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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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- Re: [Gnumed-devel] patient search functionality revisited, (continued)
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] patient search functionality revisited, Karsten Hilbert, 2003/01/01
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] patient search functionality revisited, Karsten Hilbert, 2003/01/03
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] patient search functionality revisited, Horst Herb, 2003/01/03
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] patient search functionality revisited, John Denning, 2003/01/03
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] patient search functionality revisited, Horst Herb, 2003/01/03
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] patient search functionality revisited, Ian Haywood, 2003/01/03
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] patient search functionality revisited, Elizabeth Dodd, 2003/01/04
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] patient search functionality revisited,
Ian Haywood <=
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] patient search functionality revisited, Elizabeth Dodd, 2003/01/04