HealthVault Data Types Forum

LabTestResults Data Type, LabTestResultGroup.Status not showing up in HealthVault Explorer

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:10:25 Z

When I use HealthVault Explorer to create a new lab test result, I can set the Status to Pending or Complete and have that status show up in the table of test results. However, if I create a LabTestResults object in code and then send it to HealthVault through my web application, the status doesn't show up in the table (though it does show up in the Details panel if I click on the row). If I edit the lab that I sent through my web application in HealthVault explorer, the correct status is already selected in the "Overall Status" drop down box. Why is the status not showing up in the table of test results? Below is the code I am using:

Dim theGroup As LabTestResultGroup
theGroup = New LabTestResultGroup(New CodableValue(Me.Name))
groups.Add(theGroup)
Dim cv As CodableValue
cv = New CodableValue("Complete", New CodedValue("C", "lab-status", "wc", "1"))
theGroup.Status = cv

Formatting Medical Annotation Content

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:36:36 Z

I am using the Medical Annotation thing type to store transcribed notes from a physician. In our application, these notes usually have multiple lines and are displayed using the pre HTML tag. Below is an example. However, when I set the Annotation.Content string to these notes, the notes appear all run together in the HealthVault explorer (i.e., the newlines don't appear to be honored). Is there any way to have the HealthVault explorer honor the newlines in the content string? Should I be using a different thing type?

Example notes:

DATE OF PROCEDURE:

Today

PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS:

Need for vascular access.

POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS:

Need for vascular access.

PROCEDURE PERFORMED:

1. Ultrasound guidance for needle placement into the left basilic vein.

2. Placement of a 5-French, dual-lumen Power PICC SOLO (peripherally inserted

central catheter) via the left basilic vein.

PROCEDURALIST:

Jane Doe, RN CCRN

PICC Certified

ANESTHESIA:

Local with 1% Lidocaine.

INDICATIONS:

TESTFNAME,TESTLNAME is a 43-year-old female. As the patient will require vascular

access, request came for PICC placement. The patient presents now for PICC insertion.

DESCRIPTION OF OPERATION:

Informed consent was obtained. Prior to consent, discussion included risks such as

infection, catheter malposition, bleeding, or thrombus. Benefits were also discussed

and included extended use for a long period of time, access for blood draws, and IV

medications. Patient/family understand both the risks and benefits and are in

agreement to proceed as planned.

Ultrasound imaging confirmed the left basilic vein. A site on the arm was marked for

needle placement. A hard copy of the venous access site was made. The patient was

placed in a position of comfort with the elbow support, arm extended and the palm up.

Measurements for the PICC length was performed and measured at 43 cm.

The patient was prepped and draped in the usual sterile manner. Maximum barrier

precautions were maintained. The PICC was trimmed to a length of 43 cm. Local

anesthetic was achieved at the insertion site using 1% Lidocaine.

The vein was then entered using a 21-gauge micropuncture needle under direct

ultrasound guidance. The needle was observed being placed into the vein by

ultrasound. After blood return was obtained, a 0.018 wire was advanced without

TESTFNAME,TESTLNAME M000000123

difficulty. The needle was exchanged for a 5-French dilator and peel-away sheath

over the wire. The dilator and the wire were removed and the pre-cut PICC was

inserted into the peel-away sheath. The peel-away sheath was removed and the

catheter was advanced 43 cm. The port(s) was/ were flushed with normal saline as per

protocol. The PICC was secured using a StatLock device and a dry transparent

dressing was applied. A chest x-ray was obtained to verify tip placement.

The patient tolerated the procedure well.

__________________________________

DOE,JOHN

MAZAN IA

D: 11/08/09 1620 T: 11/08/09 1620 RPT#: 1109-0003

How to authorize multiple user’s records

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:06:14 Z

Hi,

I'm building an ASP.NET application which need a HealthVault account holder to authorise "List of Persons" (Dad, Mom, Son) at a time.E.g If a Dad has created PHR's for his family members as well. However Select a Person page allows only single user (Radio button) to authorize at a time. but http://blogs.msdn.com/healthvault/ speaks about authorization of multiple user's (Check box) in the new version release.

Could you please brief me whether I need to do any configuration change to get multiple user's authorization?

Thanks,

How to update Notes of HealthRecordItem

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:18:42 Z

Hi,

I'm able to retrieve & update all my personal health records from my web application using OfflineWebApplicationConnection.

However Note property is embedded with CommonItemData which has only Set while the other properties have Get/Set property.

Could you please suggest the way to update my exisiting "Note" string of any selected item e.g. Allergy?

Thanks & Regards,
Mani

Can I add Medication Dose by value and Units from application ?

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:58:47 Z

I was wondering if I can add the Medication dose by value and units in Healthvault with the use of new Medication data type ? I see the dose to be of GeneralMeasurement type in which only "display" properties is available for read/write. With the display properties, it would be set as a free text but I wanted to set by value and units. Any suggestions ?

Thanks
-Devesh

How to to request new Medication/Immunization data types

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:18:21 Z

Hello,

I recently upgraded Healthvault SDK to version 1.0. I had the allergies, conditions, immunization and medications synced with Healthvault with older SDK. Now after the SDK upgrade, I am using query with filters to request new data types related records. I am getting the allergies and conditions records properly but the query returns NULL for medications and immuniztions. Here are few code fragments that I am using.

if (( this .allergies = GetValues< Allergy >( Allergy .TypeId)) == null )

{

msgList.Add(

"WARNING: ALLERGY record not found." );

}

if (( this .conditions = GetValues< Condition >( Condition .TypeId)) == null )

{

msgList.Add(

"WARNING: CONDITION record not found." );

}

(( this .immunizations = GetValues< Immunization >( Immunization .TypeId)) == null )

{

msgList.Add(

"WARNING: IMMUNIZATION record not found." );

}

if (( this .medications = GetValues< Medication >( Medication .TypeId)) == null )

{

msgList.Add(

"WARNING: MEDICATION record not found." );

}

Where allergies, conditions, immunizations and medications are the list of corresponding types. And here is the GetValues function that I am calling

List

<T> GetValues<T>( Guid typeID) where T : HealthRecordItem

{

HealthRecordSearcher searcher = this .personInfo.SelectedRecord.CreateSearcher();

HealthRecordFilter filter = new HealthRecordFilter (typeID);

searcher.Filters.Add(filter);

HealthRecordItemCollection items = searcher.GetMatchingItems()[0];

if (items != null && items.Count > 0)

{

List <T> typedList = new List <T>();

foreach ( HealthRecordItem item in items)

{

try

{

typedList.Add((T)item);

}

catch ( Exception )

{

}

return typedList;

}

else

{

return null ;

}

}

Any suggestions on this is highly appreciated.

Thanks
-Devesh

Custom data Type

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:38:29 Z

hey
i created a custom type and register it in healthvault, i followed the code in msdn of CustomHealthTypeWrapper. adding a new item to HV is working, but when i get that item from HV this error appeared:

Unable to cast object of type 'Microsoft.Health.ItemTypes.ApplicationSpecific' to type 'CustomHealthTypeWrapper'.

Here is the code i used to get an item:

Dim TYPE As Guid = New Guid(CustomHealthTypeWrapper.ApplicationCustomTypeID)
        Dim searcher As HealthRecordSearcher = Me.PersonInfo.SelectedRecord.CreateSearcher()
        Dim filter As HealthRecordFilter = New HealthRecordFilter()
        filter.TypeIds.Add(TYPE)
        filter.XPath = Incident.XPathFilterForQuery
        searcher.Filters.Add(filter)
        Dim objincident As New Incident

        Dim items As HealthRecordItemCollection = searcher.GetMatchingItems(0)
        For Each item As HealthRecordItem In items
            Dim obj As New CustomHealthTypeWrapper
            obj = DirectCast(item, CustomHealthTypeWrapper)
        Next

the error appeared when trying to cast from item to CustomHealthTypeWrapper

thanks

Address Data Type - Mandatory fields

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:30:03 Z

I am using Person Data type to hold the contacts/providers of the user. As we had city, country & Zip as mandatory fields, I was giving " " (string with one empty space) in it and it was working fine in the previous version of HV SDK. Now from new SDK in June 09, it is not allowing to add " " (string with space character) to the fields of address data type. Previously, it was allowing that. So now my below code fails. Any workaround for this? Also, from https://account.healthvault-ppe.com web portal, I am not able to view the previously added Contacts, which as " " character in thier streer, city and country.

// Address of Contact

Address cAddress = new Address();

cAddress.Description = addressTypeContact;

cAddress.IsPrimary =

true;

cAddress.Street.Add(contact.Address);

// City.

if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(contact.City))

{ cAddress.City = contact.City; }

else { cAddress.City = stringWithSpace; }

// Country/

if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(contact.Country))

{ cAddress.Country = contact.Country; }

else { cAddress.Country = stringWithSpace; }

// State

if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(contact.State))

{ cAddress.State = contact.State; }

else { cAddress.State = stringWithSpace; }

// Postal code

if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(contact.Zipcode))

{ cAddress.PostalCode = contact.Zipcode; }

else { cAddress.PostalCode = stringWithSpace; }

Custom HealthVault datatypes

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:52:02 Z

hey ,
i need some help , i don't know how to use the custom type , i create class that just like the custom datatype in the msdn .... bas i don't know how to use it ..
this class contains the properties , parseXML , writeXML ...
also when i regiter the type id i have an error
ItemTypeManager.RegisterTypeHandler(new Guid("a5033c9d-08cf-4204-9bd3-cb412ce39fc0"), typeof( CustomType), true)
error in Typeof(customtype) "custom type is type that can't be used as exception "

i don't know where to use the custom time and where to regiter it in the same class or in the page that use ...

thanx for help

best regards

healthVault custom datatypes

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:10:28 Z

hey ,

i have a problem , i defined custom data type , but when i used it i did the followings :

dim custom as new customType
custom.reason=" whatever"
custom.date=some value

PersonInfo.SelectedRecord.NewItem(custom)

when i checked my record i found it but empty , do i miss writing anything , and how can WriteXML and ParseXML can be used here

best regards
Hkarmi

Writing Script in Mirth

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:13:50 Z

Hi,

I want to sent CCD to HL7 using Mirth.

I am able to Map the Inbound and OutBound Field.

I donot How write Script in Mirth.

Please any one can tell How to Write Script, What are the function?

Please it is urgent for me.

Thanks in Advance.

S.K.Murthy

HealthVault CCD support

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:32:36 Z

Does HealthVault support CCD level 2 documents (containing only narrative/textual blocks) or is a fully structured (level 3) document required?
If both CCD 'levels' are supported, how are they treated by the HealthVault platform, eg what are the differences in presentation from a consumer perspective?

The reason for this question is that, due to lack of support for coding systems like LOINC or SNOMED-CT in the netherlands, it is rather difficult to upload level 3 CCD documents to HealthVault from a dutch emr system, without extensive mapping from regional coding systems to a terminology like SNOMED-CT

Data reconciliation between ccd and Healthvault types

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:02:36 Z

Hi to all,

I am able to import CCD objects in Healthvault. Some of the data types were automatically flagged and was "transfered" to the correct HV data types. For instance, problems, medications and procedures were correctly mapped. But some other wasn't, like family history (which, oddly enough, is a list of problems...)

Is it because of semantic incompabilities or only that some types are supported and some aren't.

Is there some documentation regarding this topic.

Thank you.

Not able to cast old Immunization datatype to new Immunization datatype

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:39:30 Z

As new datatype is introduced for Immunization, I am not able to convert/cast the old Immuniations to new datatype or viceversa. Below code stopped working for me:

// create and add the filter

HealthRecordFilter filter = new HealthRecordFilter();

filter.TypeIds.Add(new Guid(ImmunizationGUID));

filter.TypeIds.Add(Microsoft.Health.ItemTypes.Immunization.TypeId);

filter.View.Sections = HealthRecordItemSections.All;

searcher.Filters.Add(filter);

HealthRecordItemCollection hvItems = searcher.GetMatchingItems()[0];

foreach (HealthRecordItem item in hvItems)

{

Microsoft.Health.ItemTypes.Immunization hvImm = item as Microsoft.Health.ItemTypes.Immunization;

}

Here, for the new Immunization datatypes, it is working fine, but it turns out to be NULL for the old ones. Any way to covert it?

HealthVault -- uploading images

Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:48:20 Z

When can we upload pdfs to HV?
Other images?

Thanks!

Chuck Weller
weller@nxgh.net

Problem Updating Immunization Record

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 06:55:17 Z

I am facing a problem during updating the Immunization Record.

First I tried to get the immunization collection, than tried to update each record. Code block is as follows:

List<HealthRecordItem> immunizationList = GetValues<HealthRecordItem>(new
 Guid("cd3587b5-b6e1-4565-ab3b-1c3ad45eb04f"
)); // Immunization.TypeId 


if
 (immunizationList != null
 && immunizationList.Count > 0)

{

 foreach
 (HealthRecordItem hrItem in
 immunizationList)

 {

    try

    {
       PersonInfo.SelectedRecord.UpdateItem(hrItem);
    }
    catch
 (Exception ex)

    {
      System.Diagnostics.Trace.Write( ex.Message );
    }
  }
}

I tried to get collection by the Immunization.TypeID ("3d817dbe-af42-4a9d-a553-d1298b4d08fc ") and "cd3587b5-b6e1-4565-ab3b-1c3ad45eb04f "

But for updating I am getting the same error as follows:

"The thing type specified in the update, '3d817dbe-af42-4a9d-a553-d1298b4d08fc', is an older version than the type of the existing instance"

Please give a solution to recover from this error... :( :(

CCD: Populating Summary column in HealthVault Shell using API

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:36:00 Z

If I upload a ccd through the shell manually, I have the option to put in a description which shows up in the "Summary" column of the CCD grid view. If I'm uploading a CCD via the API using code like this:

XmlDocument ccdDocument = new XmlDocument();

ccdDocument.LoadXml(txtMyCCDBlob);

HealthRecordItem ccd = new HealthRecordItem(CCD_THING_GUID, ccdDocument);

How can I populate the property that surfaces in the "Summary" column of the CCD grid view of the Shell? By default, it populates that property with "Continuity of Care Document (CCD)".

FYI: I'm displaying this information in a web site (MiCare).

My Intention for asking this question is two-fold:
1. I'd like to have some descriptive summary information that tells the user which note is most relevant to look at.
2. I'd like to pre-load this summary information in an expandable view where the user doesn't retrieve the full content of the CCD until they click on the summary information they're interested in.

How can i get the status of CCD Object?

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:01:50 Z

Hi,

I need the uploaded ccd object's status like reconciled or not. How can i Get that information?

CCD Object Name

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:54:35 Z

Hi,

I add a CCD in HealthVault. I want to download the CCD from my application. I need to show the CCD Name and other information in the UI.

I need the CCD object Name like Allergy or Medication.

with regards

Forhad.

Ability to Import Data

Wed, 27 May 2009 14:44:26 Z

Is it possible to import data directly into HealthVault from other systems (e.g., EHR, Labs). If yes, what is the preferred format and how will this data be displayed for the user?

New Sleep Record Data Type

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:05:44 Z

The company I work for makes a device that measures sleep from respiration data.

I would like to write a driver using the DDK for this data, to upload this data to the HealthVault and then write the application using the SDK to analyse it?

What is the quickest way to prototype this?

Do I have to get a new data type accepted first?

The link in the documentation for submitting data types is broken: use http://connect.microsofthealthbeta.com/requesttype.aspx

Any leads on this would be most welcome.

Commonly Used Fields

Tue, 12 May 2009 14:59:20 Z

In regard to the Strength and Dosage fields in the HV application, which one is more commonly used by applications in HV? Are they used interchangeably?

Help in identifying the right version of datatype on the HealthVault config site

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:53:44 Z

Recently, I had a problem in identifyting the right version of the datatype on the HealthVault config site. I had to use Medication and Procedure datatypes and i was using the latest version of sdk.

On the config site, there are 2 medications and 2 procedures (multiple for some other datatypes as well). I figured out that the Medication coming second in order was the latest version of Medication and the Procedure which comes first in order was the latest version of procedure.

Can we get come sort of help (some change in the way it is displayed on the config site now. For e.g. Procedure (V1) Procedure (Old version) etc. ), so that we know we are selecting the right version of the datatype for our applications.

Thanks,

Arun

Arun, Get Real Consulting. HealthVault Developer Tool : http://xray.getrealconsulting.com

a request to add ICD 9 Diagnosis vocabulary

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:07:47 Z

This is a request to add ICD 9 Diagnosis vocabulary to our vocabularies on the diabetes conditions and types below:
NEED TO ADD:
TYPE 1 DIABETES, AUTOIMMUNE
TYPE 1 DIABETES, IDIOPATHIC
TYPE 1 DIABETES, AUTOIMMUNE, CONTROLLED
TYPE 1 DIABETES, IDIOPATHIC, UNCONTROLLED
TYPE 2 DIABETES, CONTROLLED
TYPE 2 DIABETES, UNCONTROLLED
MODY TYPE DIABETES
CYSTIC FIBROSIS RELATED DIABETES

Questionnaire data type

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:29:10 Z

I assume this is a datatype question than a generic forum question - hence posting it here...

HealthVault currently has a Question datatype which can store single question and an answer.

In some (most?) cases, questions are grouped together.

I wonder if it is meaningful to define a new datatype semantically equivalient to  "Questionaire" which can contain multiple questions and answers.

I understand that I can relate multiple instances of "Question" instances and acheive somewhat the results I am looking at. But I think that method is kludgy - If I do that, a question will not be meaningful unless it is read with related questions. For ex, consider the following Questionnaire

a.   Do you get frequent Headaches?
        yes/no

b.   If yes, How often?
        [integer] times a day

If I use relationships to solve the problem, there will be a question datatype instance in HealthVault which reads

"If yes, How often" -> something by itself does not convey anything unless read along with the first question.

Would really appreciate any feedback on this.

Raj

How can is store Adress,Gender,Email details to Personal Data Type

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:33:47 Z

Hi,
I am working on a portal, which has the option to save the User's Personal Data to HealthVault. After matching all the properties i decided to use the "Personal" Data Type of HealthVault.

But Personal Data Type don't have Address,Gender,EMail properties to store users Address,Gender and Email details.

How can i save these details in Person Data Type in HealthVault

- SunilForEver

Pregnancy data type

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:49:04 Z

Hey Tim...

The taxonomy you posted for comment follows a fairly limited view of pregnancy as a medical condition to be managed, rather than a normal condition.

I would like to see "anesthesia" changed to "pain management" and expanded to include non-chemical means like acupuncture, massage, and relaxation techniques. While non-pharma, they are also valid, prescribed means of pain management.

You have the baby's gender listed, so what about other conditions of the baby? APGAR scores, birth weight, weight, length, date and time of birth, etc. I'm not sure if these are charted with mom or not.

It also seems like this is pretty targeted at the birth event, rather than the pregancy. You might want to consider changing the name, or expanding to cover more about what happens during the pregnancy. Consider adding things like:
- number of pre-natal visits or other qualitative or quantitative descriptions of pre-natal care
- have a birth plan?
- complications: smoking, drugs, drinking, gestational diabetes, other health conditions

Cheers,
jeff

medication-prescribed vs. prescription-type (vocabularies)

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:32:25 Z

In the Microsoft Health SDK documentation, it states that the preferred vocabulary for the Prescribed property of Medication type is "medication-prescribed". However, I see that "prescription-type" is used in the HealthVault shell.

This seems to be a mistake. Will this be corrected? Which vocabulary should I use?

New Medication type problem

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:21:05 Z

Hi, I have posted this in the main forum last week and hasn't received responses yet. I figure this might be right place to post this:

There are two Medication types with typeId = '5c5f1223-f63c-4464-870c-3e36ba471def' and typeId = '30cafccc-047d-4288-94ef-643571f7919d'.
The new one supports form transformation while the old one doesn't.

I have 2 questions for this:

1) Will the old Medication object type support form transformation in the future?

2) How the new Medication object type will get merged into the old one? Currently they have different type ids.

3) In order to test the new Medication object type, I was trying to enter some data by the following two ways:

a) in the Microsoft Health Explorer,
Here is the url for Microsoft Health Explorer:
https://account.healthvault-ppe.com/viewitems.aspx?typeid=30cafccc-047d-4288-94ef-643571f7919d&action=add
I can post Medication object in the above link, but we will not be able to get back those data using getThings either by the old Medication typeId or the new Medication typeId.

b)in the type browser:
I was trying to use the type browser link to enter some data for the new Medication object, and I saw the error page. The error is even before I can see the page and Add Thing. for the new Medication object with type id = '30cafccc-047d-4288-94ef-643571f7919d'

steps:

1) go to this link: http://developer.healthvault.com/types/types.aspx

2) Look for the Medication with typeId = '30cafccc-047d-4288-94ef-643571f7919d', click the View Things link, then we will see the error. We are supposed to be able to view a list of existing things for that type and also be able to add Medication object in valid xml.

(http://developer.healthvault.com/view/tgrid.aspx?types=30cafccc-047d-4288-94ef-643571f7919d)

and here is the error:

Server Error in '/' Application.

Runtime Error
Description: An application error occurred on the server. The current custom error settings for this application prevent the details of the application error

from being viewed remotely (for security reasons). It could, however, be viewed by browsers running on the local server machine.

Thanks

Elaine

Healthvault integration to Portal

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:35:58 Z

Is there a webpart for MOSS 2007? what is needed to integrate with HL7 accelerator in Biztalk?
Thanks,
SP

Getting an alert/warning on a specific time for an appoitment

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:13:53 Z

I am creating an application and I'd like the application to alert or warn the person if it has an appointment on a date, the alert/warning should appear at a specific time and date. I think i should use the Alert type to do this but i don't really know how to link it to an appointment.
Can aanyone help me with this problem?

For Review: Genetic SNP Result

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:30:39 Z

Please put any comments on the:

For Review: Genetic SNP Result

post in this thread.

HealthVault Data Types forum and blog

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:08:42 Z

The HealthVault team maintains a data type forum and a data type blog.

The blog is where we show our proposed new data types and modifications to existing data types. To facilitate better conversations around data types, instead of asking for comments on the blog, we will be creating cross-linked forum posts to contain comments and responses.

This forum is also fine for other questions around data types - what data types we have, how to use specific data types, etc.

More general questions about HealthVault belong in the HealthVault forum (currently on the old forums platform, but scheduled to be migrated here soon).