VA is -working on- the regular update process to eventually extend it to all standard tables. The national roll-out for standardization of just a few of the shorter tables is just now under way. The pharmacy tables are in the pipeline though! VA has at least some good successes with updating several standard table entries (for entries that are determined strictly centrally, such as VA Station Number IDs) in this new manner. The newer and trickier part is being able to receive suggested updates from the field, review and process the requests, enter them when appropriate into the Enterprise Reference Terminology and send the updates on their way.
Getting VOE connected to this update stream is very important piece of the VOE puzzle. Rather than just getting such updates via "patches", the updates come out in near real time as content in HL7 messages to subscribing systems. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Toppenberg Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 12:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] How do I get an up to date VA PRODUCT file? On 11/23/05, Cameron Schlehuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That sounds like a good application of your time, making the selections used > locally from standard entries. VHA is working on the processes and software > to perform what is called Rapid New Term Turn-around in support of adding > standard entries for all the tables that currently have standard entries > (e.g. VA PRODUCT) as well as old tables that are in process of becoming > standardized. (E.g. the GMR ALLERGIES are being mapped to VHA Enterprise > Reference Terminology unique concepts represented by VUIDs . VHA Unique > Identifiers) So, updates for new drugs would come in the same process > supporting all standard tables with daily deliveries of HL7 messages > containing the information to update the standard entries. > > Cameron, having never seen this system in action in the VA, I'm at a bit of a loss. Are you saying that most VA's get HL7 messages daily (if needed) to update the VA PRODUCT file? If so, will VOE be connected to this update stream? Kevin ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idv37&alloc_id865&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
