Re: [Gnumed-devel] address@hidden: Archetypes: Medication order, risks and goals]

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 01:56:41PM +0100, Adrian Midgley wrote:

> > 1) select items (medication orders)
> >    - add dosage/instructions/...
> >    - add to queue
> 1b having indicated diagnosis, accept or exceptionally decline giving a
> reason all or less of the suggested group of prescription items teh
> hinting engine presents.
> If none is presented, select from the {personal>local formulary> entire
> dictionary.
> Modify dosage instructions if required.
Yes, those are details pertinent to actual implementation.

> > 2) assemble prescription aggregate instance
> >    - authorise/kick-off
> >    - subject to locale rules, eg target channel, no of items
> >    - queue up for outbound processing
> I expect either my computer, or my staff, to handle all that.
Surely. But they are part of what needs to be put into code.

> > 3) process outbound queues
> >    - get from queue
> >    - process
> >    - send to target (print/mail/fax it)
> > It may be easiest to start off with 3). Adrian, what do you
> > think ?
> I think 3 should not usually be a doctor task,
Surely not !  :-)

> but yes, I agree it is a good place to start.
IMO it particularly is the best place for something generic
across EMRs.

Karsten
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