GNU Health/Configuration

Contents

1 The Configuration Section in GNU Health

2 Diseases

3 Genetics

4 Imaging

5 Procedures

6 Laboratory

7 Institutions

8 Health Professionals

9 Medicaments

10 Immunization Schedule
11 Misc

11.1 Occupations

11.2 Ethnicities

11.3 Medical Specialities

11.4 Recreational Drugs

11.5 Pediatrics Growth Charts WHO

11.6 Insurances

The Configuration Section in GNU Health

In most databases – and GNU Health is no different here – there are two categories of
data: Some data is created and updated permanently, while other data, once entered
into the system, remains quite static. For example, during a working day in a hospital
many new patients, evaluations, prescriptions and hospitalizations are stored in GNU
Health. On the other hand, the staff of health professionals, the medicaments available
in the pharmacy, the medical procedures provided or the hospital infrastructure
(buildings, beds, operating rooms) will not change very much during a day, a week or
even a month.

The second type of data is grouped in the Health → Configuration section, and this
chapter provides an overview for this section. Since most configuration options are
easier to understand in their context, you won't find too many details here but links to
other chapters of this book where data from the Configuration section will be used.

Notes:

The subsections available under the Health → Configuration section will vary
depending on the modules installed in your sytem. This chapter describes the
configuration options whith all GNU Health modules installed.
There are configuration options on a more technical level too, relevant only to
system administrators. These are not covered in this chapters since they are not
part of the Health → Configuration section.

Diseases

Genetics

Imaging

Procedures

Laboratory
In the Laboratory subsection you define the Lab Test Types, i.e. all tests a laboratory can
provide, including all parameters to be analyzed during that test. You can also configure
the Lab Test Units used in the laboratory.

Institutions
In the Institutions subsection you define the organisational structure and physical assets
of your health institution. This includes the following data:

Buildings
Units
Wards
 Beds
Operation Rooms

Health Professionals
In the Health Professionals subsection you manage the staff of a health institution. A
Health Professionals record contains mainly the professional qualifications, while the
personal information (like name, date of birth, home address and so on) is stored in the
associated Party record. The following fields are available in a Health Professionals
record:

Health Professional: Link to a Party record. You can either select an existing record
or create a new one. (Please note that only party records with the Health
Professional flag can be found when searching. So if you can't find a party that
exists already in your system, please check this flag before unintentionally
creating a duplicate record.)
Licence ID
Specialities: One or more Health Professional Specialites that health professional
has experience in. You can select from the list of existing specialities (which will be
the standard procedure) or create a new one if necessary.
Extra Info
Institution: Link to a Health Institution record.
Main Specialty: Link to one of the entries in the Specialties list of this health
professional (see above). Please note that you must save the Health Professionals
record first for being able to edit this field.
PUID: Identifier from the Party record. Filled in automatically.

Note: In GNU Health, one health professional can only work for one health institution at
a time. If you try to create a second Health Professionals record linking to the same
Party record, you will get an error message.

Medicaments

Immunization Schedule

Misc
Occupations

Ethnicities

Medical Specialities

Recreational Drugs
Pediatrics Growth Charts WHO

Insurances

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