Re: [Gnumed-devel] and current medication display, again

[Jim Busser]

On 3-Apr-09, at 6:27 AM, Karsten Hilbert wrote:

> What is wanted by doctors for scheduling same-amount-daily
> drugs ?
>
>  morning   noon   evening   night
>
>  rise   breakfast   lunch    (tea ?)   supper   bedtime
>
>  7:00    9:00   12:00   18:00   22:00
>
>  7:00    9:00   12:00   15:00   19:00   23:00
>
> Is it really patient specific ?
>
> If so, is one of the above approximations (or another one)
> "good enough" ?

Except in the case of insulins (and maybe oral biphosphonates) maybe  
4 times a day would be enough?
Do we agree that precision in the timing (e.g. noon "exactly") is  
rarely if ever required?
Would it be helpful to alter noon to mid-day?
I think that times after 1200 will confuse some patients accustomed  
only to "PM" and might suggest a toggle in the GUI so that th  
epatient can be asked what they prefer and the printout would then  
suit accordingly.

Maybe if extra precision is needed it can be factored out of the  
"column headings" and be placed with the medication information e.g.  
if the times mattered they could be free-text included with the

        ac / pc / with meals

information.