ISContact.ExternalEntity

Description

The entity in the external system associated with the contact.

Syntax

object.ExternalEntity

Part Attribute Type Description
object Required
The object always implements the ISContact interface

Return Value

ISExternalEntity

Example

Display some information about the contacts of patient's encounters, including the Globally Unique Identifier of their entities in the external system.

Dim aPatient        
Dim aFilte              
Dim aEncounters, aEncounter
Dim i, j
Dim aMessage
Dim aContact

Set aPatient = Profile.SelectPatient 
set aFilter = Profile.CreateEncounterFilter
aFilter.PatientId = aPatient.ID                 
set aEncounters = aPatient.LoadEncounters(aFilter)
                                                                 
aMessage = "Encounters Count = " & aEncounters.Count

for i = 0 to aEncounters.Count - 1
  set aEncounter = aEncounters.Item(i)              
  aMessage = aMessage & vbNewLine & (i + 1) & ". " &_
    "Date: " & aEncounter.Date & vbNewLine &_                            
    "Date Created: " & aEncounter.DateCreated & vbNewLine &_
    "Pos Code: " & aEncounter.PosCode & vbNewLine &_
    "Provider Code: " & aEncounter.ProviderCode & vbNewLine &_
    "Service Code: " & aEncounter.ServiceCode & vbNewLine &_
    "Type Description: " & aEncounter.TypeDescription & vbNewLine

  if aEncounter.Contacts.Count <> 0 then
    for j = 0 to aEncounter.Contacts.Count -1
      set aContact = aEncounter.Contacts.Item(j)
      aMessage = aMessage & "      Contact" & vbNewLine &_ 
        "    - Date: " & aContact.Date & vbNewLine &_
        "    - Date Altered: " & aContact.DateAltered & vbNewLine &_
        "    - Date Created: " & aContact.DateCreated & vbNewLine &_
        "    - Date Resolved: " & aContact.DateResolved & vbNewLine &_   
        "    - Diagnosis Description: " & aContact.DiagnosisDescription & vbNewLine &_
        "    - Diagnosis Code: " & aContact.DiagnosisCode & vbNewLine &_                    
        "    - Pos Code: " & aContact.PosCode & vbNewLine &_
        "    - POS Name: " & aContact.POSName & vbNewLine &_
        "    - Provider Code: " & aContact.ProviderCode & vbNewLine &_
        "    - Referral Type: " & aContact.ReferralType & vbNewLine &_
        "    - Service Code: " & aContact.ServiceCode & vbNewLine &_
        "    - Subject: " & aContact.Subject & vbNewLine &_
        "    - Time: " & aContact.Time & vbNewLine &_
        "    - Type Code: " & aContact.TypeCode & vbNewLine &_
        "    - Referral Type: " & aContact.ReferralType & vbNewLine
        
      if not aContact.ExternalEntity is nothing then
        aMessage = aMessage & "GUID: " & aContact.ExternalEntity.GUID & vbNewLine
      end if

    next
  end if                 
next 
                                          
Profile.MsgBox(aMessage)  
Note:

In Profile Client v8 on User Interface External Entity cannot be found.

Version information

Added in v7.9.2