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Overview

 

Attribution Types can have specific properties that define its elements. For example, the Attribution Type of Practitioner may have specific properties such as ID, Physican Name, Department, Specialty, UPIN Number, License Number, etc. This document describes the types of properties that may be associated with a given Attribution Type. To learn how to manage Attribution Type Properties see Managing Attribution Properties. To assign these properties to Attribution Types see Managing Attribution Types.

The type of property may be defined as follows:

 

Type of Properties

 

 

When a property is defined for an 'Attribution Type' its values can be pulled up at the time of data entry. For example, if a physician has the properties of Department and Specialty associated with it, you can include those fields on your worksheet header. When you enter the specific physician ID or Name, the other properties associated with the physician will also populate to the worksheet.

 

Components

 

When creating an attribution property, there are several columns to be defined. They are as follows:

 

▪Property: This is the name of the specific property being defined, see Managing Attribution Properties for examples of properties.

 

▪Type: This defines the specific type of property, of which the choices which are: Boolean; Numeric; Text; and Attribution Type.

 

▪Attribution Type: If the specific property is defined as an Attribution Type, the Attribution Type associated with the given property needs to be selected from the drop down list of Attribution Types. If a new Attribution Type needs to be created see Managing Attribution Types.

 

▪Common: Defining a property as common means that more than one Attribution Type Object can have the same value for that property. Once a property has been defined as common more than one object can be selected (by Shift or Ctrl keys) and assigned that value, e.g. if a Default Department has not been assigned to a number of physicians, these can be assigned as a group. However, a property such as ID would not be defined as common because only one ID should be associated with a specific physician.

 

▪Facility Specific: If a property has been defined as Facility-Specific that same property can have different values for different Facilities e.g. a practitioner can have ID of 435 for Facility A and ID of 8734 for Facility B. Data entry and Reporting can then be completed using different IDs for different Facilities.