Re: [Gnumed-devel] External ID descriptions - shortname?

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 03:19:33PM -0700, Jim Busser wrote:

> I had taken to a system like
> 
>       issuer = variation of region.country (ISO)_organization
> 
>       name = longName
> 
> for example
> 
>       BC.CA_VCHA (<--- Vancouver Coastal Health Authority) name = 'Medical 
> Record Number'
>       BC.CA_MSP (<--- Medical Services Plan) name = 'Personal Health Number'
> 
> 
> But such names are inefficient to use in patient care because we always think 
> (doctors and reception) in terms of
> 
>       MRN
>       PHN
> 
> therefore I went back in via psql and renamed
> 
>       'Medical Record Number' --> 'MRN Medical Record Number'
> 
>       'Personal Health Number' --> 'PHN Personal Health Number'

Why not something like

        'MRN (BC.CA_VCHA): Medical Record Number'

        'PHN (BC.CA_MSP): Personal Health Number'

> which will more easily allow phrasewheel matching when creating patients.
> 
> I only wondered whether in the reference table it attracts anyone more than 
> me for us to establish in gnumed-future a 'shortname' column so as to support
> 
>       MRN     Medical Record Number
>       PHN     Personal Health Number
> 
> in distinct columns?

I currently fail to fully appreciate the benefit ?

Karsten
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