Re: [Gnumed-devel] splitting / rearranging multi-page PDFs

[Jim Busser]

On 20-Apr-09, at 1:42 AM, Sebastian Hilbert wrote:

> 1.) Receive fax transmission and have it convert to pdf. Hylafax  
> can do this
> or one could use tiff2pdf.

The TIFF likely needs to be archived. That is because we can be sure  
that in some jurisdictions (including my own) there are standards for  
imaging and archiving which require that the image be preserved in a  
suitable form. The TIFF file is a non-lossy capture of the  
originating fax's image data and I expect has to be preserved for  
admissibility into evidence. A secondary format (PDF) could be called  
into question as to the standard of faithfulness.

The TIFF would not have to be imported into GNUmed... a derived PDF  
could be imported instead.

But how could one most easily later figure out, from a GNUmed patient  
record, the source TIFF?

Would it be recommended that whatever would be the name of the source  
TIFF (xyz.tif) be re-used in the PDF name (xyz.pdf)?

If James T Kirk's record were later examined and a document of  
interest were examined as to its parts, would GNUmed have recorded  
into its back end the file name of the source of each part? IOW could  
GNUmed show xyz.pdf as the part thus enabling the auditor or legal  
adviser to know they will need the xyz.tif?