On Wednesday 28 July 2004 06:59 am, Iain wrote: > > couldnt you do something like, let them write the 'long flaky text', and > > at > > > the same time mark a certain number of key words or key phrases which > > could > > > be stored and retrieved? > > I was thinking along similar lines. On one hand, you need the "long flaky > text" (love that expression), on the other, you want to ensure that you can > locate appropriate data, and that the required details are available. By > available, I mean that it was entered in the first place, and that it is > retrievable. I imagine a system whereby you define keywords and attributes > for them (attributes would be an episode date, or dosage, etc). The memo, > is checked for keywords and the doctor prompted to supply the attributes > for them. If your parsing was smart, and the memo formated a little, you > could conceivably pull a lot of this out of the memo as defaults. The > processing could also be done retrospectively by an intern or researcher, > but I imagine it would be best to have the doctor do it at the time.
simpler, as a first stage and easily implemented, give him some way he can tag words and phrases he feels important. save these in a table along with a foreign key identifying the source. as a second stage keep analysing the words and phrases chosen and empirically build up a database of significant words and phrases relevant to that specific installation (or doctor), and as a third stage, highlight these as he types in the data -- regards kg http://www.onlineindianhotels.net - hotel bookings reservations in over 4600 hotels in India http://www.ootygolfclub.org ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
