On Sat, Mar 12, 2005 at 09:28:37AM +0000, Thomas Beale wrote: > >I do not completely understand why you need to be able to > >*process* initials ? > You definitely do. If your name is "F. Murray Abraham" (to use the name > of the actor who played Salieri in "Amadeus") and that's what you > present yourself as, then the EHR system had better not mess it up. It > probably should record what the "F." stands for, but still needs to > remember that it is always used in the initial form with both the > patient, the health service and payers. I understand that.
Let me rephrase my question: I do not completely understand why you need to be able to *process* first name initials any different from fully spelt out first names ? Karsten -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ wwwkeys.pgp.net E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346 - If you have any questions about using this list, please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org
