Re: [Gnumed-devel] editing of progress notes

[Richard Terry]

Personally I think that editing a progress note from another user SHOULD NEVER 
BE ALLOWED EVER EVER EVER 
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As you can see I feel strongly about this.

Why would you allow that.

 I write my clinical notes. If I make changes within my current session, those 
changes should make up the medical record (not the bits I changed which 
should not be recorded). The record should not be committed to the datbase 
until I (the doctor) have decided that they should by hitting the save key, 
or the consultation is over.

If I the doctor,  want to then ammend/change, then this change is added 
sequentially to the record. If someone else wants to add/change, it is added 
sequentially to the record.

Regards

richard

On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 08:17 am, Karsten Hilbert wrote:
> What do people think:
>
> Should editing (eg intending to change) a progress
> note previously entered by another user result in ...
>
> ... a new progress note being generated and the old one being
>     textually marked as "modified, see ..."
> ... the original progress note being changed to the new
>     narrative attributed to the new user (the old one is still
>     preserved in the audit log, of course)
>
> Clinicians, please !
>
> Karsten