I have a one time file conversion from a vrl to hl7 to run to import data from one emr to another. I need a unique number identifier for each patient. So I need to have a proc or tool to add a number to a field and count up by one for each message. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Jason you say you need a unique number for each patient, does that mean you are looking for something that will create a number for the patient and if farther into the file you find the same patient use the number you created? Or would you create a new number for this message.
In other words:
ADT’s
A01 for admit
A08 for update
have same unique ID
Brian
