Re: [Gnumed-devel] Idea for miniproject: travel medicine module

[E Dodd]

On Thursday 23 December 2004 18:56, J Busser wrote:
> Tools to assist travel medicine planning would be useful to
> incorporate, post 0.x (or post 1.0?).
>
> Do we know whether anything already available can be adapted into gnumed?
>
> As far as Liz's concern, maps could help where:
> - the patient (if not the doctor) can "point" (click)
> - once the country is identified (whether via click, or via country
> list... I agree a country list could be useful, maybe countries'
> coordinates could be inventoried and could link to a map location)
> the requirements can depend on where, within the country, a person is
> traveling e.g. city or urban vs rural
>
> Also, in the case of patients going to more than one country, how
> might varying requirements be handled? In some cases the more
> "aggressive" prophylaxis may fully replace what would have been
> required in a lower-risk area. On the other hand, are there
> situations where the requirements are different enough to require two
> regimens to be "combined"? (sorry I don't know this, I do not face
> the task of travel planning, on account of there being specialized
> clinics that manage this in my city). I could always make an
> inquiry...
>

I am au fait with this, as I have the yellow fever vaccination licence for our 
whole district. I'm not quite a travel clinic, and use web resources a lot to 
keep up to date
Liz
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