FILE 2

File Of Files Entry

NUMBER: 2                               NAME: PATIENT
APPLICATION GROUP: LR
  PACKAGE NAME (c): LAB SERVICE
APPLICATION GROUP: RA
  PACKAGE NAME (c): RADIOLOGY/NUCLEAR MEDICINE
APPLICATION GROUP: PS
  PACKAGE NAME (c): PHARMACY
APPLICATION GROUP: DG
  PACKAGE NAME (c): REGISTRATION
APPLICATION GROUP: SD
  PACKAGE NAME (c): SCHEDULING
APPLICATION GROUP: RT
  PACKAGE NAME (c): RECORD TRACKING
 DESCRIPTION:   
The PATIENT file contains all the patients followed by the medical center/ 
Outpatient clinic.  At a minimum each patient entry must have a NAME, DATE OF
BIRTH and SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER.  In order to add a new patient to the PATIENT
file the user must also indicate whether or not the patient is requesting to
receive care as a VETERAN of the U.S. Armed Forces and specify the TYPE of
patient being added to the system.  For the most part the information contained
in this file is demographic in nature, i.e., address, employment, service
history, etc., however data concerning admissions, appointments,etc., is also
stored in this file.  The ADMISSION sub-field is scheduled to be moved into the
new PATIENT MOVEMENT file by the end of calendar year 1989.  Care should be
used when removing a patient from the PATIENT file since virtually all other
DHCP modules do utilize data from this file.  Of the many fields in the file
you will note that many are preceeded by an asterisk.  Those fields are
scheduled to be removed from the file due to either lack of use or replacement
by another field/file in the next release.
  GLOBAL NAME (c): ^DPT(                ENTRIES (c): 441
  DD ACCESS (c): @                      RD ACCESS (c): d
  WR ACCESS (c): Dd                     DEL ACCESS (c): Dd
  LAYGO ACCESS (c): Dd                  LOOKUP PROGRAM (c): DPTLK
  VERSION (c): 5.3                      COMPILED CROSS-REFERENCES (c): NO