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

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 08:30:36AM -0700, Jim Busser wrote:

> 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 agree

> 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.

That's up to a template and doesn't concern what I meant to
ask. I was thinking about the *structural* fields needed
only, not how to present them. Or at least only presenting
them to the doctor.

> 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.

Sure, that't why there's a comment field. It's more of a
matter of *how many* columns we will need in 99% of cases.

Karsten
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