VistA Imaging

VistA Imaging provides the multimedia component of the Veterans Health Administration's Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS). It is being offered as a multimedia tool to complement the Indian Health Service Electronic Health Record (IHS EHR).

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Electronic Health Record (EHR)

This link to the IHS website will introduce you to the Indian Health Service's latest medical software application, the IHS-EHR. The site is designed primarily for IHS, Tribal, and Urban (I/T/U) Indian health care facilities that are actively involved in implementation of IHS-EHR, or are contemplating doing so in the near future. It provides a variety of information about the EHR product, as well as links to a number of helpful documents. 

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Patient Registration 7.1 (AG)

 

Patient Registration 7.1 contains many changes which are summarized below.

 

Field and File Conversions

Conversions will be done on a number of files and fields. Many fields have been changed from single static fields to multiple fields in order to capture historical information. New fields have been added to collect additional information. Many field definitions have been changed to ensure data integrity.

 

Edit Checking

There are 35 "edit checks" performed on a number of fields. These edit checks are done as the edit screen is displayed and will provide instant feedback as to whether a field is incorrectly populated. As a patient's information is displayed the checks will be performed and any errors found will be listed at the bottom of the screen. A short description of the problem is also displayed.

 

The goal is to allow data to be cleaned in the system as it is accessed. Another way this "clean up" can be accomplished is by use of the full patient audit.

 

Full Patient Audit/Edit Check

The full patient audit/edit check is intended to be run before the installation of Patient Registration 7.1. It will reveal to the site the errors/warnings which will begin to appear when the data is accessed via the new patient registration edit screens. It will aid in conforming the old data to the new field definitions and requirements.

 

Many field definitions have been changed to ensure data integrity. This information from the full edit check can be used to resolve data issues throughout the pat reg system even before pat reg 7.1 is installed.

 

Screens

A few edit screens have been moved or replaced with new screens. Fields previously found on one screen may have been moved to another. Movement from one screen to another may be limited when errors are detected by the edit check system. Fields found to be improperly populated on a particular screen will prevent the user from exiting the screen without correcting the problem.

 

The user will need to pay close attention to messages which may appear at the bottom of the screen.
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