ISEncounterFilter.IncludeDescendents

Description

This filter property is used to load the collection of the encounters with the contacts linked to the diseases with any descendent concept for the specified concept.

Syntax

object.IncludeDescendents

Part	Attribute	Type	Description
`object`	Required	ISEncounterFilter	The `object` always implements the ISEncounterFilter interface

Return Value

bool

Example

Display the number of the encounters loaded on the basis of the selected filter and some information about them.

Dim aPatient
Dim aFilter
Dim aEncounter, aEncounters
Dim aContact, aContacts  
Dim i, j
Dim aMessage

set aPatient = Profile.SelectPatient 
set aFilter = Profile.CreateEncounterFilter 
aFilter.PatientId = aPatient.ID 
aFilter.DiagnosisConceptCode = "H33.."
aFilter.DiagnosisTermsetCode = "Read"
aFilter.IncludeDescendents = True
set aEncounters = aPatient.LoadEncounters(aFilter)

aMessage = "Encounters Count = " & aEncounters.Count & vbNewLine

for i = 0 to aEncounters.Count - 1
  set aEncounter = aEncounters.Item(i)
 
  aMessage = aMessage & vbNewLine &_
    (i + 1) & ") Patient Name: " & aPatient.SurnameFirstName & vbNewLine 
     
  set aContacts = aEncounter.Contacts   
  for j = 0 to aContacts.Count - 1
    set aContact = aContacts.Item(j)
    aMessage = aMessage & "     *Diagnosis: " & aContact.DiagnosisDescription &_
      " (" & aContact.DiagnosisCode & ")" & vbNewLine       
  next 'j    
next 'i     

Profile.MsgBox(aMessage)

Note:

In Profile Client v8 on User Interface Encounter Descendents can be found in Clinical > Medical Record > Encounters.

Version information

Added in v7.8.0