Neurologist or Gastroenterologist Specialists?

meddev wrote on Tuesday, April 16, 2013:

Are there any Neurologist or Gastroenterologist here that use OpenEMR?

banaitvs wrote on Tuesday, April 16, 2013:

I would like to start using it, but would need certain customisation like printing prescription with 5 to 8 drugs per page and better formatted encounter report. I am a gastroenterologist. If I could customise these, I would like to use openemr

meddev wrote on Wednesday, April 17, 2013:

Other than the changes you mentioned does a Gastro practice have any special template/form needs? I have a multi-doc gastro clinic that is an existing PMS client that I’d like to show OpenEMR to but I wanted to make sure we could meet their needs.

Can you describe in more detail what a better formatted encounter report would look like to you?

If you would like to discuss off line you use can ehrdeveloper at gmail dot com. I’d really like to know more about Gastro clinic needs.

mdsupport wrote on Sunday, April 21, 2013:

You will need to change the number of prescriptions per page (3) to whatever you want in the file :

/controllers/C_Prescription.class.php

somewhere around line 607 that looks like this:

if ($on_this_page == 0) {
$this->multiprintcss_header($p);
}
if (++$on_this_page > 3 || $p->provider->id != $this->providerid) {
$this->multiprintcss_footer();
$this->multiprintcss_header($p);
$on_this_page = 1;
}

banaitvs wrote on Sunday, June 09, 2013:

gastroenterology practice include multiple procedures including Endoscopy and laperoscopy. That essential means they require a builtin function to acquire, store, retrieve and report the images acquired from the devices. merely documenting soap fails to fulfill the needs
Vaibhav

jcahn2 wrote on Sunday, June 09, 2013:

Ahoy MedDev,

Always more helpful to OpenEMR to keep these conversations in the forum rather than offline. There are many of us who are less than happy with the encounter format. ;>)

Jack Cahn

fsgl wrote on Sunday, June 09, 2013:

We have an analogous situation with A-Scans, Static Perimetry and Optical Coherence Tomography. The sense that I get from posts in the AAO Forums is that manufacturers are generally reluctant to facilitate direct communication between the diagnostic device and the EHR.

It would be ideal to plug in an USB cable for the data transfer or to do it wirelessly, but life is not that simple. Your printer (which was on sale for $19 during the holidays) “talks” to your computer, so why not medical devices?

Most diagnostic tools nowadays have a backup system therefore it should be possible to import the .jpeg files into OpenEMR.

A work-around, for us non-techies, is to scan the paper printout, upload the image to Documents and copy the image to a NationNote so that it is linked to a particular visit (encounter/SOAP note). It is disorienting to have a bunch of images floating about in Documents not attached to encounters.