Dave is correct, of course.
My post above is incorrect. To have locations show up in CPRS, the
entries go into the HOSPITAL LOCATION file.
Kevin
On 10/17/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> VistA technically does NOT have a Clinic file.
> What it has is a HOSPITAL LOCATION file (#44).
> There is a field named TYPE (#2) which has values:
> 'C' FOR CLINIC;
> 'M' FOR MODULE;
> 'W' FOR WARD;
> 'Z' FOR OTHER LOCATION;
> 'N' FOR NON-CLINIC STOP;
> 'F' FOR FILE AREA;
> 'I' FOR IMAGING;
> 'OR' FOR OPERATING ROOM;
>
> Generally speaking, if a location in the hospital must be
> defined, it will be created in the HOSPITAL LOCATION file.
> This covers generalized locations as well, for example,
> If Dr. Welby can have patients scheduled in his morning
> clinic where the appointments are 15 minutes long,
> and his afternoon clinic where the appointments are 30
> minutes long, and his new-patient clinic where appointments
> are an hour long, there will be three HOSPITAL LOCATIONs,
> all of which would have TYPE="C" defined.
>
> If a location in the hospital has sub-parts (modules) then
> there will be a separate entry in the HOSPITAL LOCATION
> file for each with TYPE="M" defined for each. (though
> I'm not seeing an example of this on the test system)
>
> If a HOSPITAL LOCATION is TYPE="W", it is representing
> a ward, however, there is also a WARD LOCATION file (#42)
> that must be populated as well. Note that currently,
> a ward in the VA is very rarely a single room with
> many beds in it. Wards must be tied to ROOM-BED entries,
> and a given ROOM-BED may actually be in more than one
> ward. For example Surgery and Medicine may share the
> same physical beds, but have separated wards for the
> Gains and Losses report.
>
> If a HOSPITAL LOCATION is TYPE="Z", it may represent
> a plethora of locations in the hospital. Some obvious
> places are the Tumor Registry, the Reception Area,
> the Release of Information Office, the Morgue, the
> Gift Shop, the Office of the Chief of Staff, the
> (paper) Records Management office, and more.
>
> If a HOSPITAL LOCATION is TYPE="N", it stands for
> a location that is not considered part of the
> medical workload "clinic stop" reporting. I don't
> think this is used in this way very often. There
> is a different way of marking a clinc as not
> being having a clinic stop, ie: the field:
> NON-COUNT CLINIC? (Y OR N) {field #2502)
>
> The HOSPITAL LOCATIONs with TYPE="F" are locations
> where files are stored, and are increasingly fewer
> as electronic records are more widespread.
> Note these may refer to places "off station" away
> from the physical buildings of the hospital.
>
> If a HOSPITAL LOCATION has TYPE="I", it is a place
> such as the MRI Center, or an X-RAY location.
> This type of HOSPITAL LOCATION is used by the
> Radiology package.
>
> Finally, HOSPITAL LOCATIONs with TYPE="OR" are
> used by the surgery package.
>
> David
> 713-791-1414 ext 6116
>
> >
> > Hi:
> >
> > Does anybody knows the definition of a clinic in Vista?
> > Is it more than a ward? What kind of clinics can be defined?
> >
> > In a world without Gates, there is no need for Window$$.
> >
> > http://www.freebsd.org
> > http://www.debian.org
> > http://www.glug.es
> >
> >
> >
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