I was thinking of linking each major menu item to a new page describing it with new screenshots, since the interface has changed for many of them. I also wanted to cross-link the new pages to existing work such as the Supplementary Topics which don’t change as much between releases, then document the new workflows that have been developed for 4.1.3. And I am actively soliciting suggestions from any and all before I dive into that.
Yes, my MO dictates plenty of pictures; I’m open to redoing the videos but I was going to let them wait til after getting the UG into a downloadable/pdf version. But that shouldn’t take all that long.
nice to read you are back! And with what, … What a project to complete, but more than welcome to show what you will accomplish. I am looking forwards to the results. May be you can convince the Community using OpenEMR to rename the menu for Vitals. In my perception RR, heart rate and O2 value might be a part of Vitals, but something like head or abdominal circumference and length can harldy count for vitals…
Hi Pieter- Thanks for the Greets, it’s fun to be back at the Project.
I notice that the columns in the database table ‘form_vitals’ are all the data items in the Vitals form… but I bet that simply deleting and adding columns to suit one’s preferences would be catastrophic. However, if I find the code that puts the word “Vitals” on that menu link I’ll tell you and you can change your install to call it what you want, ok?
I can do it through translations in Administration => Other ==> Language.
But what I suggested is give the correct name for the correct information in OpenEMR. Vitals has become a total of tracking bodily functions and measures not directly related to illnesses.
Measurements of status and functions important for long and short term tracking…
Obvious this is not the two word term to use.
Possibly fsgl might find something better in Google translate.
Vitals is an abbreviation for Vital Signs. In the U.S. vital signs consists of blood pressure, pulse, respiration rate & temperature. Into this pot were thrown other measurements.
Height and weight were not accurate enough, hence BMI. Respiration rate was also inadequate, therefore O2 saturation. (What? No pulmonary functions?) For the Pediatricians it was necessary to throw in the growth charts.
Developers probably wanted to be inclusive.
Eye guys almost never do Vital Signs. It’s a wonder I still know how to use a sthethescope. The Vitals module has been disabled.
Sorry, Pimm, there will be a hue and cry if so much as a hair on Vitals’ head has been touched. Now that you’ve got LM 17 installed with Brady’s new package, go into that Contributed form and modify it and the name of the form (Pimm Parameters?). Best of both worlds.
Pi for the never ending Numerical’s after the “comma” AND Parms because the cheese is so nice and Parameters can have an eternal amount of expansions, whenever needed.
nothing wrong with this explanation of Vitals. You could use the combination of arms ans Pi toe make an Icon for the Manual V 4.0.3 on Vitals. There is some Vital statistics in the code of shield of Parma.
Wrong forum, wrong state of mind, but the correct conclusion. This is the correct way to make friends in the Open source family.
Remember also Bill said something like never say never… and left the education system to follow his own dreams but the future can be full of mysteries.
Yes, I’ve had enough amazing shifts of my own fortune that I may joke about ‘never’ but I carry a spoon with me so I can eat my words on short notice.
I just left a new chunk of the 4.1.3 User Guide’s Main Screen & Navigation page. Some of the descriptions I feel are incomplete or possibly incorrect, either because I don’t have experience in the subject or I couldn’t find elucidation in the wiki. I would be grateful if the project’s Intrepid Testers would point out any deficiencies in the document. Particularly the visit forms’ HCFA and Speech Dictation items, all the Procedure descriptions, Administration -> Other -> Calendar.
It will be more efficient to edit/enlarge the article than to provide commentary in this thread for specific items. I would prefer to reserve commentaries for overarching themes.
Will put on my editor’s hat after chores are done. Please do not hesitate to re-edit as the need arises. The author should have the final say. I think this deference is one of the lubricants in collective Wiki authorship.
Non seqitur:
A width of 875 will configure a video to fill the entire space without overextension. This makes the layout more uniform and saves the reader from enlargement to ease viewing.
Got down to Report, Clinic. The MU stuff is so confusing that it required multiple references to my own attestation documents
Sorry, had to scuttle following because it would cause an inordinate amount of head scratching on the part of the reader. Quite likely that Pimm will overlook this transgression.
PiParma cover page… as open As OpenEMR will be. I can smell a gright future.
V.4.0.3 = 22 / 3 + say cheese! Because…: 2+2 = 4 Zero three.
We are heading in the right direction. fsgl, don’t forget to mention this calibration on the Weekly Conference. I would not be able to present this in a formal Version.
BTW, what are those orange things next to the Parma?
I can see why they had to be cut- the graphics would have thrown off the layout of the whole page!
Thanks v much for supplementing my lack of knowledge on the MU items; I can tell I’m going to be learning a lot about the under-belly of Obamacare in this project.
I make it a point never to attend the Weekly Telephone Conference because it would blow my cover (but I think it’s 30% blown anyway). Jack Cahn would know and I would have much less fun interacting with him in these Fora.
Also I’m a champion talker. Brady would have to muzzle me to get a word in edgewise.
Not being a paesano, you would not know they are cherry tomatoes cut in half. I’m not either, but I grew up with paesani, hence the small window into their cuisine.
Harley,
Were I so fortunate as to know nothing about the Affordable Care Act…
Hope not too much pruning took place. I have a tendency of over-zealous pruning and killing my shrubs and bushes in the process.
Article progressing nicely, thank you for your hard work.
Your pruning must have been completely appropriate; reading over the material I can’t tell that anything was cut.
And you’re welcome for the effort but it’s not actually work. I’m becoming very fond of this project, especially the genteel exchanges between Classical and Modern cultures. Your erudition is a model for us all who aspire to claims of literacy. This morning’s forum feed was a jumpstarter, I tell you!
If the reference is to the sparks flying elsewhere, it caused Brady a great deal of consternation. To spare his feelings, I thought it best not to let loose another barrage.
No one can say OpenEMR Forum posts are insipid or mealy-mouthed (tongue-in-cheek).
The most fun is the involvement of everybody. You write this morning and I can almost conclude you are seeing the sun rise. while I am having my lunch break etc. This is a 24 hours event. Sometimes a bit off record, but always something to learn.
It is a Open Source product of high involvement. What ever happens, I will miss it if it is lost for the future.
Thought I had edited Procedures previously but forgot to save the changes. Saved it this time round.
I took the liberty of replacing of “procedure” with “diagnostic studies” or “test”; because in the U.S., the former connotes surgery to those of us in the surgical specialties. Ideally the module should have been named Diagnostic Studies because it would encompass imaging (X-Ray, MRI, etc.) as well as Laboratory Studies. (Perhaps “Le mieux est l’ennemi du bien”, François-Marie Arouet a.k.a. Voltaire; the golden mean.)
Also add the configuration guide to Supplementary Topics. The 3 configuration articles in matrix format suffer from small graphics, which are difficult to see even when enlarged. The instructions are a bit tortuous. I figured that if I can barely understand it after 3 readings, most users would find it equally difficult. Hence the 4th guide was written in a linear fashion. Apparently I neglected to add it to each of the individual Users Guides.
The 4.1.3 guide was placed on top of 4.1.2 to preserve the inverse order of the grouping. Brady had done it the same way when 4.1.2 was still in development, so I seriously doubt that he would mind the “top billing” of 4.1.3 (thank you, Harley, for the modesty/humility; virtues which have gone in hiding these past 2 decades).
Please let me know if I can be of further assistance.