WardFive

by Dr Shane McKee

shane@dna1.dnet.co.uk

Version 3.01b

5 October 1998

Welcome to WardFive version 3.01

You now have in your Psion the most advanced Patient Information Manager ever written for a palmtop computer! And it's only £25 to register!

Installation

• Go to the System Screen

• Select Tools from the menu, and go to Preferences

• Make sure "Show System Folder" is checked

• Go into the C:\System folder (from the System screen)

• Go into the Apps folder

• Create a new folder, within the Apps folder, called "WardFive" (watch your spelling! It's case sensitive, so make sure that F is right.)

• Unzip the WardFive.ZIP file on your PC, and move all the decompressed files to the new folder on your Psion: ie C:\System\Apps\WardFive. (Alternatively, you can install on the D: drive if you wish).

• Use Ctrl-C to copy (don't cut) the WardFive patient data file (that's the one called "WardFive" which has the little 5ammy the 5nake icon) into a folder called C:\WardFive. Do the same for W5GPL1.txt & W5GPL1.htm. (It doesn't really matter where you have these files actually, but this process is a bit tidier.)

• You're ready to roll! Click on the Extras bar to launch WardFive, or activate the WardFive patients file from the system screen.

If you have any problems in getting this all to work, please check the inbuilt WardFive.hlp file. Failing that, please email me at: shane@dna1.dnet.co.uk

FILES INCLUDED IN ZIP:

Make sure you have all the following files. It is a breach of the terms of usage to distribute WardFive without including all of these in pristine condition:

• WardFive.app (application file)

• w5readme.doc (this file)

• WardFive.aif (app info file)

• WardFive.hlp (help file)

• WardFive (sample patient data file: place in C:\Documents folder)

• Ward5.mbm (bitmaps needed by the program)

• W5Export (Bare file for importing patient data. Copy to your \Documents folder)

• W5GPL1.txt (GP letter template: place in same folder as your patient data files, eg C:\Documents)

• W5GPL1.htm (GP letter template for HTML! Place in same folder as your patient data files, eg C:\Documents)

It's best to hang onto the ZIP file, and distribute that, however, you may copy across the \System\Apps\WardFive folder, provided you haven't added anything or taken anything away.

Registration

The distribution version of WardFive is unregistered Shareware. This means that you may use it for the purposes of evaluation, but if you intend to keep using it, you must pay a registration fee. I'll then send you a code. Do not give this code to anyone else. They must register for themselves.

Please get all the Psion-carrying doctors in your hospital to register - you may be able to claim it back as job-related expenses (check with your consultant).

Registration currently costs GBP£ 25. Cheques should be made out to "Dr Shane McKee", and mailed to:

Dr Shane McKee

Clinical Genetics Unit,

Birmingham Women's Hospital

Birmingham B15 2TG

United Kingdom.

If you are registering from the USA, the cost is USD$ 45, and a standard bank check is fine. In the continental European Union, please make out a Eurocheque for GBP 25 Sterling.

Further details are accessible from inside the program via the Help file (Ctrl-Shift-H).

!!Please read the Important note at the bottom of this document!!

For more details of Medical Software for the Psion range of palmtops:

Go to: http://dnausers.d-n-a.net/psionmed

IMPORTANT NOTE!!

In the UK there is a supremely important piece of legislation known as the Data Protection Act (1984). To store any named information about a person on a computer (and yes, your Psion is a computer), you must be registered with the Data Protection Registrar as a Data User. Please check with your Hospital Trust Data Protection Officer to find out whether you are included in the Trust's Data Registration. In some trusts you will be (automatically), but not necessarily all.

There are scary penalties for breaching the DPA, and I take absolutely no responsibility for any individual or organisation making use of WardFive in a way that contravenes the DPA. It is up to the individual or corporate user to ensure that his or her use of WardFive complies with legislation, locally-approved guidelines, and ethical obligations for patient confidentiality.

All files relating to WardFive are Copyright Shane McKee 1998.

Shane McKee 13 September 1998