Re: [Gnumed-devel] Ian's SOAP widget - RFE/AOE

[Jim Busser]

self-replying, but I have added/reminded us another distinctive use for 
RFE

> > > I'm not clear on the distinction between RFE and Subjective and AOE 
> > > and
> > > assessment (at least, I'm not sure there's enough difference to 
> > > warrant
> > > typing the same stuff twice)
>
> So far, I am thinking as follows:
>
> RFE serves
> - as something like "chief complaint" (for patient-initiated 
> visits/encounters)
  - to permit the desk staff to input something (or "undisclosed") when 
booking the encounter
    (probably we would agree we do not want the desk staff inputting 
into SOAP)
> - as an indicator of the purpose or aim of the visit (for 
> doctor-initiated visits/encounters)
>
> The Soap note contains more-extensive *details* that one would not 
> bother to capture in the RFE as this is the purpose of the Soap 
> narrative row.
>
> AOE serves
> - as a working diagnosis until it is appropriate to assign a code
> - even after the code is assigned, it can hold some nuance or detail 
> not provided for in the coding table