You've asked this before. And frankly I don't have anything to offer as suggestions to the UI of CPRS.
I would reorganize the cover page to allow documentation of more issues in the past medical history (i.e. prior surgeries, family history etc.), but that's not a UI issue I think. Kevin --- Greg Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Human factors is an area of some interest to me, too > (if nothing else, > by assignment, but I do think it's interesting). > > A larege part of the popularity of VistA seems to be > the appeal of CPRS > (interesting, because as a developer, it strikes me > as really ugly and > even awkward). One thing I have seen zero discussion > of here is user > interface design. Sure, we've talked about platform > issues (Swing vs. > GTK, for example), but very little about the UI > itself. > > What is on your UI wish list? What would you really > like to see change? > > --- "Richard G. DAVIS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My comments come as a trained human engineer and > 'tool maker'. > > > > 1. People called upon to do 'work' do not usually > have an opportunity > > to > > love their work and to love the tools with which > they must work. > > Some of us > > are fortunate enough to have the discretion of > choosing our work and > > the > > implements that we need to do that. Even so, > "hating" an implement > > of work > > does not necessarily reflect the effectiveness, or > efficiency, or > > quality of > > productivity of that tool for its intended > purpose. > > > > 2. The "roll and scroll" software tools are in > certain specific cases > > substantially superior to all other alternatives. > When users of that > > type > > of tool design express 'hatred' for "roll and > scroll" (R&S") it may > > be that > > that design choice was not appropriate for the > task at hand. If a > > system > > chooses to use R&S exclusively, as did DHCP, then > one should expect > > to find > > that R&S is used wrongly in many cases in such a > large system as > > DHCP. The > > presence of these instances does not in any way > serve to discredit > > the basic > > value of R&S interfaces in appropriate instances. > > > > 3. The difficulties of interaction with VistA > (DHCP as well) can be > > frequently traced to design features of these > software tools that > > have > > nothing to do with the basic User Interface that > has been selected. > > However, if one isn't aware of the second order > design features in a > > given > > software tool it is easy to indict the first order > feature--in this > > case the > > R&S technique. Then, as the discussion drifts > onto the first order > > technique, R&S for example, one is carried away > from the important > > cores > > issues. > > > > 4. The ideas of form and function fitting the task > in industrial > > engineering > > apply equally to the design of software tools, > such as "register a > > patient", > > "enter a new prescription", "make an outpatient > clinic appointment", > > or > > "assign a bed". I know DHCP, and VistA in its > turn, were largely > > fashioned > > by programmers who were not formally prepared to > do the industrial > > and human > > engineering involved in their work. Where > VistA/DHCP has excelled, > > those > > programmers filled that gap by application of > their own talents, or > > by > > learning more about that aspect of their work. > There are many > > excellent > > examples of this in Vista/DHCP. > > > > Regards, > > > > Richard. > > > > > > P. S. > > > > It is said that a master craftsman is one who > knows at least 3 ways > > to abuse > > each of the tools used in that craft. As program > design and > > development, > > and computer language use can also be regarded as > a craft, then some > > among > > us have achieved the status of "master". The VA > FileManager as a > > tool set > > comes to mind, with George Timson as the Master > Craftsman. > > Unfortunately, > > many of those who crafted DHCP/VistA were not > aware of the many > > abuses of > > the tools that they committed in that process. > > > > RGD. > > > > > ================================================================== > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Reply-To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > > Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 09:57:38 -0500 > > > To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > > Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] 20th century > (VistaWeb Missing > > Apps) > > > > > > My point of view is that of a total non-MUMPSer. > I know next to > > nothing > > > about M, and less than nothing about FileMan. I > know a lot about > > the RPC > > > interface since that's my schtick. I know most > users hate the roll > > and > > > scroll. I know it ain't easy interacting with > VistA. If VistA > > didn't have > > > these faults I would probably be as happy as a > clam with it. > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy > Games. How far can you > > shotput > > a projector? 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