Re: Named Mistakes and Questionable Practices
Date: 14 Jun 2006 16:41:28 -0700
Message-ID: <1150328488.512252.326450_at_i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>
It is more like the DB guy should be asking the medical guy about HIPAA, ICD, etc. instead of inventing his own codes and procedures.
Actually, the variation in prescriptions is relatively small; I did Medicaid/Medicare stats for investigations in a state-wide PSRO program years ago.
The cookbook for common things is the Merck Manual and some on-line databases. This is why other countries have no pharmacy control laws and you can order anything you want yourself (i.e. "life-style" drugs in Japan as the most the industrialized example). You do not go to the doctor; you go to the Internet.
Then I had better get the standards for ZIP codes and use them as USPS, and avoid any "cowboy coding" concerning them.
I will see if I can find a known and tested solution for the problem :) Received on Thu Jun 15 2006 - 01:41:28 CEST