On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 11:52:24AM +0100, Eric MAEKER wrote: > >Thanks for the kind offer. Are you saying FreeDiams handles the > >data access > >part and acts as a mediator between the database and Medintux ? > Yes MendinTux calls as an external process FreeDiams with specific > command line params and an exchange file (that contains nothing for > new prescription or the prescription to modify with FD). FreeDiams > reads and analyse the exchange file. User prescribe/modify with > FreeDiams. When FreeDiams is closed --> exchange file is filled and > MedinTux just has to store the content where it does.
That is a one nice way of interaction. We already have this type of interaction with one German (commercial) drug database so there's no problem at all with accessing FreeDIAMS this way. I can easily write a GNUmed - FreeDIAMS connector for that. > Well for now I'm only using french DB. Using sqlite .import there > are no special problem as files are CSV tab formatted. That is what I meant: One would want some scripts external to FreeDIAMS itself which download FDA/Canada data from the web and turn it into CSV. Then FreeDIAMS can import it. > The main problem is that those database comes without any DDD... That's why I suggest adding ATC codes. Once you have the ATC code you can get the DDD from elsewhere by use of that code. > That's a problem because users must redefine their own "dosages". Wouldn't previous dosages automatically accumulate through use ? Also, the DDD are often not the proper dosage one might actually use in prescription. They often only give a hint as to what might be the correct magnitude. > Yes no problem, the database structure must be as described in my doc : > http://ericmaeker.fr/FreeMedForms/doc/database_structure.html > There are some part of code I'll must change to adapt to your datas, > but nothing unconquerable ;) Interactions between drugs are > calculated via french INN so you will not have access to this > functionnality untill you translate all INNs... Which could be solved by using ATC codes (which would need to be added to the French INNs, of course). > Yes, like this : > GNUMed > | (calls external process FreeDiams - must be configured) No problem. > FreeDiams > | (reads your preferences, opens the selected database : fr, us, > drugref2) > | (reads and analyse your exchange file) > | (let you work) > | (end of process : > | prescription is transmitted as HTML for presentation > | and hidden XML for futur modifications > | via the exchange pure text file) > GNUMed > | (stores prescription into its DB as a non-modifiable HTML > document) > FreeDiams can be recalled with the HTML/XML datas without any lost ! No problem. Karsten -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ wwwkeys.pgp.net E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
