On Wednesday 20 September 2006 11:45, Dr Hugh Nelson wrote: > What about "dot" commands, a la Wordstar. > .bp > ( up comes a data entry box) > I like the idea of free text and hot keys also. > It actually takes very little time to learn to touch type, once a GP > decides hem is going to do it and hem sits down with Mavis Beacon for 15 > minutes every day.
what I do and prefer is "tab completion" When the tab key is pressed, the software checks for the last space preceding the cursor. The expression behind the space is the search expression, the last word before the space is the command. If a comand is found in a command list, the serach expression is expanded according to the settings for that command - every subseqent tab at the same position just cycles through all possible completions. Example: when I type "rx amox<tab>" it converts it into "Prescribed: Amoxycillin tablets 500mg x 20 no repeats - take one tablet three times daily". If I hit tab again, it presents similar info with the 250mg etc. If I hit enter, several things happen instantly: 1.) the autocompleted text gets accepted in the progress notes 2.) the prescribed medication is added to the printout queue for scripts 3.) the medication records are updated with that information If I type "dx om<tab>" in my progress notes, it will expand to "Diagnosis" Otitis media", and a dialog for coding pops up *if* that expression hasn't already been accepted as "routine code" before (= per expression the coding box will only ever pop up once per user) and so forth. That workflow suits me well, but others don't like it. Horses for courses - I am just so used to tab autocompletion. Horst _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
