Re: [Gnumed-devel] automatic episode namin

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 07:01:35PM +1000, Richard wrote:

> I have a feeling my reply will be confusing because of my confusion about 
> episodes vs problems vs consutations, however:
> 
> Just a question here, maybe I'm finally 'getting it', is your 'episode' the 
> equivalent of what I'd call a consultation? ie the period of time the patient 
> is sitting in front of me in my room? (or on the phone, or at home etc).
No. Please do read the relevant section of the User Manual
in either 0.1 or the Wiki. Documentation doesn't help if
people don't read it. If the episode was the consultation
what would be the encounter then ?

> I have a horrible feeling your concept of episode is something that spans 
> several consultations
Why, of course. This is the standard concept of an episode
in any of the relevant literature.

 ie captain kirks lacerated wound, starts an episode, 
> and all subsequent parts of consulations related to that wound are episodes? 
No. All subsequent parts of consultations (eg encounters)
related to that wound (eg problem) are just that -
sub-encounters related to the laceration episode.

> is that closer? I guess in AU we would simply call that a diagnosis or 
> problem.
Yes, episode names are problem labels. The episode itself is
the time within which the problem was dealt with (eg care
was given).

Karsten
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