Re: [Gnumed-devel] get(All)Adresses()

[James Busser]

> What I
> then want is a widget that has nearly no visual effects and
> asks for the most basic information only since my goal is to
> enter the basics as rapidly as possible
> For that I would prefer a layout very similar to an edit area:
> Just vertically arranged lines with interlinked phrase wheels
> and rapid switching between fields (enter/tab). Dead simple,
> not fancy at all, just clear and quick.
>
> Does that make sense ?
Very much.

> The rapid-entry widget would be loaded at the front desk only,
> while the demographic details editor is useful at most
> workplaces.
The rapid-entry widget would be useful for a new patient including 
first details which come over the phone, and when the desk staff are 
too busy to do detailed input and may fill it in a bit later.

Down the road a demographic editor could be useful at the front desk, 
perhaps also at a "patient station", to emulate/accommodate existing 
paper workflows, where new patients (and periodically returning 
patients) give or confirm / update their information.

Could I also load a rapid-entry widget from a back desk?
- I and others may see referrals where the "first info" on a new 
patient is taken in a phone call from a colleague who wants a patient 
seen. I don't want to have to wait for the front desk staff, or to make 
them stop what they are doing, to enter some patient basics. I'd like 
to be able to enter at least a patient name, phone number, referring 
doctor (if applicable) and the fact something needs to be done like 
"give appointment < 1 wk, < 2wks etc". Maybe this is getting messy 
because I might want to put a blurb in about the nature of the problem 
or what I am thinking needs to be done - maybe doable with only a link 
to the scratchpad.
- also from a back desk, the rapid entry widget can be useful where new 
patients have been seen only outside the practice eg on a hospital rota 
or covering someone else's patients. In this situation, where one may 
want to enter only minimal info for billing purposes --- some practices 
accept/require the docs to do the billing, because the doc knows the 
service(s) to be billed and the diagnosis(es) which non-medical staff 
can find hard to match to ICD9/10 for less common codes.