[many very good points deleted for brevity] > > Envision being able to scan a medical record for all partial dates. > > Retrieve those dates along with some context of the CONTRIBUTION. A > > computer could do very little with that information in most cases. > > But a human mind (physician) could probably see > > relationships/patterns very quickly.
> Perhaps. Or it could be a mess of obscurantist screen > junk. But if the mess was organised as the text of a story told by one human > being to another at a particular time it might be OK. Exactly. The implementation of that vision is indeed very tricky. My point is that the "model" must accommodate it before any attempt at implementation. > the other point of course that is very important for usability is the need for the > record to present less and less precision as the years recede: Really? I had not considered this. Is it really distracting to 'see' a full date? Does the brain not transform that during the process? Is this 'really important' or is it a 'really cool' technology problem to conquer? --- Tim Cook - If you have any questions about using this list, please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org
