[Gnumed-devel] Combining GNUmed record "parts" into a container / info package (PDF?)

[Jim Busser]

was Re: [Gnumed-bugs] client 0.6rc4 still can't print medications

>> As a separate question, would CUPS-PDF have any relevance to us? I came 
>> across
>>      https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/+source/cups-pdf/+bug/472468
> 
> AFAIK, its a printer driver for printing files as PDF.

The use case that I have in mind is where it becomes necessary or desired to 
"package" multiple bits of information in order to be able to

- provide the patient with digital information (e.g. on a USB stick before a 
trip) or
- supply a consultant with a selection of information

While the EMR tree and EMR journal each permit text to be selected/ copy / 
pasted, these do not include medications or allergies or access to any of the 
documents from the Document plugin.

I was therefore wondering whether to be able to select and combine various 
components into a PDF might be hugely useful. In the case of output that could 
(otherwise) be printed -- such as presently medications --, I wondered whether 
a print-to-pdf function would be an efficient way

1) to loop, into the Document archive (as PDF) a copy of something that was 
generated in GNUmed and

2) to make possible to encapsulate a selection of parts to be combined into a 
PDF to be provided to a patient or to an external provider