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Our state addictions and mental health department is changing data collections systems.
What is the best practice for obs terms? Should I check for existing obs terms that are not used or request ones for the new forms and specific extract.
Thanks.
John K.
Posted : November 14, 2013 8:09 am
My general practice involves the use of two Crystal Reports. Report #1 lists all OBS codes defined in my system - probably 50k entries already defined by GE. Report #2 lists all OBS in-use at my location along with a count of how many hits and last use day (this helps me understand if simply a test long ago, or something active).
So, start with the overall Report #1 to find a likely good OBS code, and then compare to Report #2 to make sure I am not currently using it.
By the way, both reports were exported to Excel to make sorting and filtering easier.
I have requested a code once before, but it does take a little time to work through the process. And, with 50k codes already defined, I can normally find one "close enough" for my purposes.
Posted : November 14, 2013 10:25 pm
