The IEN (Internal Entry Number) for entries in both files should be in lock-step with each other. I.e. entry 1234 in file 2 should be 1234 for the same patient in file 9000001.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of J. Michael Towry Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 10:44 AM To: hardhats members Subject: [Hardhats-members] PATIENT/IHS Health Record Number question I have been given to understand that the PATIENT/IHS (file 9000001) Health Record Number is the correct place to store a patient ID from a non-VISTA practice management system. However, the PATIENT/IHS record seems to be linked to the PATIENT record only by name, which is not unique. Am I missing something here? Is there in fact some unique link from PATIENT/IHS to PATIENT? Also, is there some way in which the VA Fileman Import Data function can be used to import an external patient ID into a PATIENT/IHS record? In playing around with this, I've found that it seems not to want to create a new PATIENT/IHS record from the import data because a PATIENT/IHS record already exists containing the Social Security Number (which record is automatically created during import of the PATIENT data). ------------------------------------------------------- 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://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- 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://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid3432&bid#0486&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
