Loading patient demographic data

If your organization interfaces an Admission, Discharge, Transfer (ADT) system, you can use Patient Upload (PC520) or ADT Patient Interface (PC521).

• Load patient demographic data from a Lawson format file. Patient Upload (PC520) lets you load ADT data into the Inventory Control application from a Lawson format file. The application uses the data to track and report charges to a patient in a healthcare facility. For information about implementing a Lawson format file or for PC520 file layouts, see the Inventory Control File Layouts.

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• PC521 can be used to import data from other systems, but the data must match the PC521 file layout

  Load patient demographic data from a non-Lawson file. You can use ADT Patient Interface (PC521) to import data from non-Lawson systems, but the data must match the PC521 file layout. The data is used to track and report charges to a patient in a healthcare facility. For PC521 logic and file layouts, see the Inventory Control File Layouts.

To load patient data from a non-Lawson format file

1. Access Patient Upload (PC520).

2. Load the patient data.

   Use the following guidelines to enter field values:

   Company

   The identifier for the organization. Defined on Company (IC01.1).

   Import File Name

   Type the import file name. If you leave this field blank, the default file name is PC520WORK. The file must reside in one of the following locations:

   $LAWDIR/productline/patient (for UNIX)

   %LAWDIR%\productline\patient(for Windows)

   LAW8/lawson/productline/patient(for IBMi)