Stream: implementers
Topic: Smoking frequency and alcohol intake
Farhan Ahmad (May 17 2018 at 22:25):
Hi, I was able to get the smoking status and the quit dates in the Observation resource (code=LOINC/72166-2), but I am not able to find how to get the smoking frequency (packs/year for X years). I tried a few of the other LOINC codes without any luck. Where can I find the smoking frequency?
Similarly, I need the alcohol status and intake which I haven't been able to track down. So far I have tried searching for Observations with LOINC codes 74205-6, 11331-6 among others. Where can I find this information?
FYI, I am working in a test Epic instance and have confirmed that the test patient had this data populated. I also tried searching for Observations with category=social-history and that only returns the smoking history Observation resource.
Thanks!
Lloyd McKenzie (May 18 2018 at 06:48):
@Michael Donnelly @Danielle Friend?
Michael Donnelly (May 18 2018 at 07:33):
Hey @Farhan Ahmad - HealthDecision :)
Michael Donnelly (May 18 2018 at 07:34):
I'm about to get on an airplane, so I can't check right now. @Danielle Friend and @Isaac Vetter have later flights and might be able to sort it out sooner.
Danielle Friend (May 18 2018 at 07:52):
@Farhan Ahmad - HealthDecision the extent of our characteristics support is based on the us-core profile for smoking status. So we do not return alcohol status or the additional details you mention about frequency. I'll send you a message so we can chat offline about your use case and we can figure out if another way exists to get the data you need.
Farhan Ahmad (May 18 2018 at 07:56):
Hah, @Michael Donnelly, on a west coast flight? :)
@Danielle Friend Thanks for the quick response! My email is listed in my profile. I will keep an eye out for your email. Thanks!
Michael Donnelly (May 18 2018 at 08:08):
Sort of: west coast of Europe. :simple_smile: I’m at AMS, heading home from the HL7 Working Group Meeting in Köln.
Michael Donnelly (May 18 2018 at 08:10):
Despite the length, this is a more pleasant flight situation than a red eye from the west coast.
Michael Donnelly (May 18 2018 at 08:23):
BTW, you can contact your App Orchard support person for help with this kind of thing.
Farhan Ahmad (May 18 2018 at 09:11):
BTW, you can contact your App Orchard support person for help with this kind of thing.
I had thought about that, but I was thinking that this was something more obvious and applied to multiple EHRs, but it seems that this detail is EHR-specific. Danielle just emailed me so I will work with her on that thread. Thanks, and have a safe flight back!
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