Re: [Gnumed-devel] Re: Medication viewing

[Jim Busser]

On 2009-11-19, at 12:01 AM, Jim Busser wrote:

> > What is the significance of the left-most check-mark column

On further thinking, this check-mark column is relevant to:

- what the patient may be receiving from some other provider which you  
do not want to mark yourself as approving

- what you may desire the patient to consume less of, or to stop  
consuming totally

and yet, you may still be in the position to need to prescribe this  
substance to the patient, because to refuse might put them in some  
danger. For example you may be waiting more collateral documentation  
about the true need, or you may be weaning down the dosage on some drug.

I am tempted to suggest:

1) reverse the position of the checkbox filter items Unapproved and  
Inactive

        --> Inactive, Unapproved

2) relocate the narrow Unapproved column to become the rightmost of  
the columns. This way, if it is toggled on or off, this would show or  
hide only the right-most column.

I am not fully sure how the clinician behaviour is helped by the  
presence of this column. Presumably there is no intended duration  
(Dauer) and this will be blank and also among the Unapproved will be  
things that worry us, and other things which (although useless) may be  
no health concern. Therefore it is not reliable that missing  
checkmarks need be a reminder to target time to pursue discontinuation  
by the patient.