Re: [Gnumed-devel] Re: GNUmed and FreeDiams

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 02:48:28PM -0800, Jim Busser wrote:

> How would it work, from the GNUmed user point of view, to use FreeDiams?
> 
> 1) configuration… with FreeDiams
> 
>       (a) the executable that is to be called resides on the client machine
> 
>       (b) one or more FreeDiams dbs will also live on the same machine
> 
>       (c) the GNUmed client would need to be able to resolve
>               whether it is running under Linux vs Windows vs Mac
>               i.e. the OS-dependent executable path (and db) to call
>
>       (d) in a mixed OS environment, (c) cannot be supported
>               by a single, centrally-stored string. Presumably, each
>               of multiple OS-appropriate codes need to be stored in
>               GNUmed and the user needs to "select" FreeDiams?

GNUmed tries a few options one among which will usually work.

> 2) actual within-patient use?
> 
>       - user activates a patient (sets in focus)
>       - user selects Medication plugin
>       - user click "Add" button (?)
> 
> and without further action gets launched into an instance of FreeDiams?

No. That would launch the "Add Substance Intake" edit area.

> How would a user signal to pass the list to FreeDiams,

On behalf of some action such as:

> test interactions

by selecting some entries and pressing [Interactions].

> to re-prescribe some or all current medication or just

We don't yet have a button to do so.

> Upon returning from the FreeDiams session…
> 
> 1) any branded-drug that was prescribed, but does not yet-exist in GNUmed
> 
>       --> gets added to the table "branded_drug"

Yes, pending to 0.5.x exporting enough data.

> 2) any drug which the patient was not already listed as currently taken
> 
>       --> gets added to the current list

No. That is open to implementation.

> 3) what if the drug already exists on the current list…
> 
>       --> will the dosage / regimen (as returned by FreeDiams) over-write the 
> most recent "current"?

Depending on 2).

Karsten
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