Re: [Gnumed-devel] re Medication List template

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 04:36:33PM -0800, Jim Busser wrote:

> I was curious to poke at the .tex file and wondered:
> 
> - does the line
> 
>       \vfill{}
> 
> cause displacement of the allergy information to the
> bottom of the page, using whatever amount of vertical white
> space is required to fill in this space?

That's right. I figured doctors may want to use the inner
space to jot down additional notes they deem relevant:

        "always mention need for endocarditis prophylaxis to each doctor"

        "Caveat: Cytochrome P 450 deficiency"

etc. Of course, this would be better handled
programmatically (legibility, consistency, ...) but we don't
have that yet.

> - might we best handle uncertainty about explaining
> "Regimen" by inserting, into the default tex file -- above
> vfill{} -- a commented-out line
> 
>       % uncomment, after altering, the next line as you may desire
>       % Regimen: <your version of how many to take, and how often, per unit 
> of time>

Ok, this seems to hint at the fact that, indeed, you find it
desirable to add some sort of explanation to "Regimen" *no
matter what is actually seen in that column*. Is that
correct ?

I am fine with a general hint (after all I'm using lots of
tooltips in the GUI). I just wanted to make sure it is fully
known that the explanation is not needed *just* because the
Kirk example did show the unfamiliar-in-parts-of-the-world
1-0-0-0 -- because that will only show up if someone
actively entered it into GNUmed and in all likelihood they
would have entered a format familiar to their patients - or
explained it -- ISDM ...

GNUmed will *not* generate that unfamiliar-to-you format by
itself (I do understand that you find it attractive
nonetheless).

Karsten
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