Charlie, You can use string extraction to remove any unwanted characters. However, in order for the string extraction to be the same, your dictionary has to have the same number format setup for each vendor.
Clay H. Silas Financial Applications Specialist Johnston Memorial Hospital 919-938-7593 Direct/Vmail 919-934-9753 Fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.johnstonmemorial.org -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Caruso, Charlie Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 10:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MEDITECH-L] Phone Number reformat All, I am trying to write an NPR report to a vendor's specs for supplying the patient phone number in 10 characters or less numeric only format, stripping Meditech format of any parenthesis and /or dashes. Anyone willing to share this one? Thank you, Charlie Caruso CIO Goodall Hospital 25 June Street Sanford, ME 04073 Phone: 207-490-7481 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= To subscribe or unsubscribe to the meditech-l, visit MTUsers.NET. To check the status of the meditech-l, visit MTUsers.NET. For help, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the MTUsers WikiPedia at MTUsers.NET/mwiki ______________________________________ meditech-l mailing list [email protected] http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ DISCLAIMER: The contents of this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, any review, dissemination, copying,distribution or other use of the contents of this message or any attachment by you is strictly prohibited. If you receive this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by telephone (919-934-8171), and please delete this message and all attachments from your system. Thank you. READER BEWARE: Unencrypted, unauthenticated Internet e-mail is inherently insecure. Internet messages may be corrupted or incomplete, or may incorrectly identify the sender. Please contact me if you wish to arrange for more secure communication or to authenticate this message. Compliance Officer Johnston Memorial Hospital (919) 938-7121 =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= To subscribe or unsubscribe to the meditech-l, visit MTUsers.NET. To check the status of the meditech-l, visit MTUsers.NET. For help, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the MTUsers WikiPedia at MTUsers.NET/mwiki ______________________________________ meditech-l mailing list [email protected] http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l
