Gerard Freriks wrote: <snip> > Irrespective of a regular drug, herbal tea, > food additive, smog, self medicated, prescribed, > or taken by an involuntary action one always want > to record the same things. Isn't it?
My sentiments, precisely. > So why not a generic Archetypes: "Observation: Substance Use" Because, IMHO, the information would be more appropriately recorded under "Medications". The other "Observation" archetypes are much different than the "Substance Use" archetype. I can see where it would be appropriate to include info on 'substances' in that section when, for example, a urine test for the presence / absence of that substance needs to be recorded. But in lieu of test results, it seems to me that 1) the info Sam's included in the archetype isn't the same type of info as that included in the other Observation archetypes, and 2) adding this info to the EHR using the Medications archetypes would be both natural and a simple matter. Just my $0.02. Best regards, Bill
