Re: [Gnumed-devel] How to display your results

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 05:23:39PM -0700, Jim Busser wrote:

> … of course, as soon as you would entertain to create one or more documents 
> by way of an automated (batch) importer, the table would inherit some 
> properties in common with the test_ result table which can include the need 
> to support a
> 
>       .lab_request_id

It already does:

        blobs.doc_med.ext_ref

> so that the 'state' of the request, or consultation, or received result 
> (which might include a later retraction or correction) could be able to be 
> tracked.
> 
> Maybe the table
> 
>       .lab_request
> 
> should be considered to serve a more general purpose than to track *just* lab 
> requests and (even unrequested copy-to) returns.

Yep, this should eventually be folded into a generic

        clin.request

table, wherein lab requests are but one type, indeed.

Karsten
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