--- "Holloway, Thomas (EDS)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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?
[MZ] In most cases, yes patients will be returning for this and other episodes. CLinic nurses are also tasked with follow-up. Presently, we are able to associate the majority of patients with previous visits through dialog at time of admission. I think that this is mostly done by matching the initias/alias DOB and sometimes address. > - 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. [MZ] One strategy that was proposed was to use STD as the last name. The name string would then be STD,initials (ex STD,MPZ); or repeating the initlas twice (ex MPZ,MPZ). What are thoughts on these strategies? > > 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. [MPZ] In our present system, individual patients are asociated with a case number. For this to also be used as as an identifier, would it be feasible to introduce a case number as a new data item to the patient file definition? > > tjh > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > 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 > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting > language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live > webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding > territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&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 xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
