Richard . Sowinski]

There was somebody on this list last week asking the same question.  (Mark Goudie)   He received advice from somebody here to try the Fileman Import function. (Holloway)   My feeling was that he would have to do it via an M program, reading in a Host file.   He has not informed us of his progress with Fileman Import.   Frankly, if you are just trying to build a demo with a few patients, my advice is to just use the Register a Patient option, or Load/Edit Patient Data to get a few patients into the database.   If you are trying to import bulk data from another database, you will most likely have to write a custom program to do that, and you will most likely have to "manufacture" some required fields that you don't have, like: Service Connected?, Service Connected Percentage, Type, Multiple Birth Indicator, Veteran (Y/N), etc.   Here are the minimum fields required to get a patient into the database.   IDENTIFIED BY: SEX (#.02)[R], DATE OF BIRTH (#.03)[R],                SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER (#.09)[R],                STREET ADDRESS 1 (CIVIL) (#.2924), SERVICE CONNECTED? (#.301)[R],                SERVICE CONNECTED PERCENTAGE (#.302), TYPE (#391)[R],                MULTIPLE BIRTH INDICATOR (#994), VETERAN (Y/N)? (#1901)[R]   I know, it seems like an odd list of required identifiers, but it is, what it is.   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Adams Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 12:37 PM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Hardhats-members] Adding a new patient   Hello, I am trying to get a test instance of CPRS going, and I was wondering if there was a simple way to add patients.  Right now, I don't have any clinics, teams, wards, or anything, and obviously no patients.  Is there a sample patient import file that can be used or a way to simply enter new patients?  I searched for mention of one on this list, and also on Google, but couldn't seem to find anything. Thank you, Kevin