Should the consult ID be put in the mp3 dictation filename ? I was browsing through the database tables and I saw that each consult has a unique number .. that's great ! It would help the problem if there are two dictations on the same day. The current mp3 filenaming ... 1545-29-Oct-2006.mp3 is destined for collisions. I propose Dict-Consult-ConsultID-patientNumber-Date.mp3 Dict-Consult- is just a header. actually make it .. start with the patientNumber ... for standardization purposes. patientNumber-Dict-Consult-ConsultID-Date.mp3 I added the word consult for two reasons (1) there might be things other than consults dictated (in other locations) in Synapse in the future, (2) so the consultID number makes sense. === While talking about ConsultID, on the consult Tab, it's referred to as a "Record", I'd call it ConsultNum.
There's no possibility of name collisions as when the server receives the file, it checks to see if there is a name collision and renames it if there is. The names are really irrelevant as they are indexed by their md5 signature. The md5 signature is stored in the files database and then links back to the file name. Check it out by trying to upload several dictations for the same patient.
