Afsin Ustundag, Ray Group International

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Scheduling Update

 Scheduling was chosen as the second package to refactor 

Significant number of dependencies

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VA actively searching to improve functionality

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Refactoring aimed to help future Scheduling improvement efforts

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Scheduling – VistA-FOIA

 There is an established API for reading appointment information  No API for making appointments  Roll and Scroll Appointment Management menu option contains most of core Scheduling functionality  No GUI in VistA-FOIA 3

Appointment Management Menu

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Scheduling Refactored

 A new API with error checking and minimal number of assumed variables (DUZ, DT, U)  Most global access is now localized to dedicated routines  Code cleaning  MUnit tests for the API  Automated functional tests  API is being used by the Tiger Team to expose Scheduling functions through MDWS 5

Scheduling Refactored

 Submitted for certification to OSEHRA Technical Journal 

Scheduling Package Refactoring API

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code.osehra.org/journal/browse/publication/19

 Code is available on github.com

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github.com/kthlnkeating/VistaFOIA

 More documentation on   www.osehra.org/group/ehr-refactoring-services

API document, dependency notes

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Scheduling Refactoring

 Working on problems due to user interactive functionality in Scheduling events  Compare to IHS RPMS Scheduling package 

Refactor remaining options in Appointment Management

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Other functionality in Scheduling package

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VOLDEMORT

 Validation of Links, Data Dictionaries, Environment Routines, MUMPS code, Options, Routines and Templates  Reports on difference between difference VA VistA instances  Based on Caregraf’s FMQL (Conor Dowling is leading the project)  Tool is used in Code Convergence group before  www.osehra.org/group/voldemort-comparison-tool 8