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I work as a Lab information manager at a VA and we don't use print the cumulative anymore. I don't know of any VA's that print the cumulative .This same information can be found in CPRS as Lab reports.
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Date: 04/08/05 19:51:22
Subject: [Hardhats-members] Laboratory Cumulative Patch Question
We are in the middle of (actually, near the end of) catching up all the patches we haven't done over the years to our system. Lab was implemented in 1988 or so and gradually patched. Its been at version 5.2, but was about ~80 patches short of being up to date. We loaded patch LR-5P2_SEQ-223_PAT-283.TXT a few nights ago.
It did what it was supposed to do: it added the institution address to the cumulative and interim pages. Ummm, it also modified the cumulative report options to the interim format... Here's the exact sentence:
Cumulative Report options are modified to the interim report format and
will include the address page(s) which will be printed at the end of the
report.
Well, it turns out our clinicians like the cumulative format printed each day...
Can anyone out there elaborate on why this change was done? Are most VA's not printing the cumulative anymore? We are still charting it...I think its a good time to quit printing it - we can now get to the cumulative format in CPRS. Yayyyy!
That's why we are going full tilt into patching...
Anyway - I've found the old entry point of our cumulative printing and would like to keep using it. Any dire warnings from anyone in the know for *not* using the usual entry point in the option:
NAME: LRTASK CUM MENU TEXT: TASK THE CUMULATIVE TO RUN EACH NITE
TYPE: run routine
DESCRIPTION: THIS OPTION NOW PRINTS IN THE INTERIM REPORT FORMAT. The
report prints site codes for tests and prints a separate page(s) at the end
of the report which lists the performing lab name, address and site code.
This function is automatically run by the TaskManager. This is the daily
interim cumulative report.
ROUTINE: AIDQ^LRRP2
The old entry point was CL2^LRAC
Regards,
Charles
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Lambrecht Manager - Computer Operations [EMAIL PROTECTED] (865) 974-5742 University of TN College of Veterinary Medicine ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | 