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[Prosper BT <ptb3000@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Sumudu,

In this case you may choose to create more than one data element to cater
for the different medications like

Medicine 1
Medicine 2
Medicine 3
Medicine 4...


Regards

On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 4:31 PM, sumudu weerasinghe <sumuduw00@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi Knut,
>
> How you are manage 'oral medicine', 'findings' (13 and 14) in your  data
> sheet ?
> In one event one patient may have 2 , 3 or more medicine , Are we able do
> this in DHIS2 ?
>
> Regards,
> Sumudu Weerasinghe
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 4:51 PM, Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> yes for it to be valuable then disease and treatment must be coded (based
>> on option sets).
>>
>> A major benefit of using events is that the age group aggregates could be
>> produced ad-hoc using program indicators. So this will remove the need for
>> pre-defined age groups. As we know these are hard to agree on, never
>> consistent between countries and donors and always change over time, making
>> them painful to manage.
>>
>>
>> Lars
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 10:37 AM, Kamugunga Adolphe <kaadol@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Knut,
>>> The program without registration could fit in case they simply want to
>>> record cases/services provided on daily basis.  Name should be dropped for
>>> ethical issues and rely only on the Reg. But if database could support
>>>  data quality audit exercises, serial number could help to locate patients
>>> files, and selection boxes should the best to minimize typing/spelling
>>> errors
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> *Adolphe Kamugunga*
>>> *MIS Technical Advisor*
>>> *Knowledge Management, Data Use and Research*
>>> Rwanda Health System Strengthening Activity
>>> Management Sciences for Health
>>> Rwanda-Kigali
>>> Mobile: +250 788 740 578
>>> Email:kaadol@xxxxxxxxx
>>> Skype: ka.adolphe
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>>>
>>>
>>> On 22 November 2015 at 06:34, Prosper BT <ptb3000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Knut,
>>>>
>>>> If the purpose of data collection is for reporting through counts of
>>>> number visiting and services in a given period and no interest in
>>>> longitudinal follow up then they can go without registration.
>>>>
>>>> And as you suggest for non numeric data elements (findings,
>>>> medicine....) need option sets, to build program indicators to be used on
>>>> dashboard.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 3:27 AM, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> Please see the attached "line listing" case registry form for
>>>>> outpatients at frontline clinics. Typically, this is the layout of big
>>>>> registry books located at rural health centres and sub-centres. I suppose
>>>>> the date and serial number would not be needed when moving from paper to
>>>>> tablets.
>>>>>
>>>>> My intuitive sense is that this should be implemented as a program
>>>>> without registration, and just one single stage. Most of the fields should
>>>>> be free text or option sets (in the case of Yes/No that is a data type).
>>>>>
>>>>> Then it will be important to generate aggregate data based on this,
>>>>> which I assume means we do need drop down lists/option sets for all
>>>>> diseases and treatments.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just wanted to see if people had different ideas and suggestions, as
>>>>> this is becoming a pretty typical use case for Tracker.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Knut Staring
>>>>> Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo
>>>>> Norway: +4791880522
>>>>> Skype: knutstar
>>>>> http://dhis2.org
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> Prosper Behumbiize, MPH
>>>> Global HISP| University Of Oslo/HISP Uganda
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Prosper Behumbiize, MPH
Global HISP| University Of Oslo/HISP Uganda
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