Non-Veteran Patients

VistA, especially the WorldVistA EHR variant, is able to handle patients that are not armed forces veterans.

This is handled two ways:

1) specifying the TYPE Field #391 from the PATIENT File #2 to not be a VETERAN.
There currently are at least ten (10) types of PATIENTS in the TYPE OF PATIENT File #391.
  ACTIVE DUTY
  ALLIED VETERAN
  COLLATERAL
  EMPLOYEE
  MILITARY RETIREE
  NON-VETERAN (OTHER)
  NSC VETERAN
  SC VETERAN
  TRICARE
  VISTA OFFICE EHR

The most suitable for non-VA patients is VISTA OFFICE EHR
It is possible to add a specialized type as well for your system.

As you can see, the definition of the entries specifies a lot of details
about how the various entries are used and which parts of the registry process
is included.

Select TYPE OF PATIENT NAME: VISTA OFFICE EHR
Another one:
Standard Captioned Output? Yes//   (Yes)
Include COMPUTED fields:  (N/Y/R/B): NO// b  BOTH Computed Fields and Record Number (IEN)

NUMBER: 15                              NAME: VISTA OFFICE EHR
 IGNORE VETERAN CHECKS?: YES           *INFO TO ASK: 1234567890
 MAKE RECORD SENSITIVE?: NO            VETERAN?: NO
 NEW PATIENT INPUT DR: S DR=".361///REIMBURSABLE INSURANCE;.323///OTHER REIMBURS. (NON-VET)"
 *EDIT APPLICANT EMPLOYER?: YES
 *EDIT SPOUSE'S EMPLOYER?: YES         *EDIT SERVICE HISTORY?: NO
 *EDIT PRISONER OF WAR DATA?: NO       *EDIT COMBAT DATA?: NO
 *EDIT VIETNAM SERVICE DATA?: NO       *EDIT AGENT ORANGE DATA?: NO
 *EDIT RADIATION EXPOSURE DATA?: NO    *EDIT MILITARY DISABILITY DATA: NO
 *EDIT DENTAL HISTORY DATA?: YES       *EDIT VA MONETARY BENEFITS?: NO
 *EDIT OTHER MONETARY BENEFITS?: YES   EDIT SC CONDITIONS PER PT?: NO
 *EDIT SC CONDITIONS PER PT?: NO       *EDIT INELIGIBLE DATA?: NO
 *EDIT MISSING DATA?: YES              EDIT INELIGIBLE DATA?: NO
 EDIT MISSING DATA?: YES               SHOW CONTACT SCREEN?: YES
 *SHOW EMPLOYMENT SCREEN?: YES         *SHOW INSURANCE SCREEN?: NO
 SHOW SERVICE SCREEN?: NO              *SHOW MONETARY SCREEN?: NO
 SHOW FAMILY INFO SCREEN: YES          SHOW INCOME SCREENING SCREEN: NO
 SHOW INELIGIBLE SCREEN: NO            SHOW VERIFICATION SCREEN?: NO

2) The other aspect is to specify the eligibility code of the patient.
This is stored in  the ELIGIBILITY CODE File #8 which is pointed to by
the PRIMARY ELIGIBILITY CODE field (#.361) of the PATIENT File (#2).
This field contains the site specific name for the eligibility. 
In most cases the name will be the same as the MAS ELIGIBILITY CODE pointed
to by the MAS ELIGIBILITY CODE field of the ELIGIBILITY CODE FILE #8.

The possible entries in this file are:
  1            SERVICE CONNECTED 50% to 100%  1      1   VETERAN
  2            AID & ATTENDANCE   2      2   VETERAN
  3            SC LESS THAN 50%   3      3   VETERAN
  4            NSC, VA PENSION    4      4   VETERAN
  5            NSC                5      5   VETERAN
  6            OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY  4      4   NON-VETERAN
  7            ALLIED VETERAN     5      5   NON-VETERAN
  8            HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY  6      6   NON-VETERAN
  9            SHARING AGREEMENT  7      7   NON-VETERAN
  10           REIMBURSABLE INSURANCE  8      8   NON-VETERAN
  11           DOM. PATIENT       6      6   VETERAN
  12           CHAMPVA            1      1   NON-VETERAN
  13           COLLATERAL OF VET.  2      2   NON-VETERAN
  14           EMPLOYEE           3      3   NON-VETERAN
  15           HOUSEBOUND         2      2   VETERAN
  16           MEXICAN BORDER WAR  2      2   VETERAN
  17           WORLD WAR I        2      2   VETERAN
  18           PRISONER OF WAR    2      2   VETERAN
  19           SITE SPECIFIC CODE #1  1      1   NON-VETERAN
  20           TRICARE            7      7   NON-VETERAN
  21           CATASTROPHICALLY DISABLED  10      10   VETERAN
  22           PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT  2      2   VETERAN
  23           EHR PATIENT        8      8   NON-VETERAN

The most likely useful value is the entry provided from WorldVistA EHR, which is
NUMBER: 23                              NAME: EHR PATIENT
 CARD COLOR: RED                       ABBREVIATION: EHR
 VA CODE NUMBER: 8                     TYPE: NON-VETERAN
 PRINT NAME: EHR PATIENT               SELECT AS ADDITIONAL: YES
 MAS ELIGIBILITY CODE: REIMBURSABLE INSURANCE
 ID FORMAT: VOE HEALTH RECORD NUMBER   AGENCY: EHR
 MAKE RECORD SENSITIVE?: NO