Re: [Hardhats-members] HUI 4.1

Does HUI 4.1 support/include CPRS 26? --Marc - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief

[Hardhats-members] VistA and Optometry

A few questions: 1) Does the VA provide basic optometric services to Vets - e.g. glasses, contacts, basic exams, etc? 2) If yes, is VistA used to track this type of patient care? Thanks! Marc - Using Tomcat but need to do

Re: [Hardhats-members] sshd and mumps process hung

Get the PID of the mumps process and execute the following command at a linux shell prompt: strace -pPID Let us know what you see. --Marc Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier

Re: [Hardhats-members] FOIAVistA SemiVivA 20060615 available

Does this release include CPRS 26? --Marc Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo

Re: [Hardhats-members] Ordering IVs

Yes, I was referring to writing an order for an IV. --Marc Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo

[Hardhats-members] Ordering IVs

From an earlier thread, a participant mentioned that ordering IVs is handled completely outside of VistA. I just wanted to confirm this and also find out how the VA does handle IVs. Also, is there anything about VistA that precludes its use with IVs? Thanks, Marc Using Tomcat but need to do

Re: [Hardhats-members] Is there an interface with ...?

When I teach HL7 classes, I present the following (true) case of an ill-defined interface. Client asks me if a physician's drawing could be scanned and then encoded and embedded into an HL7 message. I respond - sure, I can encoded it in base64 format and include it in a Z-segment. However,

Re: [Hardhats-members] Regsitration GUI

That sounds like CCOW. --- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on

[Hardhats-members] Linux and Windows on the same machine

I would like some suggestions on a system configuration enabling me to run GT/M on Linux and CPRS on Windows, all on the same machine (a laptop). I've got some ideas, but I wanted to hear from some folks who have actually tried this. Thanks, Marc

[Hardhats-members] Migration of Hui to VOE

Roughly what would be involved in migrating a Hui OpenVistA installation to VOE (when VOE comes out)? Just want to get an idea of the complexity. Thanks, Marc --- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get

[Hardhats-members] Medication Workflow Question

In VistA, what is the best way to enter in medications which have been prescribed by other physicians? In other words, let say I'm a urologist (in private practice)and I want any drugs I prescribe to be checked against the totality of medications which my patient is on (from all of his/her

Re: [Hardhats-members] Help for Getting started with CPRS

Nancy - I thought the DR Register Patient option tries to contact the MPI in Austin and will therefore hang? I have run into this before and had to control-c the process before it gets to the MPI call (patient is still added). Really kludgy I know, but I just needed a patient to test with.

[Hardhats-members] Interesting article on EMR and PM utilization

Here's an interesting link discussing EMR and PM utilization in both hospital and physician practice settings:http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ad/ad353.pdf Although the article is dated March 05, the data is somewhat dated (from 2001-2003).Nonetheless, I found the following to be particularly

[Hardhats-members] HIPAA Compliance

This is probably a dumb question but I'll ask anyway - is VistA fully compliant with the HIPAA regulations (security and privacy)? Specifically, does it support auditing the viewing of patient information? Thanks, Marc --- This SF.Net email

Re: [Hardhats-members] HIPAA Compliance

Greg - you mentioned that viewing patient data through the menu options can be audited. What about viewing through CPRS? In either case, how is this setup? Thanks, Marc --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting

Re: [Hardhats-members] How to load CPT into Vista FOIA

Imran - sounds like you bought the wrong product. The AMA licenses the CPT code set in a format specifically intended to upload into VistA. Please see:

Re: [Hardhats-members] Another approach to the pharmacy issue

Nancy - when you say that the VA National Drug file has been chosen as a standard, does that include just the list of drugs or also the interactions? Thanks, Marc

[Hardhats-members] Clinical Reference Data Question

Are there any other areas in VistA (aside from pharmacy) that require clinical reference data and are _not_ regularly updated from the VA (and made available external to the VA). Labs, clinical reminders/guidelines, etc? Thanks, Marc

RE: [Hardhats-members] Clinical Reference Data Question

Of course - the question is whether there is a process to propagate all of those updates from the VA to the open source community. We already know about the pharmacy issue. The question is what other updates ( if any ) other than pharmacy are not covered by the normal release of patches from

[Hardhats-members] Another approach to the pharmacy issue?

Would the following be feasible - wipe the VA product fileclean and start from scratch. Then use a 3rd party database like First Databank or Thomson micromedex to populate everything including interactions. This would avoid the matching problem that Kevin is running into. The same data source

Re: [Hardhats-members] Pharmacy question: matching ingredients

In reference to Kevin and Nancy's concerns about ongoing updates to the drug files - will the Hui offer regular updates by any chance? Thanks, Marc

[Hardhats-members] Re: [openhealth] CCHIT biased towards proprietary software??

This is a really important issue for all of us since it could alter the adoption level of VistA - so if you have comments on CCHIT, you should submit them to the CCHIT. March 31st is the end of the public comment period. Please go to the following URL to submit your comments:

[Hardhats-members] icd 10 coding

Is there any timeframe to update VistA with ICD 10 codes? Thanks, Marc

[Hardhats-members] Positive article on msnbc.com regarding the VA and VistA

Please see: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11844694/ A big advantage for the VA is electronic medical records. The VA has the largest, and one of the most modern systems in the world. When a VA patient visits any facility in the country, the records are there. Indeed, after Hurricane Katrina, many

[Hardhats-members] Opthalmology

This question has been asked by others on this board but nobody responded (so I will ask again). Does VistA provide any specific support for Opthalmology? Perhaps some nice templates? Any help would be great. Thanks, Marc

[Hardhats-members] 2006 CPT Codes

Does anyone know if the 2006 cpt codes are available yet (e.g. the VOE data file from the AMA)? Thanks, Marc

RE: [Hardhats-members] Purchasing CPT code license

Does anyone know if the 2006 cpt codes are available yet (e.g. the VOE data file from the AMA)? Thanks, Marc

Re: [Hardhats-members] CPRS Patient Selection Window Cut Off

Nancy, I ran into a very similar problem on my widescreen laptop. Go to: Start-Settings-Control Panel-Display-Settings-Advanced If you are having this problem, ensure that your DPI setting is set to Normal Size(96 DPI). And then reboot. --Marc

[Hardhats-members] Templates

Is the national VA VistA template library available for public consumption? Thanks, Marc --- 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

RE: [Hardhats-members] Templates

What about templates for creating progress notes? (e.g. the same ones shown in the Vista-Office webex demo). Thanks, Marc --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new

[Hardhats-members] Lab Orders

When I try to save a lab order, I get an error stating that A collection frequency MUST be specified. However, the How Often? drop down (which I assume refers to the collection frequency) is disabled. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks, Marc

[Hardhats-members] What happened to worldvista.org

The wiki seems to have disappeared and going to home page requires authentication? Thanks, Marc --- 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

[Hardhats-members] CCHIT Certification

Does anybody know if the VA or CMS will seek CCHIT certification for VistA? Thanks, Marc --- 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

[Hardhats-members] Building CPRS

I think somebody on this list mentioned that detailed instructions on building CPRS are available. If somebody has them or could point me in the right direction, please reply. Thanks, Marc --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc.

RE: [Hardhats-members] Purchasing CPT code license

I just recently downloaded the VOE CPT Dataset and the zip file only includes a single file: Icpt.glo. So is this incomplete? It certainly sounds like it based on the discussion here. Thanks, Marc --- This SF.net email is sponsored by:

[Hardhats-members] Re: Purchasing CPT code license

Okay - I've purchased the cpt codes - now how do I go about installing them. Thanks, Marc --- 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

Re: [Hardhats-members] Re: Purchasing CPT code license

I realized that my question might be too vague. Specifically, I found the following instructions for installing the CPT codes: http://www.vista-office.org/pdf/VOE_CPT_Patch_Install_Instructions_Version_1_0_Beta.pdf It specifies that I should execute the following to install the CPT codes: D

[Hardhats-members] Purchasing CPT code license

Just to confirm, is the AMA CPT code setwhich is formatted for VistA Office also compatible with FOIA VistA? In other words, the following: https://catalog.ama-assn.org/Catalog/product/product_detail.jsp?productId=prod64?checkXwho=done Other than the CPT codes, are all other code sets

[Hardhats-members] Running multiple vista environments

I think this should work, but I wanted to double-check. I would like to run multiple concurrent VistA environments on a single linux box. Couldn't I simply: 1) Setup multiple users (linux users), each of which points to separate instances of theFOIA distribution (e.g. the mumps.dat and .o files,

RE: [Hardhats-members] Re: FOIA VistA SemiVivA 20060113 available

The lack of transaction support is somewhat disconcerting. If the globals ended up in an inconsistent state, how would I know? Also, how would I know when the problem first began? Thanks, Marc

Re: [Hardhats-members] Re: FOIA VistA SemiVivA 20060113 available

So is the version of CPRS included with SemiViva the 'official' and safe version assuming it is run on a real Windows client? Thanks, Marc

[Hardhats-members] Delphi Runtime Licensing Fees

For Delphi 7, does anybody know if Borland charges runtime license fees if I modify and distribute CPRS? Thanks, Marc

[Hardhats-members] Textbox on Login Screen

How does one populate the text on the CPRS login screen? Thanks, Marc

Re: [Hardhats-members] Compiling CPRS

Nancy - the Add Problem page in CPRS has a section of checkboxes entitled 'Treatment Factors'. One of those factors is Agent Orange. All of the checkboxes are disabled (I'm guessing this is due to my patient being marked as a non-veteran). Is there (or will there be) a patch to hide these

RE: [Hardhats-members] Compiling CPRS

Several of you said that version 26 is the last Delphi version of CPRS. What language will subsequent versions be created with? Thanks, Marc

Re: [Hardhats-members] Compiling CPRS

Any idea when the 1st Java version of CPRS will be released? Thanks, Marc

RE: [Hardhats-members] CPRS Clinical Workflow Question

In VistA are problems intended to be symptoms/complaints or a diagnosis. For example, suppose a patient presents with memory loss and dementia. Would a physician create two problems as follows: Memory Loss - 780.93 Dementia-294.8 And then later replace these with an actual diagnosis (lets say

Re: [Hardhats-members] Compiling CPRS

Kevin - I'm still evaluating what if anything I want to change in CPRS. One simple thing that comes to mind is removing the references to 'Agent Orange' and similar items which don't apply in a civilian environment. --Marc

RE: [Hardhats-members] Setting up medication ordering

Is there a 'base' pre-populated medication file available somewhere? Also, is there a similar issue with the drug interaction functionality (e.g. do drug interactions have to be specified one-by-one)? Thanks, Marc

[Hardhats-members] CPRS Clinical Workflow Question

As far as I can tell, VistA doesn't seem to associate orders, lab tests, etc. with a patient problem(s). Why is that? I'm not a physician, so my preconceptions about workflow are probably wrong - hence my question. Do most EMRs function in this manner? Thanks, Marc

Re: [Hardhats-members] Question about imaging orders

Hi Kevin - no I do not intend actually distribute the VistA imaging modules, however I would like to: 1) At a mininum, provide physicians the ability to record the fact that they requested an imaging order. The fulfillment of this order could be an offline process, totally disconnected from

Re: [Hardhats-members] Setting up medication ordering

Kevin, one of things I'm researching is scripting gtm commands. In other words, given a standard NDC file (haven't researched availability or format), generate a file containing the user actions necessary to populate the file you mentioned. Similarly, one could build a web interface which does the

[Hardhats-members] Setting up medication ordering

I edited the 'New Person' file to allow medication ordering for my physician, but when I try to order a new med, there is no list of medications in CPRS. I'm assuming I need to set something up to get this work? I didn't really see anything about this in the CPRS documentation. Thanks, Marc

[Hardhats-members] Question about imaging orders

On the Order an Imaging Procedure screen, I only have an imaging type of 'General Radiology'. Are more types supposed to be available? For example, I don't see any MRI procedures. Thanks, Marc

Re: [Hardhats-members] More problems after power outage

Hi Steve - I do not have an entry called VISTA in my VOLUME SET file so I executed the statement you provided and it appears to have fixed my problem! Thanks Steve, Greg, Nancy, Bhaskarand everybody else on this list who helped me with this problem. I would still like some more information on

Re: [Hardhats-members] More problems after power outage

Okay - I re-built the cross-references on the Volume Set file, and I now have the following tasks. I'm assuming that I need to delete 1 and 2? Unfortunately, I cannot do so - I get an error indicating that I can only delete my own tasks. What does user #0 refer to and how can I delete tasks 1 and

Re: [Hardhats-members] More problems after power outage

Hi Greg - I did sign-in but my user was missing the ZTMQ key. After assigning this key, I deleted all remaining tasks, re-started Taskman, but I'm still getting the same error: Which error? 4835 Process ID: 2472 (2472) JAN 18, 2006 19:27:52 Username: Process Name: UCI/VOL: [VAH,ROU] : $ZA: $ZB:

Re: [Hardhats-members] More problems after power outage

Here's the symbol table from one of the errors. Does this shed any light on the problem? Thanks, Marc $DEVICE=$ECODE=,Z150373498,$ESTACK=6$ETRAP=D ER2^%ZTM5$QUIT=0$STACK=6$STACK(000)=-direct$STACK(000,ECODE)=$STACK(000,MCODE)= F %ZTLOOP=0:1 S %ZTLOOP=%ZTLOOP#16 D

[Hardhats-members] CPRS Display Problem Solved

In case anybody has run into a problem with CPRS in which buttons and other widgets are prematurely cut-off and pop-ups display incorrectly, I have a solution! The problem occurs regardless of thescreen resolution setting. Turns out the issue involves the DPI setting. Go to:

[Hardhats-members] Nurse-to-physician ratios

Does anybody have stats on average nurse-to-physician ratios in a private practice setting? I'm trying to estimate the number of 'clinical' VistA users in practices of various sizes. Thanks, Marc

[Hardhats-members] More problems after power outage

I corrected the database problems based on the gt.m administration guide. Re-ran mupip integ and I received a clean report. However, when I start TaskMan, I get the following. What does this mean and how do I fix it. Thanks, Marc [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ gtm GTMD ^ZTMONChecking Taskman. Current

Re: [Hardhats-members] More problems after power outage

Okay - here are the logs. First from taskman and then from D ^XTER Timestamp Error Message--- TODAY 13:22:59 TEST+2^%ZTM3, Null subscripts are not allowed for region: DE FAULT,150373498,-%GTM-E-NULSUBSC [Caused by the

[Hardhats-members] Question about practice management systems

Does anybody have any stats on current percentage use of practice management systems in physician practices (ideally grouped by physician group size)? Thanks, Marc

[Hardhats-members] Adding Patients

What is the best way to add a new patient? I read that I can give a user the DG Registration Menu and then use the Load/Edit Patient Data option. Is this the typical approach? Can patients be created at scheduling time? Thanks, Marc

[Hardhats-members] Problems after power outage

I had a power outage which caused my linux box to reboot. After doing a rundown, I performed mupip integ and I'm receiving the following errors. This is just an RD box so I haven't been doing backups. Is there anyway to fix this? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ ps aux | grep mumpsvista 10227 0.0 0.0 2728 676

[Hardhats-members] Problems accessing VistA remotely

I've been able to get VistA and CPRS running successfully within my internal network (at least until this power outage occured). However, I still cannot get CPRS to connect to the VistA server when CPRS is running outside of my network ( e.g. on the public internet). I opened up port 9200 on my

[Hardhats-members] Encryption

Are communications between the VistA server and CPRS encrypted? If so, how is this done? Thanks, Marc

[Hardhats-members] Cache on Windows XP Tablet Edition

Has anybody tried running Cache on Windows XP Tablet edition? The intersystems website specifically mentions XP as a supported version of Windows but does not mention the Tablet edition. Thanks, Marc

[Hardhats-members] Backup / Restore Question

What is the proper / safe procedure for backing up a VistA installation? I ask this question separately for gtm and Cache. My guess is: 1) Stop taskman. 2) Stop background filers. 3) Stop the RPC listener. 4) Backup mumps.dat or cache.dat 5) Re-start everything. Am I close? Thanks, Marc

[Hardhats-members] Creating a physician

How do I go about creating a new physician in VistA (e.g. who can use CPRS)? Thanks, Marc

Re: [Hardhats-members] Backup / Restore Question

Excellent - the ability to do live backups already puts VistA ahead of some of the competition. --Marc

Re: [Hardhats-members] WSAEINTR Error w/ CPRSChart

Good news. I renamed the other two null devices and then re-started the listener. After that, I was able to get the CPRS login screen! After trying to login, I got a message regarding mismatched versions of CPRS vs. the server. Ran out-of-time at home at that point. Can't connect w/ CPRS at all

Re: [Hardhats-members] WSAEINTR Error w/ CPRSChart

Listener is still running. I am running FOIA20051021. Unfortunately, I cannot re-create the errormessage I received at home (now connecting remotely from work). When I get home, I'll provide the exact error message. --Marc

[Hardhats-members] WSAEINTR Error w/ CPRSChart

Now I'm getting the following error when I try to launch CPRSChart: Error encountered. Function was: recv Error was: WSAEINTR I'm trying to run CPRS as follows: CPRSChart.exe s=my ip address p=9200 As I mentioned in earlier posts, I verified that the listener is running on my linux box and I

Re: [Hardhats-members] Question about Tickler and Mover

Hi Greg - I'm a programmer but I'm brand-new to mumps. How do I go about getting more details about the the tickler and mover tasks - specifically, the values for ZTUCI and ZTCPU which are being used to invoke them. I figured out how to get a list of tasks in taskman but not sure exactly how to

Re: [Hardhats-members] WSAEINTR Error w/ CPRSChart

Here are the parameters for the NULL device. Is the VOLUME SET(CPU) supposed to be blank? Anyone see any other problems? Thanks, Marc Select DEVICE NAME: NULL 1 NULL NT SYSTEM NLA0: 2 NULL GTM-UNIX-NULL Bit Bucket (GT.M-Unix) /dev/null 3 NULL-DSM Bit Bucket _NLA0:CHOOSE 1-3: 2 GTM-UNIX-NULL Bit

RE: [Hardhats-members] Question about Tickler and Mover

I tried the suggestions mentioned by Greg and Usha but am still having problems. Any suggestions would be great. Also, if anybody would like to volunteer to look at my system, that can be arranged easily. Here are the results of checking the mailman files for errors: Checking MAILBOX file 3.7

[Hardhats-members] Re: Question about Tickler and Mover

This is a fresh install of FOIA10212005 - nothing specifically imported by me. Greg - to answer your question, local messages are not being delivered at all. My apologies for my ignorance on all of this, but how do I check the logs and how do I check the list of unsuccessful tasks? Thanks, Marc

[Hardhats-members] CPRSChart Timeout Question

I'm trying to run CPRSChart over a really slow connection and it keeps timing out. Is there a way to increase the timeout threshold? Thanks! Marc

Re: [Hardhats-members] Question about Tickler and Mover

I verified that the following parameter was already blank: CPU (UCI,VOL) FOR FILER TO RUN. Thanks, Marc

Re: [Hardhats-members] Question about Tickler and Mover

Good call Greg. Here's what I found in the list of unsuccessful tasks. Now, the next question is how do I fix this? Thanks, Marc 111: GO^XMKPLQ, MailMan: Background Filer (Mover). No device. VAH,ROU. From Today at 10:13, By you. Rejected. Task's volume set not listed in

Re: [Hardhats-members] CPRSChart Timeout Question

My listener is running. BTW -at least w/ the version of netstat that comes w/SuSE 10, the following options are needed to display the ports: netstat -a --numeric-ports | grep port_number I also verified that the port in question is open w/ the following: telnet hostname or IP address

Re: [Hardhats-members] CPRSChart Timeout Question

This is probably obvious, but I ran the telnet command from the client Windows machine in which I am trying to run CPRS and not the linux server (in order to test the entire route). --Marc On 1/4/06, Marc Krawitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My listener is running. BTW -at least w/ the version

[Hardhats-members] Question about Tickler and Mover

I am having a problems with the Tickler and Mover not running. I looked in the VA MailMan technical documentation and found that the following should be tasked: GO^XMTDT (task)Tickler—Deliver latered messages. GO^XMKPLQ (task)Mover—Put local messages into local delivery queues. How exactly do I

Re: [Hardhats-members] Question about getting mail to work

I verified that TaskMan is running but I'm getting the following when I check the status of the background filers. What is the 'Mover' and 'Tickler' and why might they not be running? Is that my problem? Thanks, Marc Delivery Queue Status as of