When inputting a measurement, the english term "Group" is used in two different contexts:
1) the term under which a praxis chooses to "pre-associate" two or more tests, as in
Group by panel
which can then determine the relative positioning among measurements (see in upper portion of the background of the screenshot), and
2) the reference group the normal range for this value pertains to (see bottom field of the dialog, in the foreground of the screenshot)
To better disambiguate the second context, I would suggest that
Group
be replaced by
Norm
which is both a noun (a designated standard of average performance of people of a given age, background, etc) and a verb (which is to create such a reference "normal" or, in the case of a target range, the reference target group)
The tooltip would then become
The reference group which the above normal – or target – range describes.
and the above then also brings me to a trickier question … if the test INR is
- normally < 1.2
- target 2.0 - 3.0 for general anticoagulation
- target 2.5 - 3.5 for mechanical valves and other high-risk conditions
is there a way that some condition suffered by the patient, or purpose of medication use, can guide "which" target range is referenced by GNUmed?
Maybe this can only be practically managed at the level of
individual patient -- link table -- individual test
which each patient can have their own individualized target range, or alphanumeric "reference" information such as a comment that their result cannot be properly interpreted because of antibodies or other individual situation.
-- Jim
