VPMS Web Application

Hi Tim,
Costing on this one ta
Matt C

a) 1 hour
b) 2 hour
c) 1 hour

Is a) something that may be different across species or practices? Should it be customisable?

Hmmm,
I don't think it needs to be different across species.
As for practices, I think you may be right. The fact that the spec says "Days or Weeks" indicates there may be different requirements.
I wonder if being able to set the limits at which it changes from days or weeks per practice would be good?
ie.
<90 express as days
<180 express as weeks

If the user set the first limit at 0 then it would express as weeks from 0 - 180 days and then months, then years and months.

A customisable solution would involve the creation of rules which would be stored as lookups so they can be edited using standard editors.
This lookup would be associated with the practice.
E.g lookup.ageformats contains 1..N lookup.ageformat
Each lookup.ageformat would contain:

• fromAge - the age that this format applies from
• toAge - the age that this format applies to
• boolean showMonths - if true show age in months
• boolean showDays - if true show age in days

A lookup.ageformat of:

• fromAge = 0 DAYS
• toAge = 90 DAYS
• showMonths = false
• showDays = true

States that the format applies if the patient is between 0 and 90 days old inclusive and formats the age as "N days old"

A lookup.ageformat of:

• fromAge = 1 YEAR
• toAge = unset
• showMonths = true
• showDays = false

States that the format applies if the patient is >= 1 year old and formats the age as "N year M months"

Estimate this would take 8 hours.

Do we need to have showWeeks as well?
It would have to be an OR option for showDays tho ie.Cant show both.

Yes - showWeeks would be required. The algorithm to format would look something like:

function formatAge(age: integer)
result = ""
If  showYears and age >= 365 then 
    result = result + (age / 365) + " Years "
    age = age mod 365
end if 
if showMonths and age >= 30 then
   result = result  + (age / 30) + " Months "
   age = age mod 30
end if
if  showWeeks and age >= 7 then
   result = result + (age / 7) + " Weeks "
   age = age mod 7
end if
if showDays and age > 0 then
   result = result + age + " Days "
end if
return result

Thanks Tim. Have listed for fund raising!

Changes applied to:

• archetypes, revision 4230, 4232
• vpms, revision 4231

To configure patient age formatting:

• go to Administration -> Lookups
• create a new Duration Formats
• add one or more formats
• go to Administration -> Organisation
• edit the practice
• select the previously created Duration Formats as the "Patient Age Format"

The duration formats work as follows:

• the interval and units specify the formatting that is applied for a particular duration. E.g 7 days means that the format applies to all durations < 7 days
• the Show Years flag indicates to that the duration should include the years, if any.
• the Show Months flag indicates to that the duration should include the months, if any.
• the Show Weeks flag indicates to that the duration should include the weeks, if any.
• the Show Days flag indicates to that the duration should include the weeks, if any.
• All combinations of the Show flags are supported

E.g given the following:

• 12 Months, Show Months = true, Show Weeks = true
• 13 Months, Show Years = true, Show Months = true

A patient < 12 months old will be displayed as "N Months, N Weeks"
A patient >= 12 months old will be displayed as "M Years, N Months"

If the practice has no patient age format specified, it defaults to the following:

• 7 days, Show Days = true
• 90 Days, Show Weeks = true
• 23 Months, Show Months = true
• 2 Years, Show Years = true

This means:

• a patient < 7 days old will be displayed as "N Days"
• a patient >= 7 days old and < 90 days old will be displayed as "N Weeks"
• a patient >= 90 days old and < 23 months will be displayed as "N Months"
• a patient >= 23 months will be displayed as "N Years"

Part b) Add the age of the animal as of the visit date to the visit description.
has not been implemented

Changes applied to:

• archetypes, revision 4524
• vpms, revision 4523