Re: narrowing down 0.1 (was Re: GUI, was Re: [Gnumed-devel] Results tracking)

[Karsten Hilbert]

> I ask because in any surveys of local doctors who lack ANY EMR (they 
> just have appointment scheduling and billing) their first desire 
> would be to have a system to look after
> - the filing, organization, storage and retrieval of test results and/or
fairly easy

> - prescription (medication) management
fairly to very complex depending on scope, eg. simple
medication tracking vs complete, functional script writer

> The above can be tremendously useful even while a doctor otherwise 
> maintains a paper record.
True. Adding in scanned document management even eases the
burden that's building up in the paper record...

> I cannot however see that an EMR in which 
> one enters notes
well, notes only IS a use case for at least one doctor I've
talked to - he's a psychiatrist

> and vaccinations
vaccs only is a valid use case for my Mom at least, I have had
other Peds ask for a "good" vaccs tracking package ...

> and views scanned documents
handling docs is a use case for my parents - and others I've
talked to

Karsten
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