Personal Notes

are available in each of the three modules:

• Infectious Diseases: contains two personal note options
  • In the first option (in the main window), you can add information regarding a specific patient whose signs and symptoms you have already entered. Such information might include the patient’s name, telephone number, ongoing medications, prior illnesses, and insurance and billing data, etc.
  • In the second option (in the Diagnosis information window), you can include information on a disease, local or hospital experience with a specific disease, incidence, important telephone numbers, details regarding prior cases of the disease, and printed or electronic articles. When a note is entered in this option, it will also appear automatically for that disease in the Toxicology module.
• Toxicology: allows for storing of any further data regarding specific drugs and vaccines, for example pricing, ongoing studies, and pharmacy contact numbers.  Custom data might include local or hospital experience with a specific disease, such as incidence, important telephone numbers, details regarding prior cases of the disease, and printed or electronic articles, etc.
• Microbiology: contains two personal note options:
  • The first (in the main window) allows for recording of additional information regarding an isolate that you wish to save in the module.
  • The second (in the Microbiology information window) is for insertion of additional information, for example a specific taxon (Bacteria, Yeast, Mycobacteria), local experience, details regarding submission of specimens, and important contact personnel.

Notes:

• Text can be copied into the custom notes from any site in your computer, such as a word processor, the internet, computerized indices, e-mails, or hospital charts.  The desired data can be copied using the “Edit” options of the external program (or by selecting, and pressing Ctrl-C). Next, open GIDEON, access the relevant custom note screen, and select the Paste option from the Edit main menu.
• You can also save your notes using the button next to the Notes box.
• In the Institutional version, this option is editable only by the administrator.