Anyone out there using ICE with GUM clinics. If so, how are you handling patient IDs ?

At Bedford we use ICE for reporting the GUM clinic results. These are treated in the same way as any other patient except we have to use the unique code that has been allocated instead of the name, by the clinic. They tend to use a prefix of M or F and then a year and number combined. This is entered into our host system in the name field followed by a comma and then blank. The only thing you have to remember is that when performing a search on ICE it assumes that the number entered is actually a Hospital number, so you have to manually select the NAME radio button to correctly perform the search.

Richard Labrum

just to let you know there is some interest in the Teespath patch to develop an interface to the Blithe Lilley system so that then Patient Access would be managed through Inter-op linked to NHS numbers and therefore Info Gov should be tighter.

would be more affordable and therefore likely to get off the ground if others interested in sharing the costs ???

We have the relic of the old Trent system here but its future is being considered.

New dynamism behind getting results PMIP's into Lilley system. Watch this space ? Anyone interested ?

Dave

I've been trying to do some work with this as well. Dominic Dunn was talking to Blithe on our behalf because we too would like a seamless link between the two systems. We get results pmip'd into Lillie but we are wondering how to get the requesting sorted out whilst keeping the patient matching tight.

We would be very interested in a way forward on this

regards

Les

Ok Les thanks.

Promise to keep you updated as and when any progress here if you will do likewise.

Glad to hear that PMIP is working ok there as thats our next step. Anything I should be aware of ?

regards

Dave

Thanks Dave

Will keep you posted of any developments.

I don't work that closely with the GUM clinic but I'm not aware of any issues they have had with the results coming directly back into Lillie.

Regards

Les

Hi Paul

Have you made any progress with setting up requesting for GUM clinics for Imaging and Pathology. We already have restricted access for GUM clinic for results.

Wendy Tasker

Luton & Dunstable Hospital

Hi all,

Blithe have now completed the interop interface work and can now connect to ICE in order to place a request. The handling of results is possible via PMIP or if required HL7.

Both Blithe and Sunquest are working together in a number of sites.

please feel free to contact me if more info is required

Dominic

Dominic

We have been looking at this at West Mid with yourselves and Blithe. An issue I have surrounds the allocation of ICE numbers for brand new patients. Without a copy of a synchronised GUM system PMI when you place an order for a GUM patient with a brand new number then an ICE number is generated because the patient is not in the ICE database.

I'm wondering how this manifests itself in Lilie when the report comes back from the LIMS because I'm assuming it uses the ICE number?

We are still doing some preliminary testing of this at the moment and whilst the requesting side works we are still looking at the reporting and in particular the issue above.

Les

Dom,

could you give me some more information on this. I have been told by someone at Blithe that they can only handle reports in EDIFACT at the moment.

Also I would like to know what is possible on the requesting side. Our GUM clinics are trying to put a business case together at the moment to get electronic reporting set up. It would help if we were aware of all the options.