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>Wow. Got it done.

So, you successfully imported the 2.5k number of patients?

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Graham Chiu
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Graham:

>Wow. Got it done.

So, you successfully imported the 2.5k number of patients?

Yes. Into a new database.

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Graham:

Yes, Synapse deletes the csv file ASAP so there's no chance of it being imported again.  Very Safe!

Not really.

Please rethink this.  

Acceptable would be .. rename .csv to .csx

Prompt user for deletion.

Name it:  IMPORTED_originalfilename.csv  (and code in Synapse to never import files starting with IMPORTED_ )

etc.

Deleting a .csv file I spent hours and hours making is dangerous.

There is no way for a user to know that Synapse is going to destroy the .csv file.

Seriously I was just lucky to have a backup of the .csv file.

 

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I am curious: let's say I import my patient list as above from my PMS (Altapoint) via a CSV file. Let's say that my patient panel grows and I re-import it in 1 year with even more patients, yet many of them the same as with the first import. Will Synapse create double entries or refuse to add or will it overwrite current demographic entries with the updated ones while leaving existing chart data untouched? Marius

Not sure.  I think the repeated CSV importing will mess things up.

A much better idea would be to have your PMS synch with Synapse.

Graham has done it for a few different PMs and I am going to get him to do it for mine as soon as I commit to a PM system.  Unfortunately I am thinking of changing PMs, so paying Graham to do it would seem like a waste. 

I think getting some communication between Synapse and your PM is solid business sense.

 

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