| GENERAL DESCRIPTION |
SVC^VADPT will not return the service related
information on nodes 6, 7, and 8 unless the SERVICE BRANCH field, which is not
a required field, has a value. This means that required fields such as SERVICE
SEPARATION DATE LAST will not be returned unless SERVICE BRANCH LAST has a
value. Therefore using SVC^VADPT can lead to the erroneous conclusion that a
patient does not have a SERVICE SEPARATION DATE LAST and this data is key to
determining if a patient needs OEF/OIF and TBI screening. To overcome this
deficiency Clinical Reminders is requesting direct read access to the data
returned on the 6, 7, and 8 nodes by SVC^VADPT.
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