I think this might be worth discussion on a dev or implementers call :) Andrew S. Kanter, MD MPH [email protected] +1.646.469.2421 Sent from my iPhone 4G
On Aug 18, 2011, at 12:09 PM, "Jonah S. Mwogi" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Evelyn, > > Sorry for the late response to this chat. I extremely happy to hear you are > trying out Household Module. Since i began the module we haven't released it > for production use since we have been learning and testing various aspects > e.g. obs, encounters .... The module now is better. I have made changes which > i expect to be out come Tuesday next week. > > The module comes with a sample household data collection(CHW) page which is > meant to give people a preview on how to save and retrieve Household level > data. I hope you will be of great help in improving the module. I will be > more than happy to respond to your questions after the first release. > > I will update the wiki for better interaction with the module on Wednesday > next week. I am also looking forward to getting more developers working on > the module as soon as i commit the code. > > Cheers, > > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Evelyn Castle <[email protected]> > wrote: > Also, I'm not sure what other features are going to be added into the module, > but being able to put a patient into a household during registration would be > very helpful :) > > > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Evelyn Castle <[email protected]> > wrote: > Hi Jeremy, > > I have been playing around with the module a bit and my main question is "How > to add encounters, observations, and household attributes"? Do you have to > put it into a form? Should it just appear in the "Household tab"? > > Thanks > Evelyn > > > On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 9:09 PM, Evelyn Castle <[email protected]> > wrote: > Hi Jeremy, > > The module seems pretty simple so really just a quick "how-to" guide would be > helpful. > > Also, if I can get some advice.... We are implementing this system in 1 > village to be used to monitor maternal and newborn care. For the entire > village, I have a list of all the households, their codes, and the women who > belong to them. For the total number of women in the village, about half of > them will at some point be entered into the system (either for ANC or child > health). However, at no point will the male household heads be entered into > the OMRS system. So, I can either enter enroll the men as patients (just > registration), and then assign them as the house head, or I can assign one of > the wives as the household head (I don't know which woman in the house is the > sr. wife, so I would have to arbitrarily assign it to one of the women). > > Can anyone give a reason why I one of these options would be better than the > other? Obviously it would take less time for me to just assign a woman as > house head, but they are more likely to "leave" a house vs. the male. Any > suggestions would be appreciated. > > Thanks > Evelyn > > > On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Jeremy Keiper <[email protected]> wrote: > Evelyn, that's great! I will ask the AMPATH developers to give more detailed > information on the wiki. Is there anything you specifically need to know > that they can address first? > > Jeremy Keiper > OpenMRS Core Developer > AMPATH / IU-Kenya Support > > > On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 7:30 AM, Evelyn Castle <[email protected]> > wrote: > Hi All, > > Can someone please upload some documentation to the Household Module wiki > page? We are going to use this in one of our installs. I have it up and > running fine on 1.8.2 but I would prefer to read a bit more about the set up > before I get going on it. > > Thanks in advance, > 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 from OpenMRS Implementers' mailing list > > Click here to unsubscribe from OpenMRS Implementers' mailing list > > > > -- > Evelyn Castle > Co-Director, eHealth Nigeria > +1 415 545 8289 (US) > website: http://www.eHealthNigeria.org > blog: http://www.evelyncastle.com > skype: evelynlcastle > > > > -- > Evelyn Castle > Co-Director, eHealth Nigeria > +1 415 545 8289 (US) > website: http://www.eHealthNigeria.org > blog: http://www.evelyncastle.com > skype: evelynlcastle > > > > -- > 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 from OpenMRS Implementers' mailing list > > > > -- > Jonah S. Mwogi > System Engineer > Ampath Centre - Eldoret Kenya > > Click here to unsubscribe from OpenMRS Implementers' mailing list _________________________________________ 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]
