Re: [Gnumed-devel] re Medication List template

[Sebastian Hilbert]

Am Dienstag 15 Dezember 2009 22:24:52 schrieb Jim Busser:
> On 2009-12-14, at 12:39 AM, Karsten Hilbert wrote:

As far as I have experienced patients need a different view than doctors.

Patient will usually use that list to prepare a pill box. So he will search 
the list for all drugs that he needs to put in the morning compartment.
If you provide the overview:

morning: 1tbl Rampiril 5, 1/2 tbl metoprolo etc. they will likely have a lot 
less trouble then searching the traditional list.

metoprolol 1-0-0
ramipril 5 1-0-0

Hospital doctors however prefer the second view since they have to transfer 
this into hospital charts. Nurses will then do the sorting job. Unfortunately 
paper hospital charts will only allow the second view. 

> >> We did establish a first iteration of what we may want, at the wiki:
> >>
> >>    http://wiki.gnumed.de/bin/view/Gnumed/CurrentMedicationList#Printouts
> >
> > Not yet the layout, however.
> 
> Might I offer design considerations, rules of thumb and then specifics for
>  the Current Medication printouts? Caveats: the body is only loosely
>  defined, it preserves info from the various report type options per the
>  above wiki page
> 
> Design considerations:
> ==================
> - consistency across forms
> - paper size dimensions vary, therefore design for the shorter:
>       A4 is 210 × 297mm       8.3 × 11.7inches
>       Letter is 8.5 × 11inches        216 × 279mm
> - printed paper may benefit from a left margin (binders, binding)
> 
> Rules of thumb (general)
> ====================
> (therefore defaults to)
> - accomodate 210 x 279mm (8.3 x 11 inches)
> - left margin of 25mm or (nearly exactly) one inch
> 
> also propose all forms should:
> - identify the source GNUmed form
> - identify datetime printed
> - if feasible, supply date-time when data last altered (either overall, or
>  per-item) - preferably default to portrait except when the case is
>  accepted for landscape - include standard patient identification
> - clearly distinguish non-patient (e.g. doctor name, phone, address) info
> - include labels to assist visual location of info on the page (Address,
>  Home phone, Mobile)
> 
> For medication lists:
> - default to portrait
> 
> *********
> Header:
> *********
> top line, centred: Current Medication List
> next line, centred: as last altered <datetime>
> next line, centred: Printed <datetime>
> 
> left-justified:
> Patient: <tab>        SURNAME, Firstnames
> Birthdate:<tab>       YYYY.MON.DD
> Address:<tab>
> Address:<tab>
> Address:<tab>
> PhoneChannel1Name:<tab>
> PhoneChannel2Name:<tab>
> PhoneChannel3Name:<tab>
> 
> # surgery contact information
> # could instead go in footer, but would here save space
> indent 105mm (margin 25mm + additional 80mm)
> (this positions the following text to begin at page centre)
> (maybe visually better to be shift another 20mm to right)
> (? do we even have Praxis info defined in the backend?)
> <Praxis info line 1>
> <Praxis info line 2>
> <Praxis info line 3>
> <Praxis info line 4>
> Printed by: <userName>
> 
> *********
> Body:
> *********
> List of drugs
> 
> Included fields:
>       • brand name (if appropriate for locale)
>       • acting agent (drug)
>       • strength per unit
>       • application type
>       • regimen
>               • precede decimal amounts by zero when less than one (e.g. 0.5)
>               • optionally properly format fractional amounts where possible 
> (e.g. ¼ or
>  1+½) • optionally append amount in translated word equivalents inside
>  parenthesis (e.g. (one and a half)) • intended treatment aim
> 
> report type: times-by-drug
> 
>       • first column lists drugs alphabetically
>       • subsequent columns list when to take, etc
> 
> report type: drugs-by-time
> 
>       • first column lists when to take
>       • subsequent columns list which drug
>               • multiple drugs go on multiple rows
> 
> report type: drugs-by-episode
> 
>       • ordered by episode
>       • omit aim
>       • include start date
>       • include duration
> 
> *********
> Footer:
> *********
> Allergies (left justified)
> GNUmed moniker, form name
>