Idea on tracking patient treatment package for Physical therapy/massage

[tchung (Tony Chung)]

A friend asked me to help track patient treatment packages for chiropractic care. The goal is to remind staff to call patients when their package is about to expire and to help schedule follow-up appointments.

I’m considering implementing this as a new module in OpenEMR, but I haven’t been able to find a clear “how-to” guide for creating custom modules. Are there alternative approaches, such as implementing a workflow using the existing calendar tools?

My sense is that a dedicated module would be more flexible and easier to expand with additional features over time, but I’d appreciate any guidance or recommendations.

[mdsupport]

You could just configure clinical rule(s) that automatically create reminders. Staff can then use that report as task list and record actions on each of those tasks.

[moussa]

Look at Advanced Prior Auth Module , it has a start and end date. We the clinical rule(s) to fire an alert when patient chart is opened and we also have script that send an email once a week for PA that ending in the next 3 months so staff can work on them.

You might find this helpful:

How to Set Up Clinical Reminders for Prior Authorization Expiration

Background: Prior authorizations is need to be renewed to ensure continuous patient care and to prevent situations where services are rendered to a patient whose authorization has expired, leading to claim denials. Steps Install Advanced Prior Auth (Oe-module-prior-authorizations) from Modules → Manage Modules The Advanced Prior Auth module creates a table called module_prior_authorizations. This table has fields: id, pid, auth_num, start_date, end_date, cpt, init_units, and remaining_units…

[tchung (Tony Chung)]

Thanks for the tips. If I want to use WhatsApp as a reminder tool. Will that be an extended module similar to the fax/SMS module?

[moussa]

@tchung

The goal is to remind staff to call patients when their package is about to expire and to help schedule follow-up appointments.

I don’t think SMS or WhatsApp are the best approach for this, as they may not be HIPAA compliant. That said, Twilio have APIs that can help you integrate OpenEMR with WhatsApp

[adunsulag (Stephen Nielson)]

Skeleton package you can use for building a module:

GitHub - openemr/oe-module-custom-skeleton: OpenEMR Custom Module Skeleton Starter Project

Walkthrough video of module system and building a module:

OpenEMR Modules

Its a bit dated but concepts should be much the same to get you started.

[tchung (Tony Chung)]

Thanks. It is for Hong Kong market where WhatsApp is popular.

It is good opportunity to learn about module development.