I could do that but my concern is that the secretaries have so much
information that they have to enter that it would still be over looked. Is
there a way that when an time is not right that it will stop them and have
them verify the time?

"Michael" wrote:

Denise, would Conditional Formatting work? For example, if Arrival Time is
in A2 and Triage Time is in B2, you could enter in Conditional Formatting for
B2 -- Cell Value is less than =A2 and format it red and bold. This would
at least make the data entry person aware that there is a problem with the
Triage Time entry.
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Sincerely, Michael Colvin


"Denise" wrote:

I am not sure what you mean. I am looking for a formula or something so that
when they type in an incorrect time (the patient was taken to a room before
they got here) it will alert them and they will catch their typing mistake.
I have formulas to figure wait times, etc. and when a time is typed in wrong
it messes up the times that I am trying to capture.

All of the times come from the patient chart when they are turned in to the
secretary to enter in the computer. Sometimes a time is written wrong or
typed in wrong. The secretaries enter the time no matter what.

"Peo Sjoblom" wrote:

So how would you expect to validate the times if there are no set rules?

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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

"Denise" wrote in message
...
Actually that won't work. The times may not be entered until a few hours
or
even the next day.

"Peo Sjoblom" wrote:

What's the right time? If you use the built in clock you can set
validation
within a few minutes of that time, datavalidationallowcustom

=AND(D1<=TIME(,10,)+MOD(NOW(),1),D1=MOD(NOW(),1)-TIME(,10,))


where D1 would be the cell where the time entry is made

you can setup your own validation message

Incorrect Time! Please check your watch again!

:)

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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom


"Denise" wrote in message
...
I have a spreadsheet that has the following columns:

Arrival Time Triage Time To ED Time Saw MD Time
Discharge
Time

I have about 15 people entering data in this worksheet at different
times.
There a a few that can't quite get the numbers entered right -
example.

The patient will arrive at 10:30 but they may enter a time that they
were
taken to the ED at 8:30 - two hours before they are even here!! I
have
talked to these people and told them that they need to watch the times
that
they are entering and make sure that they are accurate.

Is there a code/way to set the worksheet up so that if they enter a
time
that is wrong it won't let them enter. I have tried Validation -
time -
allow greater than or = to. That won't work.

Thanks for any help.