Re: [Gnumed-devel] Re: Gnumed-devel Digest, Vol 6, Issue 35

[Karsten . Hilbert]

> > > actually, I'm having a hard time trying to work out how to access the 

> > > gmclinical tables. 
> > One of the problems may be that one needs to understand the 
> > domain at least partially to see how this is supposed to 
> > work. Have you read the writeup on the EMR structure ? 
> >  
> Where's the write-up? 
client/doc/TODO/developer-guide.txt 
 
> I suppose my problem is with the distinction between Diagnosis , and 
> Clin Health Issue which seems to be something to hold arbitrary  
> text of 128 character, and be associated with a clinical episode which 
... 
IMHO, to a doctor the whole thing makes sense, semantically. If you need
more explanation after 
reading the writeup please ask again. 
 
> First of all, the doctor 
> would need a pretty good retrospectoscope to figure out which items 
> occuring at an encounter actually were part of a long running episode 
> regarding a particular issue 
No, this type of thing feels perfectly natural to a health professional (or
should). 
 
Karsten 
 

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