> Von: Richard Terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > NSW Health supplies us with a chart labelled NSW Immunization Schedule. I see. We have that too, but it lists vaccination recommendations per indication and simply says that we *can* combine shots if desirable.
> One problem is that what we call schedule (ie pre-defined vaccine > combination at set months), is different from a recommended schedule > for say Hepatitis B, as the latter can vary heaps, and according to > when the patient turns up, or according to say, how soon they are > leaving for a trip etc. Now we are getting somewhere to eventually solve this quagmire. This sounds like we both agree on the fact that there are a) purely medically defined schedules which depend on vaccine suitability for a given age, minimum interval between vaccinations to ensure proper buildup of immunity and such b) medico-socially recommended schedules as defined by some vaccination authority/council etc which in turn will depend on suitable vaccine combinations, subsidies, locale-related incidence, patient ethnicity/age and such What I have modelled in GNUmed so far is a). A frontend *could* support a) only and still usefully allow vaccination data capture. However, it would not *maximally* support the clinician which is what Richard, of course, and rightfully so, desires. Such would need to be stored in b). So, let's add a means to the GNUmed schema to aggregate a)-definitions into b)-schedules for convenience. Therefor, back again to the vocabulary issue: Would vaccination *regime* be a proper term for a) in analogy to drug regime ? Or would vaccination "course" better convey the more medico-technical meaning of a) over b) ? Of course, it'll all be explained in the table/column comments but anyhow the name should if possible be a good one. Respectively, I would use vaccination *schedule* for b). Or should it rather be vaccination recommendation ? Or even vaccination_schedule_medical and vaccination_schedule_recommended ? Please advise, Karsten -- 10 GB Mailbox, 100 FreeSMS/Monat http://www.gmx.net/de/go/topmail +++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More +++ _______________________________________________ Gnumed-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnumed-devel
