Wyclif, does SMART allow unstructured frequencies? -Darius
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Burke Mamlin <[email protected]>wrote: > Wyclif, > > We should discuss dosing frequencies. Common frequencies would be: daily, > twice daily, three times daily, four times daily, every 4 hours, every 6 > hours, every 8 hours, every 12 hours – and perhaps for TB regimens – once > weekly, once monthly. There are many more possible. > > I wouldn't try to convert prior prescriptions into codified frequencies; > rather, use unstructured dosing for those (i.e., a single text field instead > of codified values for dose & frequency). > > -Burke > > > On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Wyclif Luyima <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Currently, in the API, we didn't enforce the format for values for the >> drugoOrder.frequency property, therefore there is a high chance to encounter >> values with invalid formats when creating a SmartMedication from a >> DrugOrder, if the existing value was entered in contrast to the OpenMRS >> suggested format which is to take one of the following 3 forms; 1/daily, >> 1/weekly and 1/monthly, then we need to take steps when converting it. Below >> is the proposed way to parse the existing values when converting from >> DrugOrder to SmartMedication; >> >> Create 3 constants to match weekly, daily and monthly and then parse the >> value of the frequency property to check if it ends with any of these and >> set the smartMedication.frequency property accordingly to match the Smart >> spec formats, if not we throw an exception telling the user that an invalid >> frequency was found and that the admin should fix it first. >> >> I will also go ahead to create a ticket for adding this enforcement into >> the orders API, we also need to have this added to the new order entry API. >> >> Wyclif >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> Click here to >> unsubscribe<[email protected]?body=SIGNOFF%20openmrs-devel-l>from >> OpenMRS Developers' mailing list > > > ------------------------------ > Click here to > unsubscribe<[email protected]?body=SIGNOFF%20openmrs-devel-l>from > OpenMRS Developers' mailing list > _________________________________________ To unsubscribe from OpenMRS Developers' mailing list, send an e-mail to [email protected] with "SIGNOFF openmrs-devel-l" in the body (not the subject) of your e-mail. [mailto:[email protected]?body=SIGNOFF%20openmrs-devel-l]
