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[Gnumed-devel] Re: patient searches (was: web frontend/patient singleton


From: Karsten Hilbert
Subject: [Gnumed-devel] Re: patient searches (was: web frontend/patient singleton)
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:48:19 +0100
User-agent: Mutt/1.3.22.1i

> >gmPatient.py... should have been gmPerson.py.
> >That is the reason why gmPatient.gmPerson is
> >named like that: it is a person, not a patient. It only
> >becomes a patient when you start requesting clinical data from
> >it (eg. after the first request of get_clinical_record()).
> 
> I thought the above was being renamed (maybe postponed?)  as I still 
> see gmPatient.gmPerson at http://salaam.homeunix.com/~ncq/gnumed/api/
That needs updating. The automatic updating still chokes on
wxPython to which no one  apparently has an answer.

> Anyhow, when searching or viewing a list of persons, it is not clear 
> how one would discern whether or not they are patients because 
> whether or not a person is a patient depends on information not 
> contained in identity, name and demographic tables.
Well, you look for a person with an intent. Likely the intent
of making it a patient. So, the before-the-fact state doesn't
matter, does it ?

> - when searching for persons, rather than having to search through 
> two different GUI widgets
You search with the same widget.

> (depending on the kind of person one is 
> searching for, patient or non-patient),
That doesn't make a difference.

> would it be practical to have 
> options within a single widget which either
> a) permits the search to be constrained to patients or
difficult

> b) displays whether the person has had any clinical contact (and if 
> so, maybe some data about that contact such as the most recent date, 
> type, and doctor involved?)
That is surely imaginable.

Karsten
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