Managing data in a medical office with GECAMed

Backup

Clicking Administrator | Global Settings takes you to a dialog where you can configure, schedule, and launch a backup. The developers preset the path for backups to /gecamed/gecamed_backup . The DB_BACKUP_DIR=new_path property in the JBoss configuration <Gecamed installation path>\Jboss-4.0.5 .ga\server\default\conf\gecamed_server changes this setting. However, it is easier to save the automatically generated archive to an external medium at regular intervals, so you will always have an external backup at hand.

The dump file containing all of the entries from the database, along with the structure, is very small and compact. For around 1,000 patients, it weighs in at less than 10MB. The associated ZIP file with all the letters and other scanned data (e.g., x-ray images) is much larger, however, at around 300MB.

Other Modules

A number of other modules are grouped around the actual patient management functionality. An integrated DICOM viewer lets you integrate x-ray images in the database, which you can then access in the patient module. (DICOM, Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine, is an open standard for storing and sharing medical image data and is the basis for digital archiving in doctors' offices and clinics.)

Users additionally have the option of storing lab results and managing and viewing various custom-configured forms with specific computations, such as the expected date of childbirth or BMI index.

The ability to scan third-party diagnoses directly into the module and save the associated files is also very convenient. Pictures of intraoperative findings are thus available directly in the patient's records.

The Waiting Room module provides a rapid color-coded overview of which patients are waiting to be seen. From there, if needed, you can access patient records directly for editing. This module also works directly with the Agenda module for managing dates.