On Mon, 7 Dec 1998 18:30:08 -0000
[log in to unmask] (Adrian Midgley) wrote:
>, can the panel think of any smiley-like
> symbol strings that could usefully be incorporated into typed notes
> to indicate for instance pain in the left iliac fossa, a tender GB
> or a plumb normal abdo?
>
> <> NAD perhaps for the latter.
Great idea. I suppose acronyms will still be the mainstay of shorthand
like NAD, GOK and TTFO..sorry, not that last one. If you look at the
multiplicity of initials on the ether,IMNSVHO ;-) it makes doctors seem
paragons of flowing language. The main benefit of emoticons will be to
convey ideas that plain text does not. How about... (I hope this formats
correctly when sent)...
~||~
|___| .......Pt. thinks dr. is wonderful
|_|_| .......... Pain in right buttock
^
|_\_| ...........Pain in right testicle
^ \
|_/_| ...........Pain in left testicle
/ ^
However, main drawback to the typed record is not being able to show
Smith's sign (David Smith, Rushden, my trainer). This comprises a doodle
in the column 'left blank for doctors to enter A V or C at their
discretion'....this means The Doctor Is BORED,BORED, BORED!
Cheerio,
Graham
'Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at
which one can die.'
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