Jonah, I will take a look at the module! Do you have any documentation? When I try the link on the ampath wiki listed in the module repository, I can't connect.
Thanks! Andy -------------------- Andrew S. Kanter, MD MPH - Director of Health Information Systems/Medical Informatics Millennium Villages Project, Earth Institute, Columbia University - Asst. Prof. of Clinical Biomedical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology Columbia University Email: [email protected] Mobile: +1 (646) 469-2421 Office: +1 (212) 305-4842 Skype: akanter-ippnw Yahoo: andy_kanter >________________________________ >From: Jonah S. Mwogi <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Friday, August 5, 2011 4:49 PM >Subject: Re: [OPENMRS-IMPLEMENTERS] Household information in OpenMRS > > >We now have Household Module module in OpenMRS svn repository done by >developers from AMPATH Eldoret Kenya. It does go a long way to allow >monitoring Changes of Household patterns and solves the nightmare most people >have with Household level data. It requires active review though to provide us >with more information to improve it. We are currently using to collect CHW >information and Nutrition module utilizes it. > >Thanks, > > >On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Dave Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > >Hi. For the peru study interface that I build, each household was given the >same ID as the index tuberculosis case that was used to enroll the rest of the >household in the study. >> >> >>So, if you substitute head of household with index case, your model is the >>same model essentially, and this piece of the study has stood up pretty well >>through thousands of enrollments. >> >> >>The alternative, I think, would be to write a 'household' module, with a >>household table, and probably a person--> household join table. And a little >>API to manage this. >> >> >>d >> >> >> >>On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 4:23 PM, Andrew Kanter <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>I wonder if someone could give me the latest status on capturing household >>metadata within openMRS. We currently are associating this information with >>the head of household's personal record. It seems better to have a >>relationship where the household exists and has data associated with it, and >>then has people associated with the household. >>> >>> >>>I know that AMPATH and Nigeria in particular are working on HH data >>>collection and MVP would probably also want to do this. We are creating >>>appropriate concepts for these elements in the concept dictionary, however. >>> >>> >>>Andy >>> >>>-------------------- >>>Andrew S. Kanter, MD MPH >>> >>> >>>- Director of Health Information Systems/Medical Informatics >>>Millennium Villages Project, Earth Institute, Columbia University >>>- Asst. Prof. of Clinical Biomedical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology >>>Columbia University >>> >>> >>>Email: [email protected] >>>Mobile: +1 (646) 469-2421 >>>Office: +1 (212) 305-4842 >>>Skype: akanter-ippnw >>>Yahoo: andy_kanter >>>________________________________ >>> Click here to unsubscribe from OpenMRS Implementers' mailing list >> >> >>________________________________ >> Click here to unsubscribe from OpenMRS Implementers' mailing list > > >-- >Jonah S. Mwogi >System Engineer >Ampath Centre - Eldoret Kenya > >>________________________________ > Click here to unsubscribe from OpenMRS Implementers' mailing list > > _________________________________________ To unsubscribe from OpenMRS Implementers' mailing list, send an e-mail to [email protected] with "SIGNOFF openmrs-implement-l" in the body (not the subject) of your e-mail. [mailto:[email protected]?body=SIGNOFF%20openmrs-implement-l]
