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Help - I need a data display for Pt. w/hypertension only

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nonageyer

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How would I assign a data display in VFE to display specific medications if a pt. has hypertension?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Posted : May 12, 2014 10:51 pm

gibsonmi

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I would write a function to loop through MEDS_AFTER('delimited'), pull out the GPI, and compare to these and if it matches one of the GPI classes (first two four or six digits), then include it in the result.

Posted : May 12, 2014 11:20 pm

nonageyer

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Thanks, that is what I was thinking, but would you happen to have an example of how I would code this?

Posted : May 12, 2014 11:37 pm

gibsonmi

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It took me a bit to find it, i wrote this to check for opioids on the med list, just replace the codes in the array, it doesn't matter how many you use, and it should work, I havent used this in production yet...

{fn NarcoticCheck(firekey){

//based on GPI report

local hold = array(

"65","6510","651000","6520","652000","6599","659900","9340","934000","5258","525800","431010","439951","439952","439953","439954")

local temp = getfield(firekey,

"|","")

local tmp

local rslt = ""

for k = 1, k <=size(temp), k = k + 1 do

tmp = getfield(temp[k],

"^","")

if match(hold,sub(tmp[4],1,2))>0 or match(hold,sub(tmp[4],1,4))>0 or match(hold,sub(tmp[4],1,6))>0 then

if rslt <> "" then

rslt = rslt + ", "

endif

rslt = rslt + tmp[1]

endif

endfor

return rslt

}

Posted : May 12, 2014 11:45 pm

nonageyer

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Thanks Michael, I would need to identify if the pt. has a specific diagnosis or problem then check their medication.

I was actually thinking of displaying a visibility region for patients diagnosed with hypertension (I'm sure of this syntax) then searching their meds for specific classifications.

Would you happen to know the syntax for the visibility region?

I'm building a checklist as a guidline for the providers.

Thanks for your help.

Posted : May 13, 2014 12:03 am

DavidShower

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If you have CCC you can use

ccc_GET_MED_CLASS_HTN_Rx(meds_after("delimited"))

to display hypertension meds.

From the CCC-fndef-Find-Prob-Meds.ccc file.

Posted : May 13, 2014 12:32 am

nonageyer

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{if match(toupper(prob_after()),"ICD-411.")>0
     then if useryesno("Patient has a Dx of IVD, AMI, or has had a CABG or PTCA.
         Is the patient currently taking aspirin or another antithrombotic?")=="No"
     then UPDATE_MEDS( ) else "" endif else "" endif}

The above works for one Dx. I need to search/match several diagnosis. would the code be as simple as adding "OR" ex: "ICD-411" or "ICD-413" or "ICD414"?

I can not get it to work for more than one diagnosis code or problem.

Any help would be appreciated.

Posted : May 13, 2014 3:50 am

gibsonmi

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You have to wite the whole match function for all of the 'or' statements, like this

{if match(toupper(prob_after()),"ICD-411.")>0 or

match(toupper(prob_after()),"ICD-413")>0 or

match(toupper(prob_after()),"ICD-414")>0
then...

Posted : May 13, 2014 3:53 am

nonageyer

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That did it. Thanks.

Posted : May 13, 2014 7:00 am

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