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I'm trying to find an OBS Term to record birth time, and time of a blood draw. Then will calculate age in hours (for infant bilirubin testing purposes). Is there an OBS term or way to format the entry for time based on hh:mm to one individual obs term? Any suggestions on the term name to use? I have a link to open the BiliTool webpage based on the bilirubin level and the age in hours. Just trying to "idiot-proof" the calculation (and record birth time permanently).
Posted : September 7, 2017 4:59 am
Obs Terms: BIRTH TIME and SPEC TME DRN
Both are factory terms. If you do not see them in your EMR, you may be out of date and need to import the most recent kit from GE.
As for formatting, unless the user is using the 'system time' of the EMR, about the only way to control it is to use 3 fields for each obsterm:
1) Hours (Edit field, whole number mask, 1 - 12 validation)
2) Minutes (Edit field, whole number mask, 0 - 59 validation)
3) AM/PM (Radio button)
You could use the validation fields in VFE to determine if the data entered is valid. If all three fields are populated properly, you can enable a button that combines all three and pushes the value to the obsterm.
Hope this helps.
Posted : September 7, 2017 5:25 am
I've attached a screenshot of the bilirubin related OBS terms below.
Posted : September 7, 2017 5:32 am
Sorry, I reread your post and believe that Lee has pointed you in the right direction. However, you don't necessarily need to use 3 OBS terms. You could put 3 variables on your form to record hours, minutes, and AM/PM and then concatenate the 3 together in the proper format and store in the Birth Time obsterm (BIRTH TIME).
Posted : September 7, 2017 5:42 am
Here is a PEDS Newborn Well Child Check I did while at the University of Oklahoma that does that calculation.
Posted : September 8, 2017 2:34 am
