I tested the new Flow Board and Room reservations in OpenEMR 4.2.2, and I noticed a limitation. It seems that every user sees only his own patients in the Flow Board. His patients cannot use the same room at the same time. But other user can use the same room at the same time for his patients. I assume that Rooms are unique in a faciity, like Operating Rooms, Classrooms and other. So, a room reservation should apply to all users.
Flow board should not care if you have more than one patient in a room. Try changing the global setting under calendat that states “Providers see entire calendar” . The names of the rooms can be changed under lists in “Patient Flow Board Rooms”
After some more testing I found that when the provider is not present, the appointments do not check for room availability. If you later add a provider, those colliding appointments do not reflect the room conflict, even if you change times.
The rooms belong to each provider and they can all use them at the same time, It seems that a clinic can not have common areas, like surgical room or classroom.
The Flow Board is always for the current day. It does not say so, and there is no way to change the day.
I see this feature as a useful addition, although it needs a few adjustments.
After some more testing I found that when the provider is not present, the appointments do not check for room availability. If you later add a provider, those colliding appointments do not reflect the room conflict, even if you change times.
The rooms belong to each provider and they can all use them at the same time, It seems that a clinic can not have common areas, like surgical room or classroom.
The Flow Board is always for the current day. It does not say so, and there is no way to change the day.
I see this feature as a useful addition, although it needs a few adjustments.
You can have 2 close, not colliding appointments in the same room.
If you advance the second appointment to an earlier time, the system alerts about the room being busy. Correct. But if you delay the first appointment, the system does not notice the conflict of two events in the same room at the same time.
Please confirm the existence of this issue, to be sure that it does not depend on my system setup…
I understand now , I am sorry I did not understand. You want the system to warn you if you are reserving the same room for the same time period, Correct?
Yes, the system already warns when 2 patients book the room at the same time spot. But when the appointment time is modified as detailed above, the system does not warn, as it should do,
Yes, the system already warns when 2 patients book the room at the same time spot. But when the appointment time is modified as detailed above, the system does not warn, as it should do,
Yes, the system already warns when 2 patients book the room at the same time spot. But when the appointment time is modified as detailed above, the system does not warn, as it should do,
That is correct, the calendar warns about 2 patients in the same time slot, the room does not matter.
I would prefer the room exclusivity, not the time slot. I could appoint 2 patients at the same time in different rooms, for some unattended, lengthy procedures. Although some rooms could accomodate 2 or more patients at a time.
I see another issue. If I schedule a provider as In Office for a few minutes, the blue color covers the whole day, which is misleading.