Re: [Gnumed-devel] vocabulary question: communication channel

[J Busser]

"Contact numbers and preferences" would imply phone numbers  
(residential, work, mobile). This may or may not imply fax number  
however only rarely have I ever faxed anything to a patient, only a  
signed lab request.

"Contact information and preferences" is more general, and should  
imply residential and mailing addresses, as well as email addresses  
and phone numbers.

Among the phone numbers, it would be nice to be able to record the  
order of preference (1,2,3 etc) and/or to be able to designate  
something helpful about a schedule. The ability to record "home" and  
"work" are helpful but not if the patient works nights and is at home  
during the day.


On Nov 18, 2007, at 3:22 PM, TheForkOfJustice wrote:

> How about:
>
> "Could you please write down your preferred contact information?'
>
> On Nov 18, 2007 4:28 PM, Karsten Hilbert <address@hidden>  
> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > suppose I'd say
> >
> > "Could you write down your mobile number ?" or
> > "Could you write down email address ?" or
> > "Could you write down your work phone ?"
> >
> > What would be the proper way of saying
> >
> > "Could you write down <all of the above> ?".
> >
> > It doesn't sound particularly elegant to use "communications
> > pathway" or "channel".