AVSS VERSION 4

AVSS VERSION 4.7 RELEASE NOTES: DECEMBER 1997

BIRTH CERTIFICATE, HOSPITAL BIRTH RECORD CHANGES:

96-122 Disallow numerics and spurious punctuation in Father's and Mother's Hispanic fields (19 and 22).

96-160 Remove MOTHER FATHER and FATHER MOTHER from Field 12B (Relationship To Child).

97-031 When fields MAR and DECP are skipped and COMPLETE INCOMPLETE is used to enter the fields later with "YES" entered in MAR, or if "NO" is entered in MAR and "YES" to DECP, then prompt for 6A, 6B, and 6C.

97-032 Change suboption name CBC FILE GENERATION to GENERATE CBC FILE (1400) to match other suboptions.

97-044 If 1A, 1B, or 1C contain "BABY" then display warning message and re-prompt with an "ARE YOU SURE? <N>".

97-046 If the expected Principal Source of Payment for Delivery is coded "00" (medically unattended birth), and the birth occurred in a California maternity hospital, then recode Principal Source of Payment to 99 (unknown) on CBC file.

97-073 Allow birth weights above 6500 grams, but validate if they are higher as per CBC specs.

97-113 When COMPLETE INCOMPLETE CERTIFICATE is used, MAR=NO and DECP is ^SKIPed, prompt for fields 6A, 6B, and 6C after re-prompting for DECP. (See 97-031 and 97-114).

97-114 Remove DECP from Skip list whenever MAR is completed, either by EDIT or COMPLETE INCOMPLETE.

97-118 Introduce logic so that if the two digit year is not in the future, use 20 for the century, otherwise use 19. That way if a user enters 6/6/66 it will be converted to 6/6/1966 and 1/1/00 will be 1/1/2000. To be used throughout AVSS.

97-126 In the Hospital Birth Record if 1C and 6C are not a dash and 1C does not equal 6C or 9C, then it must be validated.

97-129 In the Hospital Birth Record if 24B is unknown and 24D = CA, then set Box B to I5D (Code for County of Birth).

97-130 In the Hospital Birth Record, the fields 25B, 25C, 25D cannot equal 0 individually unless they all three equal 0.

97-131 The Amendment Indicator (position 1379 on the CBC file) should code No Amendment as blank (was previously a 5).

97-154 Currently AVSS issues a warning that states "Maternal/Paternal age less than 5 years greater than years of education" when appropriate. As per CBC specs for Fields 20C and 23C change the warning to a validation.

97-164 Set Hispanic to "NO" if a non-list value is entered and the user selects an internal code equal to one (Not Hispanic).

97-177 LRDs near Oregon and Nevada often have significant numbers of resident women who deliver out-of-state, with paper reallocates arriving after one year of birth. Disable the one-year limit when the hospital code (XIND) equals 998, corresponding to an out-of-state unknown hospital.

97-181 Add a 'COMMENT' field to the Hospital Birth Record using Edit Record. Do not add to prompting sequence.

97-183 Display the same information as contained in AMEND DISPLAY to the bottom of the record display during AMEND CERTIFICATE.

CONFIDENTIAL MORBIDITY REPORT CHANGES:

97-004 The duplicate check under CMR registration will allow variable length matching for first and last name according to site volume using the same approach as for births. Contact AVSS Project if to change the matching criteria.

97-028 Modify the #CMRWPR report to use the correct internal date value.

97-034 Allow DMR as developed in Los Angeles to be used for suspected/pending cases, then link to CMR when confirmed.

97-048 Remove the ability to run the CMR Weekly Report in the background since it is unnecessary and causes an error.

97-062 Add a warning to insure the following: DOB <= Onset <= Diagnosis <= Report and DOB & Onset <= Death.

97-065 Add a 'COMMENT' field at the end of current CMR prompting sequence.

97-090 Add 'RAMONBY' to the List of serotypes under Salmonella.

DEATH RECORD CHANGES:

96-150 Improve key-word search procedure for Place of Death and Cause of Death (Fields 101 and 107).

97-027 Entering a two-word cause of death for 107A-D that exactly matches an ICDA-9 entry, e.g. 427.5=Cardiac Arrest will now match a keyword and result in the corresponding ICDA code to be stored in AVSS.

97-033 Correct errors related to long values for data fields in the CDC tape generation program.

97-138 Modify the AVSS-MARC state-country list so that UNKNOWNs are coded as follows: XX=UNKNOWN; XXU=UNKNOWN - UNITED STATES; XXF=UNKNOWN - FOREIGN COUNTRY as per CBC specs.

REPORT GENERATOR CHANGES:

97-024 Print the report "description" of a saved report as the title under OUTPUT SAVED REPORT.

97-030 Remove extra page at the end of many standard reports.

SYSTEM MAINTENANCE CHANGES:

97-026 Reformat COMMUNICATIONS LOG information by sites and date for easier reading.

97-075 Due to differences in data base size implement a customizable value for SPACE percentage warning.

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Updated December 2, 1997 by RL Williams

	BIRTH CERTIFICATE, HOSPITAL BIRTH RECORD CHANGES:
96-122	Disallow numerics and spurious punctuation in Father's and Mother's Hispanic fields (19 and 22).
96-160	Remove MOTHER FATHER and FATHER MOTHER from Field 12B (Relationship To Child).
97-031	When fields MAR and DECP are skipped and COMPLETE INCOMPLETE is used to enter the fields later with "YES" entered in MAR, or if "NO" is entered in MAR and "YES" to DECP, then prompt for 6A, 6B, and 6C.
97-032	Change suboption name CBC FILE GENERATION to GENERATE CBC FILE (1400) to match other suboptions.
97-044	If 1A, 1B, or 1C contain "BABY" then display warning message and re-prompt with an "ARE YOU SURE? <N>".
97-046	If the expected Principal Source of Payment for Delivery is coded "00" (medically unattended birth), and the birth occurred in a California maternity hospital, then recode Principal Source of Payment to 99 (unknown) on CBC file.
97-073	Allow birth weights above 6500 grams, but validate if they are higher as per CBC specs.
97-113	When COMPLETE INCOMPLETE CERTIFICATE is used, MAR=NO and DECP is ^SKIPed, prompt for fields 6A, 6B, and 6C after re-prompting for DECP. (See 97-031 and 97-114).
97-114	Remove DECP from Skip list whenever MAR is completed, either by EDIT or COMPLETE INCOMPLETE.
97-118	Introduce logic so that if the two digit year is not in the future, use 20 for the century, otherwise use 19. That way if a user enters 6/6/66 it will be converted to 6/6/1966 and 1/1/00 will be 1/1/2000. To be used throughout AVSS.
97-126	In the Hospital Birth Record if 1C and 6C are not a dash and 1C does not equal 6C or 9C, then it must be validated.
97-129	In the Hospital Birth Record if 24B is unknown and 24D = CA, then set Box B to I5D (Code for County of Birth).
97-130	In the Hospital Birth Record, the fields 25B, 25C, 25D cannot equal 0 individually unless they all three equal 0.
97-131	The Amendment Indicator (position 1379 on the CBC file) should code No Amendment as blank (was previously a 5).
97-154	Currently AVSS issues a warning that states "Maternal/Paternal age less than 5 years greater than years of education" when appropriate. As per CBC specs for Fields 20C and 23C change the warning to a validation.
97-164	Set Hispanic to "NO" if a non-list value is entered and the user selects an internal code equal to one (Not Hispanic).
97-177	LRDs near Oregon and Nevada often have significant numbers of resident women who deliver out-of-state, with paper reallocates arriving after one year of birth. Disable the one-year limit when the hospital code (XIND) equals 998, corresponding to an out-of-state unknown hospital.
97-181	Add a 'COMMENT' field to the Hospital Birth Record using Edit Record. Do not add to prompting sequence.
97-183	Display the same information as contained in AMEND DISPLAY to the bottom of the record display during AMEND CERTIFICATE.
	CONFIDENTIAL MORBIDITY REPORT CHANGES:
97-004	The duplicate check under CMR registration will allow variable length matching for first and last name according to site volume using the same approach as for births. Contact AVSS Project if to change the matching criteria.
97-028	Modify the #CMRWPR report to use the correct internal date value.
97-034	Allow DMR as developed in Los Angeles to be used for suspected/pending cases, then link to CMR when confirmed.
97-048	Remove the ability to run the CMR Weekly Report in the background since it is unnecessary and causes an error.
97-062	Add a warning to insure the following: DOB <= Onset <= Diagnosis <= Report and DOB & Onset <= Death.
97-065	Add a 'COMMENT' field at the end of current CMR prompting sequence.
97-090	Add 'RAMONBY' to the List of serotypes under Salmonella.
	DEATH RECORD CHANGES:
96-150	Improve key-word search procedure for Place of Death and Cause of Death (Fields 101 and 107).
97-027	Entering a two-word cause of death for 107A-D that exactly matches an ICDA-9 entry, e.g. 427.5=Cardiac Arrest will now match a keyword and result in the corresponding ICDA code to be stored in AVSS.
97-033	Correct errors related to long values for data fields in the CDC tape generation program.
97-138	Modify the AVSS-MARC state-country list so that UNKNOWNs are coded as follows: XX=UNKNOWN; XXU=UNKNOWN - UNITED STATES; XXF=UNKNOWN - FOREIGN COUNTRY as per CBC specs.
	REPORT GENERATOR CHANGES:
97-024	Print the report "description" of a saved report as the title under OUTPUT SAVED REPORT.
97-030	Remove extra page at the end of many standard reports.
	SYSTEM MAINTENANCE CHANGES:
97-026	Reformat COMMUNICATIONS LOG information by sites and date for easier reading.
97-075	Due to differences in data base size implement a customizable value for SPACE percentage warning.