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Hopefully an easy if-then dates question

MEL, SQL, Oracle

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babbott

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Hello,

I am just delving into the world of MEL and am trying to digest the "Creating Clinical Content" pdf.

I am trying to put together an if-then statement that will compare: if the last OBSDATE for colonfit test is > 1 year ago, then order the FIT test. I can get the MEL statements for the orders and I think I have the basics down, but comparing the dates is a challenge for me.

Here is what I have so far:

if
DURATIONDAYS(LASTOBSDATE('FECIMMTEST'),._TODAYSDATE) > 365
then
MEL_ADD_ORDER('T','Labs','Fecal Immunochemical Test (FIT)','','ICD-Z12.11','Colorectal screening')''
else
"Patient is not due for colonoscopy until " + HEMOCULTDUE +"."
endif

Posted : July 3, 2019 4:26 am

virtualHITman

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The one problem I see is that you must convert your dates to a string before you can use the DURATIONDAYS() function. This is a common oversight when learning MEL.

The line:

DURATIONDAYS(LASTOBSDATE(‘FECIMMTEST’),._TODAYSDATE) > 365

should be:

DURATIONDAYS(LASTOBSDATE(‘FECIMMTEST’),str(._TODAYSDATE)) > 365

Hope that helps.

Posted : July 3, 2019 4:40 am

babbott

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That works for the if/then logic and order, but I can't get it to display HEMOCULT due date. any ideas?

Posted : July 3, 2019 4:59 am

mjharunk

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You have to use LASTOBSVALUE("HEMOCULTDUE")

Posted : July 3, 2019 5:03 am

virtualHITman

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If HEMOCULTDUE is an OBS term that contains the due date, try:

“Patient is not due for colonoscopy until ” + OBSANY("HEMOCULTDUE") +”.”

That should return the most recent value of your OBS term named HEMOCULTDUE. Be careful about copying and pasting from this forum; the double quotes characters do not always translate well. I would just type the above out manually in your code to be sure.

Posted : July 3, 2019 5:05 am

babbott

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thank you again!

Posted : July 3, 2019 5:15 am

babbott

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thank you all.

final code:

{if DURATIONDAYS(LASTOBSDATE('FECIMMTEST'),str(._TODAYSDATE)) > 365 then MEL_ADD_ORDER('T','Labs','Fecal Immunochemical Test (FIT)','','ICD-Z12.11','Colorectal screening')'' + "Colorectal FIT test ordered" else "Patient is not due for colon FIT test until " + OBSANY("HEMOCULTDUE") +"." endif}

next steps: to add further if-then to identify if they've had a colonoscopy

Posted : July 3, 2019 5:17 am

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