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

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 12:19:16PM -0700, Jim Busser wrote:

> 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.
That wouldn't make a difference.

> 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)?
That would be one strategy.

It could also be put into the comment or into the "external
ID" field. Or the ID generated by GNUmed could be attached
to the source tiff file name instead.

> 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?
Yes.

> IOW could GNUmed show 
> xyz.pdf as the part thus enabling the auditor or legal adviser to know 
> they will need the xyz.tif?
Sure.

Karsten
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