Patient... 1

Patient Files. 1

Directory Lock. 1

Patient Information. 1

Patient Number 1

Patient Address. 2

Patient Phone Number 2

Physician. 2

Diagnosis. 2

Notes. 2

Print 2

Patient

Patient Files

All the patients are stored under a directory. The patient directory is specified in the file PatientDirectory.loc in the program resource directory. Each patient is a directory in the patient directory, with the patient’s directory name made out of the patient’s name. Changing the patient’s name will change the directory entry for the patient.

Directory Lock

When the program accesses a patient directory, a lock is placed on that directory which prevents the program running in a different window or on a different system from accessing the same patient. The lock is accomplished by simply creating a file call rlLockFile in the patient’s directory. When the program terminates normally, the lock file is removed. Should there be an abnormal termination of the program, you will have to remove the lock file from the directory before the program can access that directory again. The lock file records the user, process ID, and date and time the directory is locked.

Patient Information

Information specific to the patient may be stored under the Patient pull down on the main tool bar under Edit. Edit will push the patient information tool bar onto the tool bar stack. All of the information forms described below include a note area.

The Edit Patient Toolbar

Patient Number

The patient’s social security number, department number, and hospital number may be stored under the Number push button. For security reasons, only the department number and hospital number will be shown on the header of printouts produced by the program. If the numbers are not entered, than they won’t appear on printouts.

Patient Address

Under the Address button can be stored the patient’s address.

Patient Phone Number

Under the Telephone button can be stored the patient’s home, work, and hospital phone numbers.

Physician

Under the physician button is a note area were the patient’s physicians can be listed.

Diagnosis

A note area exist for recording diagnosis information.

Notes

A general note area exist.

Print

Under the print button the above patient information is sent to the printer. The printer must be a Post Script printer.