Using Link

Don StewartPPUG 2009

DonS@SDALC

Using LINK• LINK label marker lets you put a hyperlink into a

note template, which is not saved when the note is saved.– Can link to program, spreadsheet, webpage, or

document– «LINK: Calculator | C:\Windows\system32\calc.exe» – «LINK: Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale |

http://www.medal.org/visitor/www/Files/Sheets/ch18/brief%20psychiatric%20rating%20scale/brief%20psychiatric%20rating%20scale.aspx»

More Ways of Using Link

• Acrobat Forms that calculate or manipulate data can be linked (presented by ? at the UG in 2003)

• Microsoft Word or Open Office Writer, using the program to calculate and manipulate data (described by Walker Jackson)

• Linking to Javascript programs (described by the prolific Robert Pierce)

Linking a Spreadsheet

Clicking on this Link will bring up the spreadsheet in a Practice Partner Browser Window

This spreadsheet has some macros in it, which may

need to be enabled

The Score is updated automatically

As is the severity

Putting the cursor back in the note template and pressing “Control-V” will paste a screenshot of the spreadsheet into your note, nicely formatted in a table.

A Brief Diversion

Before we move to the next level

Conditional Logic within Labels

• Conditional logic statements and letter codes are evaluated by Practice Partner within Labels, which can be very helpful at times.

• For example, you can pop up a Label to remind you about something:

• ||IF BODY_MASS_INDEX >= "25.0" {«*** BMI OVER 25 -- DIABETES SCREENING

INDICATED*** LAB<GLUCOSE, FASTING>[- Date] LAB<GLUCOSE, RANDOM>[-Date] LAB<HEMOGLOBIN A1C>[-Date] ...»} ||

This is how it looks in the note.

Way Cool Stuff!

Clicking on this Link will bring up an Ideal Body Weight Calculator

Courtesy of Robert Pierce

Clicking on the “Copy text” button sends “L:IBW: 110” to the Windows Clipboard. Then, hitting the Escape Key or closing the PMSI browser window will put you back in your template

Back to the Template

Place your cursor here and press “Control-V” to paste from the clipboard.

After You Press “Control-V”

Passing Parameters in Link

• Robert Pierce made the cognitive leap of genius that you can pass command-line parameters to programs using the Link label.

• «LINK: IBW | Q:\PPART\Decision Tools\IBW.html?hgt=||VITAL_HGT||&sex=||IF PAT_SEX = "male" {1} ELSE {0}||&datahgt=||IF VITAL_HGT = "" {0} ELSE {1}||&age=||PAT_AGE||»

Let’s Break this Down:

• «LINK: IBW | Q:\PPART\Decision Tools\IBW.html

IBW is the name of the

Link

Q:\PPART\Descision Tools\IBW.html is the Javascript program

that is activated when the link lablel is clicked

The Parameters being Passed

• «LINK: IBW | Q:\PPART\Decision Tools\IBW.html?hgt=||VITAL_HGT||&sex=||IF PAT_SEX = "male" {1} ELSE {0}||&datahgt=||IF VITAL_HGT = "" {0} ELSE {1}||&age=||PAT_AGE||»

• hgt is set to ||VITAL_HGT||

hgt is the parameter passed to IBW.htnl

||VITAL_HGT|| is the letter code for the patient’s

height

Conditional Logic for sex

• «LINK: IBW | Q:\PPART\Decision Tools\IBW.html?hgt=||VITAL_HGT||&sex=||IF PAT_SEX = "male" {1} ELSE {0}||&datahgt=||IF VITAL_HGT = "" {0} ELSE {1}||&age=||PAT_AGE||»

• &sex=||IF PAT_SEX = "male" {1} ELSE {0}||

sex is set to 1 or 0

Based upon the evaluation of the conditional logic

statement

Do We Have Data for Height?

• «LINK: IBW | Q:\PPART\Decision Tools\IBW.html?hgt=||VITAL_HGT||&sex=||IF PAT_SEX = "male" {1} ELSE {0}||&datahgt=||IF VITAL_HGT = "" {0} ELSE {1}||&age=||PAT_AGE||»

• &datahgt=||IF VITAL_HGT = "" {0} ELSE {1}||

datahgt tells the

Javascript program whether

data exists

According to this conditional logic

statement

Finally, We Pass Age to IBW.html

• «LINK: IBW | Q:\PPART\Decision Tools\IBW.html?hgt=||VITAL_HGT||&sex=||IF PAT_SEX = "male" {1} ELSE {0}||&datahgt=||IF VITAL_HGT = "" {0} ELSE {1}||&age=||PAT_AGE||»

Logging In to the Home System

to show that this stuff really works