[log in to unmask],Net wrote at 15:28 on 09/11/98 
about "Re: Record Storage":
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>We don't have networked PCs but our typists are saving copies of all
>the letters they type in anticipation of these being accessible as
>part of a pt's computer record in future. One problem we've found is
>that Windows 3.11 falls over if you try to put too many files in a
>single directory. I have to split them up with about 1000 files in
>each. Windows95 seems to cope better. Has anyone else met this
>problem?

Only in the file manager, which does a go slow if it finds a very 
populated directory and is asked to show *.*

Mind you that is working to a Netware partition so the file storage 
is efficient.

If you are going to divide files into directories then I suggest you 
create one directory per patient, and use a semi-automated way of 
opening that.  You could for instance use a web browser to display 
the contents, and then each file in the pateint's folder.

As it gets a larger collection, you might automate the indexing of 
the files, producing a single page of pointers for each patient and 
perhaps showing the first unpredictable line of content of each file 
as a brief indication of its contents.
Some of these files might contain scanned in images as pdf s or 
whatever of previously paper notes.

What naming scheme do you use at present for your patient letter 
files?  (eg mine is 1000.#nn for th nnth letter about apteint 1000)


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