Re: [Gnumed-devel] trade names

[Busser, Jim]

On 2012-05-08, at 8:50 PM, Vaibhav Banait wrote:

> Following strategy can be adopted for allowing free text in trade names
> 1. If gnumed detects a new name in trade name which is not already in the 
> database, a pop up should ask confirmation.
> 2. Once confirmed, another pop up can ask for saving options. This pop up gui 
> should include other options generic name, amount of substance, form and 
> dosing information 
> 3. To avoid misuse, a password can be made compulsory.
> 4. Template prescriptions if possible should also be allowed to be saved. Eg 
> h pylori or anti tb regimen

You are maybe suggesting to create "empty brands", meaning to create a named 
drug, but without linkage to the one or more components of the brand?

AFAICT GNUmed's data structure will not allow this.

Presently it is required to

        - first create one or more component substances, including strength
                (if they did not already exist)

and then

        - create the Brand, where (in the creation) one or more components must 
be linked.


If -- in the course of (trying to) add a new Brand -- it is discovered that a 
required component or component strength did not exist, it would be nice to be 
able to create them in inside the same dialog (or in a child dialog) without 
having to leave the Brands UI and later come back.

-- Jim