Jim, BTW, feel free to add those considerations to a consolidated scheduling page in the Wiki. Just make sure it's (also) reachable from the MiniProjects page as that is what I gave the KDE people to look into.
Thanks, Karsten On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 08:45:58AM -0800, Jim Busser wrote: > Subject: Re: [Gnumed-devel] Re: GNUmed + KOrganizer (appointments and > scheduling) > X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) > > On Mar 8, 2007, at 7:28 AM, Karsten Hilbert wrote: > >Ich habe mal niedergeschrieben, was unsere Anforderungen wären: > > http://wiki.gnumed.de/bin/view/Gnumed/MiniProjects#AnchorKOrganizer > > Sorry if I missed any description of the plan or idea for this. > > Perhaps KOrganizer is a useful way to get appointment-management > going for GNUmed, I do not know the program or its technology well > enough. But maybe there is value considering or sharing thoughts on > the following: > > 1. does coding to KOrganizer tie Linux users to KDE or can KOrganizer > be used under other desktops without the user having to run all of > KDE? Would KOrganizer be installed and running on each desktop or > only on the server, and would the KOrganizer data set be shared from > a single file on the server? Is there a problem if a user somehow > creates additional appointments with the data stored somehow on their > own desktop? > > 2. what would it mean for a non-Linux OS? For Mac OS, KOrganizer > looks to be ported (Mac OS 10.3 PowerPC chip but not yet 10.4 Intel > chip). For Windows I found http://dot.kde.org/1062148358/ but > following a link to www.thekompany.com it looks like the Aethera > suite for Windows (now) instead uses Kolab. > > 3. even if KOrg runs under multiple OS, how shall doctors manage 2 > electronic calendars (a patient calendar and a personal calendar) > especially if it is possible that both types of appointments could > appear in the same calendar application. This may not be anything new > for doctors who already use some non-GNUmed electronic patient > calendaring but there can be more than one approach and maybe it is > worth discussing any best solutions? > > I am not sure I would want personal appointments to show up in the > same calendar being used by the office without sophisticated masking, > though maybe KOrganizer already does that. I am used to carrying some > schedule information in my Palm (PIM) but am less sure carrying any > details of booked patients. I suppose for personal (non-patient) > scheduling, a doctor could use Outlook or Apple iCal synced to their > PIM and only mark (block) the days and hours that are reserved for > patient appointments, leaving out any detail of those appointments, > this would instead be managed inside KOrganizer. It is true the > doctor could log into GNUmed remotely when they want to check on > their *usual* bookings, but a problem arises when the office needs to > special-book a patient outside of the doctor's usual block times... > but maybe that would anyway require a special contact with the doctor > to get their agreement for a special appointment and they would add > this into their PDA as "clinic" or "surgery" without the patient > details. > > _______________________________________________ > Gnumed-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnumed-devel -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ wwwkeys.pgp.net E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346 _______________________________________________ Gnumed-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnumed-devel
