The patient may well be the primary focus of the data record but the physician and their needs is the primary focus of the "information system" jon -- Jon Patrick Chair of Language Technology Australian R&D Centre for Health Informatics School of Information Technologies University of Sydney
Quoting Richard Hosking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > We are treating the patient as the primary focus for the record, which > is logical most of the time. Maybe we should look at other ways > ?condition > > R > > Tim Churches wrote: > > >Jon David Patrick wrote: > > > > > >>My motivation for using EMF is to bring into the foreground the range > of > >>issues that "electronic" introduces to its management and > manipulation. > >>Following this line of argument and Tim's point about images the F > should > >>stand for Folder, so EMF is Electronic Medical Folder. > >> > >> > > > >But a folder is a bit of bent cardboard... and X-rays are kept in > envelopes. > > > >I remain unconvinced that there is anything wrong with the term > "medical > >record" or "health record", electronic or otherwise. > > > > > > > >>I can understand Richard's frustration with archetypes and their slow > >>arrival but I don't think that is the result of trying to get at the > >>fundamental aspects of the "system" to be modelled but rather it is an > >>attempt to model a very large volume of detail, so that they are > caught in > >>the trees without seeing the forest. > >> > >> > > > >They seem to be developing a system for precisely and formally > >describing the cellular structure of the veins on the back of the > leaves > >on the trees in the forest. It is a lengthy process... > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gpcg_talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
