Re: [Gnumed-devel] clinician input wanted: how to implement "coding"

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 08:15:15AM -0700, Jim Busser wrote:

> I am thinking that even if I knew that in ICD9 the code
> "401" refers to essential hypertension, maybe it is a bad
> idea to offer a codewheel as the primary basis for inputting
> diseases or conditions.

Why would anyone ever consider doing any such thing ?

> Ideas:
> - prebuilt query to find patients somehow attached (related) to the current 
> user who lack any codes

The report generator can be used for that.

> - within-patient
>       - (1) visual indicator that is always in view or is that distracting

Whereat and how ?

>       - (2) "peek" view that exposes what is present and missing, which 
> disappears on release of mouse or key?

Whereat ?

>       - (3) button that *alters* the view to present a different view that 
> relists the problems as
>               problem 1 as original text
>                       1st of n codes attached, plus word equivalent
>                       2nd of n codes attached...
>                       ...
>               problem 2
>                       etc

The problem list will always show the problems as original text.

Karsten
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