Dec 6, 2008 14:55
15 yrs ago
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Dutch term
schipholbord
Dutch to English
Medical
IT (Information Technology)
This is concerned with IT equipment for a hospital:
Een ‘Schipholbord’ is een grafisch overzicht van alle spoedeisende hulp waarvoor onderzoekskamers nodig zijn. In dit overzicht ziet u welke patiënt zich waar bevindt, met welke klachten en met welke urgentie.
This explanation makes it clear what it is, but is there an English equivalent for this term? The link below also includes a photo of a 'schipholbord'
http://www.ic2it.nl/page/52/schipholbord.html
Een ‘Schipholbord’ is een grafisch overzicht van alle spoedeisende hulp waarvoor onderzoekskamers nodig zijn. In dit overzicht ziet u welke patiënt zich waar bevindt, met welke klachten en met welke urgentie.
This explanation makes it clear what it is, but is there an English equivalent for this term? The link below also includes a photo of a 'schipholbord'
http://www.ic2it.nl/page/52/schipholbord.html
Proposed translations
(English)
3 +1 | wardboard | Eddy Coodee |
3 +1 | digital patient board | Anja Thys |
3 | digital patient flow schedule | Tina Vonhof (X) |
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wardboard
"Schiphol" is of course the name of the largest airport in the Netherlands near Amsterdam. I assume that the name "schipholbord" was invented because the allocation of patients and emergencies to hospital rooms is likened to the allocation of pasengers to erminals at the airport. For any Dutch person this comparison is self-evident. Not so, however for most other countries. If the translation would be focused on the UK the term heathrowboard doen't have the same connotation and impact as it does in Dutch. Hence my creative solution that rhymes and is catchy.
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Comment: "Great solution, it fits right in with the text. Thank you."
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digital patient board
Why not patient board, I think it is much more logical,
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Kate Hudson (X)
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digital patient flow schedule
Compare the description of the "Patient Flow Manager" on the first website. It is a program to do more or less the same thing in a busy medical office.
If you want to stay in the airport sphere, you could say 'patient traffic control screen'. The second website has an interesting article on this concept.
If you want to stay in the airport sphere, you could say 'patient traffic control screen'. The second website has an interesting article on this concept.
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