Evelyn, from my "old" MUMPS dictionary days in OCIS, are not the concept dugs [Stavudine/Lamivudine/Nevirapine] the "concept" but the doses (?data) make them different?
For example if you take a drug "concept" Penicillin and have dose differences e.g. 250mg/500mg/1Gm how do you handle these? I feel I may be out of my league here but your words bring back memories from the 1990s of building dictionaries. If this is useless commentaries just use DEL. Terry ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Evelyn Castle Sent: Tuesday, 9 August 2011 9:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [OPENMRS-IMPLEMENTERS] Opinion on Best way to manage Fixed Dose Combo HIV drugs Hi all, I am trying to determine the best way to have fixed dose combination drugs in our OMRS system. Here is what I am doing now... is this what most people are doing or is there a better way? 1. When entering them as a "concept drug", I have to enter all the drug names together (ex: Stavudine/Lamivudine/Nevirapine). And, sense I want to be able to distinguish between the different dose combinations, I would need to add the dose into the "name" as well. So I would have 2 different concept drugs: 1. Stavudine/Lamivudine/Nevirapine (12/60/100mg) 2. Stavudine/Lamivudine/Nevirapine (6/30/50mg) Since the dose in "dose strength" can't have "/" in it, there is no way to put the min and max dose strength in the concept drug and then have the provider type in the dose strength in the form. So, I would just put "1 pill" as the dose strength. Technically, these are different "fixed dose combination drugs" so creating them as different concept drugs works right? They would both have the same overall "concept" which is Stavudine/Lamivudine/Nevirapine. If I move forward like this, for reporting, can I report on the number of people who received the "concept drug" [Stavudine/Lamivudine/Nevirapine (12/60/100mg)] vs. the concept [Stavudine/Lamivudine/Nevirapine]? Any opinions/advice are more than welcome! Thanks Evelyn -- Evelyn Castle Co-Director, eHealth Nigeria +1 415 545 8289 (US) website: http://www.eHealthNigeria.org blog: http://www.evelyncastle.com skype: evelynlcastle ________________________________ Click here to unsubscribe <mailto:[email protected]?body=SIGNOFF%20openmrs-implement-l> from OpenMRS Implementers' mailing list Want to Get Healthy? The Tasmania Government's Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service provides free information and coaching support to Tasmanian adults who would like to learn healthier eating habits, be more active or achieve and maintain a healthy weight. Call 1300 806 258 between 8am and 8pm, Monday to Friday or visit www.gethealthy.tas.gov.au for more information. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER The information in this transmission may be confidential and/or protected by legal professional privilege, and is intended only for the person or persons to whom it is addressed. If you are not such a person, you are warned that any disclosure, copying or dissemination of the information is unauthorised. If you have received the transmission in error, please immediately contact this office by telephone, fax or email, to inform us of the error and to enable arrangements to be made for the destruction of the transmission, or its return at our cost. No liability is accepted for any unauthorised use of the information contained in this transmission. If the transmission contains advice, the advice is based on instructions in relation to, and is provided to the addressee in connection with, the matter mentioned above. Responsibility is not accepted for reliance upon it by any other person or for any other purpose. _________________________________________ To unsubscribe from OpenMRS Implementers' mailing list, send an e-mail to [email protected] with "SIGNOFF openmrs-implement-l" in the body (not the subject) of your e-mail. [mailto:[email protected]?body=SIGNOFF%20openmrs-implement-l]
