do you have access to the files on the server? and is the server copy a mirror or does it keep copies of daily changes? (ie my backup scripts archive all changes and deletions) -sandor On Jul 1, 2013, at 5:35 PM, CPMC Ophthalmic Diagnostic Center <cpmceyelab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I think inasmuch as there are four different exam dates it is unlikely that > each four times we Messed UP and put her images with someone elses? > > But, will try that tack. It’s starting to sound as if her entire database > entry got deleted…. > > D > > Denice Barsness, CRA, COMT, ROUB, CDOS, FOPS > Ophthalmic Diagnostic Center > CPMC Department of Ophthalmology > 2100 Webster Street Suite 212 > San Francisco CA 94115 > (415) 600-3937 FAX (415) 600-6563 > > From: optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Ethan Priel > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 11:56 AM > To: optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: Orndorff, Karina > Subject: [optimal] Re: From Denice Heidelberg Issue > > Hi Denice, thanks for the twister… > > - did she have more than 5 exams ? ( once you mention 'multiple' and once '5') > > - it is possible to DELETE AN ENTIRE DATABASE ENTRY. Don’t ask me how, not > telling. > > - if it were my case: check out the last date of her exam, go over all other > HeyEx entries, and verify that they are 'bona fide' – meaning check to see > that none of them are actually of your missing patient – and that somehow > they got edited and changed. > > - if they are all legit, try creating a New Patient entry with her correct > data and see if the HeyEx 'allows' you to create it without a prompt telling > you that there is already a patient by that name etc. etc. > > - if all the above fails, contact Heidelberg Engineering…. And let us know > what you found out ! > > Ethan > > Ps: how do you search by 'birthdate' ? > > From: optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of CPMC Ophthalmic Diagnostic Center > Sent: 01 July, 2013 19:18 > To: 'optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' > Cc: Orndorff, Karina > Subject: [optimal] From Denice Heidelberg Issue > > Here’s a puzzler for the day: > > · I have a patient who has had multiple Spectralis studies going back > to 2010 > > · Our Heidelberg is backed up to a server nightly. > > · She comes back last week, NO RECORD of her previous 5 exams. Not > by searching name, date of service, date of birth, personal identifier > > · It’s as if she never existed > > · And yet, if I go back to our Willow DBS PACS, I can see the > Spectralis print outs we imported into this system, and the name, birthdate, > etc etc are all embedded in the Spectralis printout proving to me that a) not > crazy, we did see her b) we had the name spelled correctly > > · How could so many different exams just disappear and is there > another way to search the database, independent of getting my server team to > search the backup ( not on the external Heidelberg drives, but rather my > server) files to find her? > > · I could see an isolated exam date going missing, or even a repeat, > but 5 different exams, different dates and they are ALL gone? If the > system had hiccupped during backup, I don’t see how consistently all of the > records on one patient would just go missing in a vacuum… > > Denice > > > > Denice Barsness, CRA, COMT, ROUB, CDOS, FOPS > Ophthalmic Diagnostic Center > CPMC Department of Ophthalmology > 2100 Webster Street Suite 212 > San Francisco CA 94115 > (415) 600-3937 FAX (415) 600-6563 >