Creating an Orgunit Lookup in Patient Module

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Hi all,

Is it possible to create an org unit lookup field in the patient tracker module? For instance we want to be able to link a Patient_Attribute, Sub_District (Address), to the orgunit hierarchy rather than a free text. Can anyone help?

Regards,

Busoye

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Hi Busoye,

We don’t support that kind of patient attributes linked directly to the orgunit hierrachy.

You can set up an attribute with Value Type = Predefined Value with a flat list of options, which in theory you can populate with a list of all sub-districts (e.g. copy from orgunit hierrachy using sql)… But you won’t get the dynamic linking to the orgunit hierarchy that you seem to be asking for.

The only way to link the person to an orgunit is via the actual events/visits of a patient, through the orgunit providing the service.

That orgunit, e.g. a health facility, will be linked to a sub-district through the hierarchy, or could be member of an orgunit group that specifies the location.

You can also specify coordinates for each event if you need to track event locations that are outside the orgunit hierarchy.

But if you want to capture a static location for a patient that is independent of the location of the events/visits, we don’t have a way to link that to the orgunit hierarchy.

Ola

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Ola Hodne Titlestad (Mr)
HISP
Department of Informatics
University of Oslo

Mobile: +47 48069736
Home address: Eftasåsen 68, 0687 Oslo, Norway. Googlemaps link

On 7 August 2013 13:27, Adebusoye Anifalaje busoye@hisp.org wrote:

Hi all,

Is it possible to create an org unit lookup field in the patient tracker module? For instance we want to be able to link a Patient_Attribute, Sub_District (Address), to the orgunit hierarchy rather than a free text. Can anyone help?

Regards,

Busoye

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Hi Ola,

Thanks for the input. Will have stinker around to see which suits our needs best.

Regards,

Busoye

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On 7 Aug 2013, at 13:50, Ola Hodne Titlestad olati@ifi.uio.no wrote:

Hi Busoye,

We don’t support that kind of patient attributes linked directly to the orgunit hierrachy.

You can set up an attribute with Value Type = Predefined Value with a flat list of options, which in theory you can populate with a list of all sub-districts (e.g. copy from orgunit hierrachy using sql)… But you won’t get the dynamic linking to the orgunit hierarchy that you seem to be asking for.

The only way to link the person to an orgunit is via the actual events/visits of a patient, through the orgunit providing the service.

That orgunit, e.g. a health facility, will be linked to a sub-district through the hierarchy, or could be member of an orgunit group that specifies the location.

You can also specify coordinates for each event if you need to track event locations that are outside the orgunit hierarchy.

But if you want to capture a static location for a patient that is independent of the location of the events/visits, we don’t have a way to link that to the orgunit hierarchy.

Ola

Ola Hodne Titlestad (Mr)
HISP
Department of Informatics
University of Oslo

Mobile: +47 48069736
Home address: Eftasåsen 68, 0687 Oslo, Norway. Googlemaps link

On 7 August 2013 13:27, Adebusoye Anifalaje busoye@hisp.org wrote:

Hi all,

Is it possible to create an org unit lookup field in the patient tracker module? For instance we want to be able to link a Patient_Attribute, Sub_District (Address), to the orgunit hierarchy rather than a free text. Can anyone help?

Regards,

Busoye

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sorry meant *tinker around…
That’s what happens with working long hours!

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On 7 Aug 2013, at 23:27, Adebusoye Anifalaje busoye@hisp.org wrote:

Hi Ola,

Thanks for the input. Will have stinker around to see which suits our needs best.

Regards,

Busoye

On 7 Aug 2013, at 13:50, Ola Hodne Titlestad olati@ifi.uio.no wrote:

Hi Busoye,

We don’t support that kind of patient attributes linked directly to the orgunit hierrachy.

You can set up an attribute with Value Type = Predefined Value with a flat list of options, which in theory you can populate with a list of all sub-districts (e.g. copy from orgunit hierrachy using sql)… But you won’t get the dynamic linking to the orgunit hierarchy that you seem to be asking for.

The only way to link the person to an orgunit is via the actual events/visits of a patient, through the orgunit providing the service.

That orgunit, e.g. a health facility, will be linked to a sub-district through the hierarchy, or could be member of an orgunit group that specifies the location.

You can also specify coordinates for each event if you need to track event locations that are outside the orgunit hierarchy.

But if you want to capture a static location for a patient that is independent of the location of the events/visits, we don’t have a way to link that to the orgunit hierarchy.

Ola

Ola Hodne Titlestad (Mr)
HISP
Department of Informatics
University of Oslo

Mobile: +47 48069736
Home address: Eftasåsen 68, 0687 Oslo, Norway. Googlemaps link

On 7 August 2013 13:27, Adebusoye Anifalaje busoye@hisp.org wrote:

Hi all,

Is it possible to create an org unit lookup field in the patient tracker module? For instance we want to be able to link a Patient_Attribute, Sub_District (Address), to the orgunit hierarchy rather than a free text. Can anyone help?

Regards,

Busoye

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