| DESCRIPTION |
This option will purge all entries from the PIMS HL7 PIVOT file
in file #391.71 when the VAFH PIVOT PURGE option is run.
For example, if the site updates this field with a value of 100, then
any record with a date earlier than TODAY-100 days will be deleted
during the purge. If the site does not update this field (i.e., the
field value remains null), then the VAFH PIVOT PURGE option will use
a default value of 547 days (approximately 18 months).
However, before any file #391.71 record is deleted two checks will
be performed on the record. (1) If the internal entry number of the
(#391.71) that are older than a specific number of days as determined
record exists in the "AXMIT" cross-reference, it will not be deleted.
(2) If the TYPE OF EVENT field (#.04) of the record is "1" (i.e.,
INPATIENT EVENTS) and if the PATIENT MOVEMENT file (#405) does not
reflect a discharge for the admission, the file #391.71 record will
not be deleted.
by the site. There is no user input required.
A field in the MAS PARAMETERS file (#43) is used in conjunction with
this option. The name of the field is PIVOT FILE DAYS TO RETAIN and
the field number is 391.702. The field may be updated with a numeric
value between 30 and 999 using the Enter/Edit option of VA FileMan.
This value represents the number of days worth of data to retain
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