Re: [Gnumed-devel] single box SOAP

[Karsten Hilbert]

> The design under the Patient tab has a textbox 
> on the left hand-side called the "scratch pad", it
You mean on the right-hand side ? (I assume you are referring
to Richard's "clinical summary" screen)

> is designed for writing quick notes about a patient
> while working on something else. The idea was that
> it would never leave the screen 
Yes, that's one of the intentions.

> [Aside: its functionality is somewhat
> diminished by the fact that it *can* be hidden by moving to another
> bottom-row tab, this goes back to the ad hoc nature 
> of the current GUI design]
Well, no. If you leave "Richard space" you leave
"Richard space". It's as simple as that. If one doesn't want
to see other bottom-row tabs one does not load them.

> IMHO, its role competes with the new SOAP widget
Yes and no.

> (by the way, what does SOAP
> stand for here?)
Subjective
Objective
Assessment
Plan

As for No:
> as the primary place for the freeform clinical narrative.
If I understand Richard correctly his "scratch pad" *is not*
intended for regular clinical narrative but rather for little
reminders to Self ! That's what the static demo text suggests,
too.

As for Yes:
Yes, both allow input of free-text. But, no, if my above
functional assessment is correct scratch pad data will be
stored in another table. Also, there's no problem in having
several ways of entering clinical narrative.

Karsten
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