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Re: [Gnumed-devel] patient search functionality revisited


From: Ian Haywood
Subject: Re: [Gnumed-devel] patient search functionality revisited
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 18:29:51 +1100

On Sat, 4 Jan 2003 16:29:11 +1100
Elizabeth Dodd <address@hidden> wrote:

> Currently we want to see the health insurance card, because we have to have 
> that name on the prescriptions.
> I still get pathology back for Giovanni who turns out to be John on our 
> database. When we finally see the insurance card he will be Giovanni; but 
> only his mother calls him that.
> so they use an English version of their other language name - how ill we 
> catch 
> these guys?
> Liz

This is a predictable translation: "Giovanni" will be "John", not "Fred" or 
"Bill". Unfortunately,
this practice in common also among Asians, and there all bets are off. Matcbing 
by surname and DOB
could be a good way to find these people.   

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