Re: [Gnumed-devel] progress note popups "meds:"

[J Busser]

At 4:18 PM +0200 4/24/05, Karsten Hilbert wrote:
>  > I can think of additional design choices that would need to be ironed
>  > out, for example
>  > - whether this popup would serve only for drugs that are to be
> >  "prescribed" (for which a new supply will have to be dispensed)
>  > versus an alteration of what a patient is taking (which may be
>  > possible from the supply already available to them)
>  > ... Jim
> I see. The latter we usually just do orally in the encounter.
> And write down a clear-text note.

clear-text... do you mean in a progress note?
Or do you mean, in an existing EMR, a 'comment" that
is entered into your "prescription/medication" area?

> Oh, but it should be
> reflected in the current_medication list, yes. For which a
> different popup ('meds:') might be suitable.

And also use "meds:" to cover the case where some other doctor had 
prescribed a change, or something new. We would not be creating the 
item as one of "our" prescriptions until it becomes our decision to 
have more medication dispensed to the patient.

>  > But such ironing out should be post 0.1, so should I maybe add it as
> >  a line item in the roadmap area for medication/prescription handling?
> Yes.

Done