GE Healthcare Managing Interfaces with Centricity® Practice Solution Version 12.3 November 2017 Centricity Practice Solution DOC2054375 Copyright © 1996 - 2017 General Electric Company. All rights reserved. GE, the GE monogram, Centricity, and Logician are trademarks of General Electric Company. All other product names and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Copyright © 1996 - 2017 General Electric Company. All rights reserved. Confidentiality and proprietary rights This document is the confidential property of GE and/or its affiliated entities. It is furnished to, and may only be used by, customers and their employees under a written agreement with GE and may only be used in accordance with the terms of that agreement. The access and use of this document is restricted to customers and their employees. 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March 2014 DOC1453726, rev 3, M4 released version November 2015 Rev 4 includes the following changes: Removed pre-MU 2014 values table and corrected cross-reference file example in PID-10 Race description, multiple specifications (SPR 60611) Added ability to configure ICD9 or ICD10 as default in MIK configuration settings for FT1-19 Diagnosis Code, changed MIK processing and error handling. Chapter 25, “Finance Import (DFT)” (SPR 63443) Corrected legacy Insurance matching description to explain that LinkLogic always uses MIK Mapping type InsuranceCompanyID regardless of which field IN1-2 or IN1-3 is chosen in the Match Options window in Chapter 19, “Matching algorithms”. Added new Export Diagnoses options for ICD9 and ICD10 to Chapter 11, “Orders Export Interface Specification” (SPR 63757) In Chapter 1, “Understanding interfaces”, recommend not creating a LinkLogic relationship with a Patient ID set that is already associated with another relationship to reduce risk of incorrect patient matching. (SPR 53712) October 2016 DOC1912495, GA released version Revised Chapter 16, “Configuring data exchange for Quality Reporting 2015-2017” to reflect new features in Centricity PracticecS olution v12.2 Copyright © 1996 - 2017 General Electric Company. All rights reserved. GE Healthcare, 500 W. Monroe Street, Chicago, IL 60661, USA CONTENTS Revision History................................................................................................................................................. ii About this guide.........................................................xvii Getting the latest information.............................................................................................................. xviii Documentation conventions ................................................................................................................ xviii Other resources .......................................................................................................................................... xviii Online help (F1) ......................................................................................................................................xix Documentation on the Healthcare IT Service Portal...........................................................xix Training databases..............................................................................................................................xix If you encounter a problem.......................................................................................................................xx Part I: Managing interfaces1 Understanding interfaces .......................................... 3 Interfaces enable computers to exchange data...............................................................................4 Interfaces import and export data...........................................................................................................5 Components of an interface..............................................................................................................5 Centricity Practice Solution interfaces ...................................................................................................7 Data formats .............................................................................................................................................7 LinkLogic import interfaces................................................................................................................8 MIK import interfaces............................................................................................................................9 LinkLogic export interfaces .............................................................................................................10 MIK export interfaces .........................................................................................................................12 Configuring LinkLogic relationships .....................................................................................................12 LinkLogic task options........................................................................................................................13 Cross-reference files act as translators.....................................................................................14 LinkLogic matches data to patients............................................................................................15 Replacing preliminary documents (document overlay) .....................................................15 Configuring MIK interfaces .......................................................................................................................17 Mapping field values...........................................................................................................................17 Using an interface engine.........................................................................................................................18 Supported interface engines ..........................................................................................................18 Automating and managing data transfers.......................................................................................19 Data Transfer Station automates import and export tasks.............................................19 Planning for interfaces................................................................................................................................21 Analyze your operations...................................................................................................................21 Assess your needs ...............................................................................................................................23 Create a project plan..........................................................................................................................25 Develop interfaces...............................................................................................................................25 Validate and implement interfaces .............................................................................................26 Managing Interfaces with Centricity Practice Solution Managing LinkLogic ................................................... 27 Recommended skills for LinkLogic Managers .................................................................................27 The LinkLogic Manager monitors the process ................................................................................28 Time commitment................................................................................................................................28 LinkLogic Manager’s daily tasks.............................................................................................................30 Using the Errors tab to resolve data transfer errors.....................................................................31 DTS settings and configuration options .............................................................................................32 Set up automatic INBOX scan........................................................................................................32 Set up automatic Activity Log cleanup......................................................................................32 Set the DTS Monitor threshold .......................................................................................................33 Starting and stopping the DTS.......................................................................................................33 Configure automatic task tracing for troubleshooting ......................................................34 Setting Data Transfer Station to run as a Windows Service............................................35 Using interface specifications