Re: [Gnumed-devel] Patient screen concerns (labeling and search)

[James Busser]

On 20-Jan-08, at 12:01 PM, Karsten Hilbert wrote:

> > Proposal:
> > - change the text next to the search box to be "Search"
> You mean "Patient" -> "Search" ?
>
> > - change what was previously "Patient" to be "Found" (since it may  
> > be a
> > member of office staff)
> Not sure I can follow particularly with the statement above
> this one.

My fault... btw earlier when I pointed out that staff were not  
patients, I was not complaining about the paradigm, I was just making  
a case to remove the word "Patient" since it is implied even without  
the word. More-helpful words would identify the context of the name  
that is showing, words like "Search" versus 'Found" (or "Current")

The confusing part, and the risk for error, is when there is name  
text on the screen that does not belong to the patient. Not all  
widgets reproduce the name of the patient within themselves, for  
example "Import Documents"... you are then faced with a screen that  
provides no patient identification other than what is in the search  
box. Without a photo (or without one that you recognize), and without  
some instance of the patient name *outside* the search box, you lose  
your mental connection to the patient. It is not enough to have in  
the name also in the window titlebar to the right of GNUMed [Dr. L.  
McCoy...] as that is essentially invisible.

See screenshot, in which I do not intend both of Found and Current,  
just one (or none -- see discussion below).

I think it would be really helpful, once any person / patient is  
found, to *flush* the text from the search box display and instead  
place, and in the *grey* area that lies immediately below the search  
box / caveats, but *above* the widgets, display the patient name and  
some additional details that are useful to keep visible so you do not  
always have to go back and forth to the Patient details tab to things  
like date of birth, sex etc. --- this could remain available and  
visible as one tabs across the various tabs (subject to having to  
update the screen but maybe immediate refresh is acceptable

I don;t even really think that "Found" is needed... the patient  
(person) name could be positioned right next to the (place provided  
for the) photo but am OK for Found to be kept.

Visually it would look nice to, only it points out that to repeat the  
name inside the top "handle" of the EMR tree seems a little  
redundant. It might help a little to rename that "EMR tree of ..."  
but only if you think it is essential to keep the name in this  
handle... otherwise it could just be called "EMR tree". :-)

to forego). See screenshot.