PIP (Patient Information Program) v1.01
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PatientWare - the NHS variation of Freeware.

PIP v1.01 is a patient information program designed to temporarily store patient information while oncall. It is designed for GPs, but could be used for ward work.

PIP incorporates Boxy v1.0 which manages a database on the drugs in your box/bag, adding them to a patients record & telling you which drugs to restock on.

Updates to v1.0
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Patient records
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Pip now records 
1. TR patients.
2. The patients GP (handy if you cover several practices on call).
3. Automatically calculates the patients age.
4. The type of visit ie. Seen at Surgery, Visit, Telephone, 3rd party or other. Night visits are automatically calculated.

Medicine database
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You can quickly access a medicine database.

Values
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Look up standard haematology & biochemistry values.
Calculate an EDD from the patients LMP without the use of a wheel.

Printing
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The printing now works!

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Installation:
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Once unzipped you should have 7 files:
Pip.app
Pip.aif
Pip2.mbm
Pip.hlp
Tele.hlp
Medic.hlp
ReadMe.txt

To install Pip, place the 6 Psion files in \System\Apps\Pip & away you go.
NB Don't include this ReadMe.txt file.


Usage:
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Pip includes features too:

1. Add, delete & change patients details in the current database file.
2. Direct access to a personalisable telephone database so you don't have to search for the database each time you need it.
3. Access to a medical database for the GP Registrar on call.
4. Value screens for looking up common haematology & biochemistry values.
5. Work out the EDD from the LMP without the use of a wheel.
6. Printing of the patients details & clinical data for input into the local surgery computer.
7. Monitor the drugs in your bag, so you know if you are getting low...

Among other features....

Planned enhancements :
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I hope to add centiles, PEFR etc in later versions.

Also, next will come screens to manage data needed for GP Registrar logbooks, such as recording minor surgery done, tutorials & admissions/referrals.

Copyright :
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This program has been written by Jason J. Penfold.
It may be distributed freely as long as it is not altered or sold.

This program is a PatientWare, all I ask is that you smile next time you use it oncall.
It is so easy to forget how much it can mean to a patient, especially at 3am in the morning.

Jason J. Penfold
Email : jasonjpenfold@lineone.net
Latest version at http://www.website.lineone.net/~jasonjpenfold/