Re: [Hardhats-members] IHS system???

2005-04-20 Thread Anna Joseph
From: James Gray To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 3:30 AM Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] IHS system??? I don't either, but I recall some things about it. If you use the VA FOIA there is cross reference on the SSN that stuffs the SSN into the

[Hardhats-members] How to execute OpenVista Modules

2005-04-20 Thread srikanth
Hi all, I am so grateful to you for your prompt response for my query. The URLs you put in your response message are not being opened. Am i missing some this or do i have problem with the internet itself? I found another tutorial http://www.geocities.com/kdtop3/ to describe the installation

Re: [Hardhats-members] possible taskman problem---- Nursing module

2005-04-20 Thread Anna Joseph
The NURS PARAMETER file 213.9 does not have any entries in it. Though the global ^DIC(213.9,1,"DATE") = ^0^0^0^^0^0^0^0^0^0^0^1. Forcing the last digit to 0, I can nowbegin the Nursing Acuity/Separation-Activation Run option, but it seems to be hanging yet again. GTMD ^XUP Setting up

Re: [Hardhats-members] possible taskman problem---- Nursing module

2005-04-20 Thread Anna Joseph
The NURS PARAMETER file 213.9 does not have any entries in it. Though the global ^DIC(213.9,1,"DATE") = ^0^0^0^^0^0^0^0^0^0^0^1. Forcing the last digit to 0, I can nowbegin the Nursing Acuity/Separation-Activation Run option, but it seems to be hanging yet again. GTMD ^XUP Setting up

Re: [Hardhats-members] How to execute OpenVista Modules

2005-04-20 Thread Kevin Toppenberg
but somewhat tideous . . . VistA is not yet available for an easy and fast installation/configuration. The software is free, but one must take the time to learn how to make it work. So be patient and walk through the install instructions. If we come up with an easier way (and we are working

Re: [Hardhats-members] IHS system???

2005-04-20 Thread Kevin Toppenberg
An anonymous source sent this to me. Hope it helps. Kevin ... Maybe I’m just restating the obvious, but here goes. This is all from memory; I haven’t double-checked it by rereading code today. A single patient can have a different chart number at multiple facilities. Facilities can have

Re: [Hardhats-members] Configurability of fields in FileMan

2005-04-20 Thread steven mcphelan
You are looking at old code. There was a feature of Fileman years ago which has subsequently been addressed. You could not create a multiple field entry if the zeroth node of the multiple did not exist. So we were forced to hard set the zeroth node of the multiple prior to calling the Fileman

Re: [Hardhats-members] Configurability of fields in FileMan

2005-04-20 Thread Richard G. DAVIS
From: Nancy Anthracite [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 22:43:41 -0400 To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Configurability of fields in FileMan I find this interesting as I am wondering if,

RE: [Hardhats-members] IHS system???

2005-04-20 Thread Aylesworth Marc A Contr AFRL/IFSE
I have the RPMS manuals if there is enough interest I could put them on the wiki, right now I do not have access to the hard drive they are on so it might take some time for me to access them but I could put them on the wiki or e-mail them. They are PDF, I believe. Thanks Marc Aylesworth C3I

RE: [Hardhats-members] Configurability of fields in FileMan

2005-04-20 Thread Cameron Schlehuber
If you have only a single ID per person based on the eligibility that works just fine. It was developed so that IDs for military personnel and their family members (using SSN with what is called the family member prefix) could be used in DHCP before the days of CHCS. However, the Indian Health

[Hardhats-members] IHS System

2005-04-20 Thread Kevin Toppenberg
I have become the conduit for anonymous posts. Here is another: Just for the record, I don't like to be in the middle of these things, and will only post a few more such replies. He are all adults. I think we can keep our converstations civil. There is no need to hide behind anonyminity.

[Hardhats-members] He isn't heavy he is VistA and lots of whats... a rant... and a song...

2005-04-20 Thread Doctor Bones
I have been reading the comments and letters... And, there is some wisdom I wish to Question... Please forgive me... If I make anyone upset. It is not my intent at all. In fact you can skip my entire RANT and go to my questions and non-RANT observations. *RANT MODE* I am irked by the

RE: [Hardhats-members] IHS System

2005-04-20 Thread Sowinski, Richard J.
Kevin, you weren't deep throat were you ? I thought you were just a guy who wanted to learn more about Vista, and was doing a journeyman's job at it. I agree with your second annonymous poster. IHS is probably ahead with their View Centric product. Unfortunately, I don't know if it's available

Re: [Hardhats-members] IHS system???

2005-04-20 Thread Sandy Waal
Hi all: RPMS runs on a variety of OS/Hardware set ups - Most are Cache' Windows/Intel or Cache' AIX but there are some Cache' Linux/Intel systems : State of Alaska Public Health Nursing, Shiprock, etc. I know there is an interesting OS X project going on in Phoenix. The IHS programmers worked

Re: [Hardhats-members] IHS system???

2005-04-20 Thread James Gray
I believe the input transform on the HRN field is for a max of 6 digits. I thought that some version of the AUPNLK* routines were included in the VistA FOIA. The lastest can be obtained from the IHS FOIA. It would be possible for a hospital to put their own patient id's into the HRN field

RE: [Hardhats-members] possible taskman problem---- Nursing module

2005-04-20 Thread Cameron Schlehuber
When you invoke an option directly from Menu Manager it is not being handled by TaskMan so you wont see any entry in TaskMan. Since you have no entry in the NURS PARAMETER file (the DATE node was set directly by the routine in the option youre invoking) a lot of things probably wont work

Re: [Hardhats-members] IHS System

2005-04-20 Thread Nancy Anthracite
On Wednesday 20 April 2005 11:33 am, Kevin Toppenberg wrote: I have become the conduit for anonymous posts. Here is another: Just for the record, I don't like to be in the middle of these things, and will only post a few more such replies. He are all adults. I think we can keep our

Re: [Hardhats-members] IHS System

2005-04-20 Thread Nancy Anthracite
I am afraid whether or not people are civil, I feel there are places where anonymity is definitly needed, an some where it is just preferred, which I have come to understand very well, so send those post my way to nancy at anthracite dot name as I will be happy to field and filter them. These

Re: [Hardhats-members] IHS System

2005-04-20 Thread A. Forrey
To our commentor: The effort that we here at UW are making to develop an introduction to the VistA information architetcure is using a combined approach of the VA and IHS (and the DoD CHCS to the extent we can get open documentation). We have faculty in active dialog with individuals in IHS and

Re: [Hardhats-members] He isn't heavy he is VistA and lots of whats... a rant... and a song...

2005-04-20 Thread Nancy Anthracite
I think we pretty much agree with you across the board, and we are trying to correct those problems, but there are only just so many hours in the day and not that many of us that can afford the time to do this out of the goodness of our hearts! The funding that is starting to appear in the

Re: [Hardhats-members] He isn't heavy he is VistA and lots of whats... a rant... and a song...

2005-04-20 Thread Richard G. DAVIS
Mano, I don't think an apology is needed for your mention of the 'warts' on DHCP/VistA. Yours is an old classical song on the stage of VistA, a ballad born of a pain which isn't going to go away. Remember, Mano, ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny. So, also is the path to VistA a matter of

Re: [Hardhats-members] IHS System

2005-04-20 Thread James Gray
I will stick my neck out and agree with most of what this 2nd anonymous post says. I had 10 years of experience in the VA and 8 in the IHS. Jim Gray - Original Message - From: Kevin Toppenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Hardhats Sourceforge hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Sent:

RE: [Hardhats-members] IHS system???

2005-04-20 Thread Aylesworth Marc A Contr AFRL/IFSE
I believe that winzip can untar files and if that does not work cygwin is a free download of a unix shell that works on windows. I also believe that the RPMS modules are released in KIDS format, Don't quote me but that is what I was lead to believe when I read some of the manuals.

Re: [Hardhats-members] He isn't heavy he is VistA and lots of whats... a rant... and a song...

2005-04-20 Thread Greg Woodhouse
The problem is that when you're trying to make sense of someone else's CODE that's true 100 times over. --- James Gray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In my experience with much computer documentation over the last 25 years is that much of it should have this warning at the begining of each and

[Hardhats-members] Re: Transfer Entries not updating variable pointer fields

2005-04-20 Thread George Timson
On April 11, Mr. Dobbins of Univ of Tennessee asked whether there is a bug in Transfer Entries repointing. Upon investigation, the answer is yes, and I thank Mr. Dobbins for the report. DVA has authorized me to fix this oversight in the DITP routine, and we can hope that the fix gets tested and

Re: [Hardhats-members] Re: Transfer Entries not updating variable pointer fields

2005-04-20 Thread Robert H Dobbins/HOSPOPS/VET/UTIA
You're most welcome. And, thank you for confirming it. If you'd like, we'd be happy to test your modification. Regards, Bob --- Robert H. Dobbins IT Administrator III Computer Operations University of Tennessee College of

Re: [Hardhats-members] Re: Transfer Entries not updating variable pointer fields

2005-04-20 Thread Nancy Anthracite
What sorts of things are we likely to notice trouble with? DIPT ;SFISC/XAK,TKW-DISPLAY PRINT OR SORT TEMPLATE ;7/3/96 17:23 ;;22.0;VA FileMan;;Mar 30, 1999 On Wednesday 20 April 2005 02:54 pm, George Timson wrote: On April 11, Mr. Dobbins of Univ of Tennessee asked whether there is a bug in

RE: [Hardhats-members] IHS System

2005-04-20 Thread Kevin Toppenberg
I'll assume the deep throat reference has to do with an anoynmous source somehow linked to the Watergate scandal. But that's a bit before my time. :-) Kevin --- Sowinski, Richard J. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kevin, you weren't deep throat were you ? I thought you were just a guy who wanted

Re: [Hardhats-members] He isn't heavy he is VistA and lots of whats... a rant... and a song...

2005-04-20 Thread Kevin Toppenberg
Comments below... --- Doctor Bones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to know what specific fields mean... what am I entering... why isn't it allowing me to enter a specific field. What combination of field entries will do the thing I want. Much of the database documentation is put into the

RE: [Hardhats-members] Re: Transfer Entries not updating variable pointer fields

2005-04-20 Thread Holloway, Thomas (EDS)
Nancy, Dyslexia rears its ugly head... ;-) That would really be: DITP;SFISC/GFT-TRANSFER POINTERS ;6:40 AM 16 Jun 2000 ;;22.0;VA FileMan;**50**;Mar 30, 1999 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nancy Anthracite Sent:

[Hardhats-members] Online Runbook

2005-04-20 Thread Kevin Toppenberg
Well, I have spent the better part of all day today creating a run book for our office. I tried to go through the basics of what they would need to get the server up etc. I have put it on my old website because I don't know how I would get all the links to work right if I put it on the Wikki.

Re: [Hardhats-members] Configurability of fields in FileMan

2005-04-20 Thread A. Forrey
My perpsective is that before getting into a bit-fiddling frenzy one needs to understand the Conceptual contant of the adpated VistA. The various professional disciplines need to participate and, hopefully, some from the VA information architects (Cameron?) who can help enlighten the present

RE: [Hardhats-members] He isn't heavy he is VistA and lots of whats... a rant... and a song...

2005-04-20 Thread Cameron Schlehuber
Note that it's the strong form that's discredited, not that there is no relationship between phylogeny and ontogeny. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Toppenberg Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 1:39 PM To:

RE: [Hardhats-members] IHS system???

2005-04-20 Thread Adrian Midgley
On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 18:27, Aylesworth Marc A Contr AFRL/IFSE wrote: I believe that winzip can untar files and if that does not work cygwin is a free download of a unix shell that works on windows. I also believe that the RPMS modules are released in KIDS format, Don't quote me but that is

[Hardhats-members] After a nice nap... I have a proposal for documentation....

2005-04-20 Thread Doctor Bones
Of course Kevin beat me to it :P But here is my proposal anyway To create an open document (via wiki of course) of a single full rollout of a virtual hospital. In my overweening hubris (I believe hubris is already overweening so just more so) I have started said document (although I haven't

[Hardhats-members] (De)Compression programs on Windows (and other operating systems)

2005-04-20 Thread Bhaskar, KS
I use 7-zip (http://www.7-zip.org) on the PC at home that boots Windows from time to time. -- Bhaskar On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 21:46 +0100, Adrian Midgley wrote: On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 18:27, Aylesworth Marc A Contr AFRL/IFSE wrote: I believe that winzip can untar files and if that does not work

Re: [Hardhats-members] He isn't heavy he is VistA and lots of whats... a rant... and a song...

2005-04-20 Thread Doctor Bones
More comments On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 13:31 -0700, Kevin Toppenberg wrote: Comments below... Much of the database documentation is put into the database itself. If you enter ?? etc it will tell you what it wants. I often find myself scratching my head at their explanations. If you haven't

Re: [Hardhats-members] He isn't heavy he is VistA and lots of whats... a rant... and a song...

2005-04-20 Thread Mark Street
On Tuesday 19 April 2005 22:14, Doctor Bones wrote: Not necessarily because I don't believe it is true... After having vista use me as a punching bag for a couple of months I sort of believe it :). I hear ya brother. I take it in small chunks. I get tired and fatigued to the point of

Re: [Hardhats-members] Configurability of fields in FileMan

2005-04-20 Thread Jim Self
Richard Davis wrote: Today, the core database within VistA does not contain a generalized business-rule engine as a centralized, high level, tabled driven module that controls all data storage and retrieval. Classical DHCP applications and the VistA modules of today are obliged to embed their

RE: [Hardhats-members] Configurability of fields in FileMan

2005-04-20 Thread Cameron Schlehuber
While looking forward to Richard's response, let me chime in here with some primitive examples of efforts along the lines of business rules engine in VistA and observations on where things might end up (those who know me well know that I'm a perpetual optimist!) One example is the ORDER DIALOG

Re: [Hardhats-members] Configurability of fields in FileMan

2005-04-20 Thread Richard G. DAVIS
I have given this issue a fairly extensive treatment in an IT architecture document I prepared some years ago for the DVA. That paper was reviewed by VistA IT architects during its development. Some on this list may have copies on hand. The paper is a serious read, and not to be considered a

Re: [Hardhats-members] Configurability of fields in FileMan

2005-04-20 Thread Richard G. DAVIS
Thanks Cameron. It is really uplifting to see that at least this one engine is recognized as important. Gives me a cause for optimism about the future of VistA. Regards, Richard. From: Cameron Schlehuber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Wed, 20 Apr