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Stacey LaGrange

(@slagrang)

Posts: 185

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Does anyone have code they can share for next appt? The data symbol {APPT_NEXT()} doesn't work for us because it lists the person who booked the appt, not the book name. I just discovered that the code I was using below in usrlib.txt lists am instead of pm between noon and 12:59 p.m. and users are complaining.

//APPT (ALL FUTURE) FUNCTION
fn SMRMC_APPT_ALL_FUTURE() {
//lists all future appts with a comma between fields a hret between records
//use nested getfields to turn in to a 2D array if you want to pick elements
//DN–3-31-04 modified from mellib stock function
local a, b,c, loc, atype, book, i = 0
local result=''
local j = getRowCount('_MELCurPatientAppt')
    // Loop thru patients appointments
if j == 1 then a = getRow('_MELCurPatientAppt',0, 'ApptDate',
                      'ApptTime','Appttype','Booklist','ApptStatus')
// Find the next appointmnet
           if val(a[1]) >= ._TODAYSDATE and val(a[5]) = 0 then
               // Get the type of appointment
               atype = find('_MELApptDef', 'ApptType', 'ID', a[3])
               // Get the location of care from the first book
               b = getfield(a[4],',',' :')
               loc = find('_MELBook', 'LocationAbbrevName', 'ID',b[1])
        //Get the Book Name
        c = getfield(a[4],',',' :')
               book = find('_MELBook', 'Name', 'ID',c[1])
        // Build the result
            result = a[1] + ',' + appttime(a[2]) + ',' + atype + ',' + book
//edit previous line if you want to return only part or use different
delimiters etc
//note this first part is if theres only 1 appointment
endif
else if j > 1 then
while i < j do
         i = i+1
        a = getRow('_MELCurPatientAppt',i,
'ApptDate','ApptTime','Appttype','Booklist','ApptStatus')
           // Find the next appointmnet
           if val(a[1]) >= ._TODAYSDATE and val(a[5]) = 0 then
               // Get the type of appointment
               atype = find('_MELApptDef', 'ApptType', 'ID', a[3])
               // Get the location of care from the first book
               b = getfield(a[4],',',' :')
               loc = find('_MELBook', 'LocationAbbrevName', 'ID',b[1])
        //Get the Book Name
        c = getfield(a[4],',',' :')
               book = find('_MELBook', 'Name', 'ID',c[1])
               // Build the result
               if result=="" then
            result = result + a[1] + ',' + appttime(a[2]) + ',' +
atype + ',' + book else result = result + hret + a[1] + ',' + appttime(a[2])
+ ',' + atype + ',' + book endif
//edit previous line if you want to return only part or use different
delimiters etc
//this part there are 2 or more appointments or rows
           endif
endwhile
endif
endif
result
}

Stacey LaGrange
Software Developer/Analyst
St. Mary's Health System
[email protected]
(207) 777-8410

Posted : April 18, 2012 9:35 pm

DavidShower

(@davidshower)

Posts: 1255

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APPT_NEXT() showing who made the appointment is a bug and was reported on CISDB00047210 per the GE tech I communicated with. You could call and reference that number and get on the SPR to get notified

David

Posted : June 8, 2012 6:54 am

Stacey LaGrange

(@slagrang)

Posts: 185

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Topic starter

Thank you, I will do this.

Posted : June 10, 2012 9:15 pm

Anonymous

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Not sure if you're still interested, but I'll include the code I use to pull in the patient's future appointments. I originally found this code in another form, then probably tweaked it some to display the way I want -- sorry I can't credit the original author!

/*
Function to display details of future appointments.
*/

!fn APPT_DISPLAY() {
   local a, b, c, d, loc, atype, book, stat
   local i = 0
   local result=''
   local j = getRowCount('_MELCurPatientAppt')
   // Loop thru patients appointments
   while i < j do
       i = i+1
       a = getRow('_MELCurPatientAppt',i,'ApptDate', 'ApptTime',
'Appttype', 'Booklist', 'ApptStatus')
       // Find the next scheduled appointment
If val(a[1]) >= ._TODAYSDATE Then
       // Get the type of appointment
       atype = find('_MELApptDef', 'ApptType', 'ID', a[3])
       if atype == "" then
           atype = "UNKNOWN"
       endif
       // Get the location of care from the first book
       if a[4] == "" then
           loc = "UNKNOWN"
       else
           b = getfield(a[4],',',' :')
           loc = find('_MELBook', 'LocationAbbrevName', 'ID', b[1])
       endif
       //Get the Book Name
       if a[4] == "" then
           book = "UNKNOWN"
       else
           c = getfield(a[4],',',' :')
           book = find('_MELBook', 'Name', 'ID', c[1])
       endif
       //Get the Status 0 Scheduled, 1 No Show, 2 Cancelled, 3 Arrived
       d = a[5]
       cond
           case d == 0 stat = "Scheduled"
           case d == 1 stat = "No Show"
           case d == 2 stat = "Cancelled"
           case d == 3 stat = "Arrived"
       endcond
       // Build the result if status is 0 Scheduled or 3 Arrived
       if stat == "Scheduled" OR stat == "Arrived" then
               result = result + a[1] + " at " + appttime(a[2]) + " " + atype + " with " + book + HRET

       endif
       endif
   endwhile
   return result
}

Posted : June 21, 2012 11:01 pm

jjordet

(@jjordet)

Posts: 545

Honorable Member

This code will list the next, or all, future appts for the current user, or all users:

{ListFutureAppointments("list", "mine", "next")}

{ListFutureAppointments("list", "mine", "all")}

{ListFutureAppointments("list", "all", "next")}

{ListFutureAppointments("list", "all", "all")}

{fn ListFutureAppointments(arg, mine, next)

{

local rec_delim = ""

local field_delim = ""

local count

local appt = array()

local atype

local book = array()

local bookcount

local loc

local username

local i = 0

local j

local status

local result = ""

if arg=="delim" then

rec_delim = "|"

field_delim = "^"

else

rec_delim = hret

field_delim = ", "

endif

count = GETROWCOUNT("_MELCurPatientAppt") // _MEL???? are global variables from mellib.txt

// Loop thru patients appointments and stop after first for current user

while i<count

and (next<>"next"

or (result==""

and next=="next")) do

appt = GETROW("_MELCurPatientAppt", i, "ApptDate", "ApptTime", "Appttype", "Booklist", "ApptStatus")

// Check for future appointment

if VAL(appt[1])>=._TODAYSDATE then

// Is appointment still scheduled

if VAL(appt[5])==0 then

// Get the type of appointment ... ApptType from _MELApptDef where ID = appt[3]

atype = FIND("_MELApptDef", "ApptType", "ID", appt[3])

// Get the books associated with appointment

book = GETFIELD(appt[4], ":", "")

bookcount = SIZE(book)

// Loop thru books

j = 2

while j<bookcount do

// Get the location of care from the each book

loc = FIND("_MELBook", "LOCID", "ID", book[j])

loc = FIND("_MELLoc", "Name", "LOCID", loc)

// Get the user name from the each book

username = FIND("_MELBook", "UserName", "ID", book[j])

// Build the result if book matches current user

if mine=="all"

or (mine=="mine"

and MATCH(username, 1, user.firstname)>0

and MATCH(username, 1, user.lastname)>0) then

if result<>"" then

result = result + rec_delim

endif

result = result + appt[1] + field_delim + appttime(appt[2]) + field_delim + loc + field_delim + username

endif

j = j + 1

endwhile

endif

i = i + 1

endwhile

return result

}

Posted : June 21, 2012 11:11 pm

Stacey LaGrange

(@slagrang)

Posts: 185

Reputable Member

Topic starter

Thanks I just tried and it worked great except that appts between noon and 12:59 pm were blank. I am not having very much luck with this I guess.

Posted : June 21, 2012 11:23 pm

jjordet

(@jjordet)

Posts: 545

Honorable Member

I got this code from someone else and nobody has complained of it not working, but the following line doesn't look correct:

if VAL(appt[1])>=._TODAYSDATE then

Should probably be:

if DURATIONDAYS(appt[1], str(._TODAYSDATE))>0 then

Posted : June 21, 2012 11:29 pm

Stacey LaGrange

(@slagrang)

Posts: 185

Reputable Member

Topic starter

Actually my last reply was for Jennifer's code so I tried yours but I had the same problem with am pm between noon and 12:59 being incorrect. I tried the change you suggested but it didn't work at all after that. Maybe I have issues with our mldefs3.txt file? We have been live since 1998 so maybe mine were never updated properly.

Posted : June 21, 2012 11:50 pm

jjordet

(@jjordet)

Posts: 545

Honorable Member

Check your mellib.txt file for appttime function. Ours shows:

fn appttime(time) {
        local ampm = 'am'
        local dhours = time/3600
        local hours = truncate(dhours)
        local dmin = (dhours - hours)*60
        local min = round(dmin)
        local smin = str(min)
        if (hours > 12) then
            hours = hours - 12
            ampm = 'pm'
        endif
        if size(smin) <= 1 then smin = '0'+smin endif
        hours + ':' + smin + ' ' + ampm
}

Posted : June 22, 2012 12:17 am

Stacey LaGrange

(@slagrang)

Posts: 185

Reputable Member

Topic starter

Good idea! Mine looks just like yours though. Have you tried booking an appt, maybe sometime right after noon, like 12:15 to see if yours says am or pm. I am just wondering if yours works correctly. It tooks years before anyone noticed our issue.

Posted : June 22, 2012 1:10 am

jjordet

(@jjordet)

Posts: 545

Honorable Member

looked at appttime...not correct...should set to pm if hours > 11:

fn appttime(time) {
        local ampm = 'am'
        local dhours = time/3600
        local hours = truncate(dhours)
        local dmin = (dhours - hours)*60
        local min = round(dmin)
        local smin = str(min)
        if (hours > 12) then
            hours = hours - 12
        endif
        if (hours > 11) then
            ampm = 'pm'
        endif
        if size(smin) <= 1 then smin = '0'+smin endif
        hours + ':' + smin + ' ' + ampm
}

Posted : June 22, 2012 1:39 am

Stacey LaGrange

(@slagrang)

Posts: 185

Reputable Member

Topic starter

You were right that worked, thanks so much!

Posted : June 22, 2012 3:11 am

[email protected]

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Posts: 86

Estimable Member

where is the mellib.txt file located?

Thanks!

Posted : June 23, 2012 2:31 am

Stacey LaGrange

(@slagrang)

Posts: 185

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Topic starter

C:\Program Files\Centricity EMR 9.5

Posted : June 24, 2012 8:55 pm

Anonymous

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slagrang said:

Thanks I just tried and it worked great except that appts between noon and 12:59 pm were blank. I am not having very much luck with this I guess.jjordet said:

This code will list the next, or all, future appts for the current user, or all users:

{ListFutureAppointments("list", "mine", "next")}

{ListFutureAppointments("list", "mine", "all")}

{ListFutureAppointments("list", "all", "next")}

{ListFutureAppointments("list", "all", "all")}

{fn ListFutureAppointments(arg, mine, next)

{

local rec_delim = ""

local field_delim = ""

local count

local appt = array()

local atype

local book = array()

local bookcount

local loc

local username

local i = 0

local j

local status

local result = ""

if arg=="delim" then

rec_delim = "|"

field_delim = "^"

else

rec_delim = hret

field_delim = ", "

endif

count = GETROWCOUNT("_MELCurPatientAppt") // _MEL???? are global variables from mellib.txt

// Loop thru patients appointments and stop after first for current user

while i<count

and (next<>"next"

or (result==""

and next=="next")) do

appt = GETROW("_MELCurPatientAppt", i, "ApptDate", "ApptTime", "Appttype", "Booklist", "ApptStatus")

// Check for future appointment

if VAL(appt[1])>=._TODAYSDATE then

// Is appointment still scheduled

if VAL(appt[5])==0 then

// Get the type of appointment ... ApptType from _MELApptDef where ID = appt[3]

atype = FIND("_MELApptDef", "ApptType", "ID", appt[3])

// Get the books associated with appointment

book = GETFIELD(appt[4], ":", "")

bookcount = SIZE(book)

// Loop thru books

j = 2

while j<bookcount do

// Get the location of care from the each book

loc = FIND("_MELBook", "LOCID", "ID", book[j])

loc = FIND("_MELLoc", "Name", "LOCID", loc)

// Get the user name from the each book

username = FIND("_MELBook", "UserName", "ID", book[j])

// Build the result if book matches current user

if mine=="all"

or (mine=="mine"

and MATCH(username, 1, user.firstname)>0

and MATCH(username, 1, user.lastname)>0) then

if result<>"" then

result = result + rec_delim

endif

result = result + appt[1] + field_delim + appttime(appt[2]) + field_delim + loc + field_delim + username

endif

j = j + 1

endwhile

endif

endif

i = i + 1

endwhile

return result

}

}

Posted : June 27, 2012 7:05 am

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