{"id":81,"date":"2015-11-15T03:38:47","date_gmt":"2015-11-15T03:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rangakrish.com\/?p=81"},"modified":"2018-12-14T16:45:13","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T11:15:13","slug":"themes-desirable-features-of-homeopathic-software-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rangakrish.com\/index.php\/2015\/11\/15\/themes-desirable-features-of-homeopathic-software-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Themes: Desirable Features of Homeopathic Software – Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an earlier post<\/a>, I started to enumerate some features that I would like to see in a good homeopathic software, and how some of those found their way in to iCure<\/strong><\/em>, my own software. In this post, I would like to share another interesting feature called Themes<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Sometimes when you elicit rubrics from a patient\u2019s history, you might notice some patterns<\/em>, for example, complaints are worse at night, or after eating, etc. Note that I am not talking about a single complaint, but about multiple complaints with the same modality. Although a good observer will see this pattern immediately, I feel it would be of value if the software is able to point this out automatically. I call these patterns<\/em> as themes<\/em>, and I had implemented this feature in iCure. See the sample theme view shown below.<\/p>\n

\"iCure<\/a>
iCure Themes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

In this case, amelioration after eating<\/em> and right to left<\/em> are patterns noticed in the rubrics. This view does not show the actual remedies, but only the themes. If you click the Repertorization View<\/strong> tab, you can see the actual remedies.<\/p>\n

\"iCure<\/a>
iCure Repertorization<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Identifying themes is an interesting and somewhat challenging exercise. iCure comes with a sample set of themes, but you can easily add your own through the Themes Browser. See the image below.<\/p>\n

\"Themes<\/a>
Themes Browser<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once you have added your themes to the database, next time iCure will use them as part of repertorization, as it does in the case of built-in themes.<\/p>\n

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