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**Jim Robertson[_3_]** · March 22nd, 2010, 01:21 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts

On 3/21/10 7:08 PM, in article
, "Diane Poremsky [MVP]"
wrote:

Will the EHR system be able to import Outlook or BCM data? If not, migration
may not be easy. I would first find out what format the main EHR systems
can import and plan from there. You don't want to spend hours creating the
records in Outlook only to discover you can't import them into the EHR
system.

BCM data is not accessible from OWA.

As to point 1, with the requirement for interoperability among EHRs to be
"certified" by CMS or whomever they delegate, I can't imagine that
demographic data in CVS tables couldn't be massaged into whatever we use
eventually, but you're absolutely correct; I should ask that question of any
vendors with whom we're considering working.

As to point 2, that's very relevant to our current needs. Poking around, I
discovered there are user-definable fields in standard Outlook (apparently 4
of them). Their value types can be specified, but the range of formatting
options; e.g., for numeric values, is limited, such that it doesn't seem
possible to have a string of 9 inputted integers display in the format
###-##-#### (as would be desirable for SSN's). Moreover, it's not obvious to
me how to make those extra fields appear on the standard contacts forms.
I'll explore that a bit more.

Things like "pick lists" for referring MD and insurance company could
probably be handled by links instead.

Jim Robertson