Non-standard IN segments

[Beth Palmateer]

I’m not going to even try to go into all of the background history of this issue.  Let’s just say that due to several failings on all sides, I am now faced with the following:  we are implementing a new Meditech system in less than a month, and I discovered that their ADT records have multiple insurance segments in the format of IN1,IN1,IN1,IN2,IN2,IN2 instead of the HL7 standard IN1,IN2,IN1,IN2,IN1,IN2.  Meditech will not change their side.  Is there a way to reformat these segments into something a little more normal?  I’m not very tcl literate so the simpler the better!

Beth

Salina Regional Health Center

bpalmate@srhc.com

785-452-7284

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[Beth Palmateer]

The issue has been resolved thanks to some coaching from Jim Koslowsky.  It turned out to be as simple as using Pathcopy instead of Bulkcopy, then making sure I had my iterations set up correctly: segment basis in the correct position on both inbound and outbound variants.  It’s working perfectly.  Thanks, Jim!

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