Re: [Gnumed-bugs] GNUmed saves only *part* of the edit of a medication entry

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 07:29:13PM +0000, Jim Busser wrote:

> I added, to a patient's medication list
> 
>       midodrine 5 mg
>       tablet
>       0.5 bid 1-1-0-0
> 
> only to later find out that the pharmacy did not supply (dispense) what I had 
> requested. Instead, the pharmacy supplied
> 
>       midodrine 2.5 mg
> 
> however when I went to edit this in GNUmed, despite that I was able to access 
> the 'Unbranded substance'' field and to access, using the phrasewheel, the 
> desired substance and strength
> 
>       midodrine 2.5 mg
>       tab
>       1 bid 1-1-0-0
> 
> GNUmed 1.3.6 saved the new schedule, but not the edited drug itself, which I 
> am glad I caught, because it currently reads
> 
>       midrodrine 5 mg
>       1 bid 1-1-0-0
> 
> which I must now delete (since it is double what the patient is actually 
> taking), and instead make a new entry.
> 
> If it is the intent that the substance cannot be changed,
> then it must not be permitted to be edited in the edit
> dialog.

This is fixed and this is also prompting me to release 1.3.7
before soon as this is a patient safety issue.

> Except ... I can see no reason why to disallow such
> change, since the original will, in any event, be captured
> and available in the audit table.

I agree but it needs a bit more care.

Karsten
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