Michael,
You *can* register someone with just their initials, like this:
Select PATIENT NAME: H,TJ
ARE YOU ADDING 'H,TJ' AS A NEW PATIENT (THE 150764TH)? No// Y (Yes)
However, on my system this took 3 1/2 minutes to search through all of
the cross references looking for a match before it finally decided that
I might be adding a new patient. It would be faster in a smaller
database but it is an annoying delay. It seems to me though that you
have several more important considerations in selecting a NAME
identifier.
- Is the patient going to make return visits in association with the
same episode?
- Is the patient going to return in the future for a separate episode,
and if so, do you need to associate the patient with his/her previous
visit?
- If you give everyone the same name (i.e. DOE,JOHN or DOE,JANE) you are
going to have a hard time selecting the appropriate record even with
Identifiers.
As Cameron pointed out, if you do want to register duplicate names,
you put quote marks around the name:
Select PATIENT NAME: "HOLLOWAY,THOMAS J"
VistA will then use the Identifiers (SSN, DOB, SEX) to distinguish
between individuals.
tjh
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Michael Zacharias
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 10:55 AM
To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [Hardhats-members] Non-Nominal Data
The majority of patients seen at our STD Clinic prefer not to give there
true
name. Often times, they are recorded with only their initials and/or an
alias.
I've been trying to figure out how to do this in VistA. I thought that
if I
admit each patient as Doe,John (Doe,Jane) I would then be able to enter
the
patients initials/alias. However, I am not able to admit more than one
Doe,John. My question is, how does VistA handle multiple patients with
the
same name, and more importantly, how can it handle Non-Nominal data?
thanks...
Michael Zacharias
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