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MEL Watcher To Set a HGBA1c Due in a Form

MEL, SQL, Oracle

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jcollins

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We have a form where the nurses enter hemoglobin A1c. We would like to code the next A1c due in the obsterm HGBA1CNXTDUE

Our attempt:

{IF !OBSNOW("HGBA1C") <> "" THEN OBSNOW("HGBA1CNXTDUE", ADDDATES(str(._TODAYSDATE), "0", "0", "92")) ELSE "" ENDIF}

Can someone help us constantly evaluate the presence of a value for HGBA1C. We seem to be having trouble placing the bang (!) to properly constantly evaluate the data symbol HGBA1C

Thanks!

Jack

Posted : October 29, 2015 7:55 am

dcarpenter

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The Exclimation Mark should come immediately after the opening bracket. e.g.

{! IF OBSNOW(“HGBA1C”) <> “” THEN OBSNOW(“HGBA1CNXTDUE”, ADDDATES(str(._TODAYSDATE), “0″, “0″, “92″)) ELSE “” ENDIF}

It might actually cause MEL errors if you put it anywhere else.

Posted : October 29, 2015 10:35 am

Lee

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One other note:

Be aware that you are using today's date, which means that if you started the update 2 months ago, put it on hold for some reason, then opened it again 'today', it would recalculate the date using 'todays' date. This would defeat the intended purpose, if I understand it correctly.

Instead, consider using:

{!
if OBSNOW(“HGBA1C”) <> "" then
OBSNOW(“HGBA1CNXTDUE”, ADDDATES(str(sub(str(DOCUMENT.CLINICALDATE),1,10)), "0", "0", "92"))
else ""
endif
}

This approach will 'lock' the date to the date of the document, which also will be the date of the obsnow value for the a1C.

Posted : October 29, 2015 11:54 am

jcollins

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Thanks

All working as desired

JJC

Posted : October 30, 2015 10:45 am

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