On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 05:22:12 +0000, Mary Anderson
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>this means that on computers up and down the country, next to the words tabs thyroxine 100 mcg daily 50 000 GPs in UK will be typing in *as thyroid replacement therapy* or some other words; or next to aspirin 75mg daily the said GPs will be typing in - what I wonder?
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>There is a good case for some simple defaults in the computer drug file picking lists.
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>What would it take to achieve this?
Vision has several features that might be useful here:
1. You can change the default dosage instructions for each drug in the
dictionary, which can be customised for different age groups.
2. You can write system-wide shortcut codes that manually add
boilerplate text to the dosage of any drug as you prescribe it. This
would be useful where the indication may vary and you want to add a
chunk of text as you prescribe.
3. You can also set a default message to print on the right hand side
of the paper for any particular drug in the dictionary.
All of this would help make sure the patient knew why they were taking
the drug. Unfortunately it's all plain text - no Read codes - and not
searchable, so difficult to audit.
What Vision can't do is link a Read coded diagnosis to a prescription,
a trick which I've heard EMIS can do.
David
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Dr David G Evans
Cardiff
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