Re: [Gnumed-devel] Placeholders for medications

[Busser, Jim]

On 2012-05-11, at 3:43 AM, Karsten Hilbert wrote:

>> Note that the attached PDF shows a *real* patient safety issue:
>> 
>> The Plan columns says "None" which may make the patient
>> think "do not take" - while it is a remnant of no .aim being
>> available for that brand/substance. It IS shown in the
>> second line of the Plan column cell but such detail will be
>> lost on nearly all patients.
> 
> This is better, I guess.

Excellent work!  Including the brand drug's substances is excellent because

- it is good for a patient to be aware that the brand may indeed contain more 
than one substance

- in the case where a patient was previously on a monosubstance now changed to 
a combination, it can help them to know that they are not supposed to take the 
"old" one (because they are in fact getting it via the new combo drug)

- the rendering in small font helps the information to be available, without 
overly competing for attention

- when the patient shows this list to a new doctor, the new doctor (who may not 
be familiar with all the brands) can better grasp what the drug may be

-- Jim