Notes like section

OpenEMR Development
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viveknarula wrote on Tuesday, October 29, 2013:

Hi Guys,

I am new to openEMR and still grabbing it’s functionality.

I would like to have ‘Notes’ like for patients, where i can have 4-5 fields, how can i achieve this ? I have used LBV forms, they are working however that forms display when an encounter is selected. So is there is anything like Module or Plugin which makes similar kind of functionality that is of NOTES and display on the main fronted page of patient section.

Please Advice.

Thanks

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viveknarula wrote on Tuesday, October 29, 2013:

anyone please?

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sunsetsystems wrote on Wednesday, October 30, 2013:

You mean notes as an attribute of the patient and not a visit? If so, you could add or customize fields in demographics, which are also layout-based.

Rod
http://www.sunsetsystems.com/

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viveknarula wrote on Wednesday, October 30, 2013:

Thanks for you reply, however what i am looking for it that, currently i am using custom LBF form which will open when i add/select an encounter and the layout based menu has this form to enter the values. However i want to have this form same as Notes OR demographics so that i can fill this form multiple times for an single user without Encounter.

Hope i am clear now.

Please Advice.

Thanks

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fsgl wrote on Wednesday, October 30, 2013:

You can try to add your Layout Based Visit form to the end of the Demographics form as suggested by Rod. Or you can add it to the History form.

Best to backup, then try on a test copy of OpenEMR (or 4.1.2 Demo) before attempting above on your working copy.

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viveknarula wrote on Wednesday, October 30, 2013:

Thanks for your prompt reply, so you mean that i should add those fields again under Demographics like currently there WHO, Employers, Contacts, Choices etc ? Sorry, my questions may be quite simple but i am just a start here.

Thanks Again.

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fsgl wrote on Wednesday, October 30, 2013:

Yes, but take the precautions first.

Perfectly fine to ask as many questions as you like. That’s how we all learn.

Please post future how-to questions in the Help Forum.

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viveknarula wrote on Wednesday, October 30, 2013:

Thanks Fsgl, Noted it down to post future posts in How-to’s section.

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mdsupport wrote on Wednesday, October 30, 2013:

It is still not clear what you are trying to do. But you are better off using ‘Issues’ - create new category as ‘Notes’ - and use built in forms to record notes. Then you will be able to associate those notes with encounters.

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fsgl wrote on Wednesday, October 30, 2013:

Vivek wants to disassociate his LBV form from an encounter and associate it to the Patient Summary.

He seems to have a LBV form with 4-5 fields that he wishes to incorporate into the Demographics LBV form. Having 4-5 Issues does not seem to fit the bill. Perhaps Issues don’t have the flexibility as a LBV form.

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mdsupport wrote on Wednesday, October 30, 2013:

As a new user it helped us when everyone tried full process with multiple options. So it is good to try various features included in the software.

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fsgl wrote on Thursday, October 31, 2013:

Experimentation, in general, is good.

However some beginner users have very clear ideas of what will best fit their practices. After all, they know their work environment far better than any of us, here at the Forums, could.

I have never tried CAMOS. Read a lot about it but I knew it would not fit the needs of my practice.

Time is a premium for most medical offices. Although experimentation is good, it is not appropriate in all cases.

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yehster wrote on Thursday, October 31, 2013:

There is no way to create a LBF without first creating an encounter. LBF does not have the flexibility that issues do in this regard.

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fsgl wrote on Thursday, October 31, 2013:

At the risk of sounding like a curmudgeon, I beg to differ.

Just added 4 fields to Demographics in the 4.1.1 Demo.

Not pretty but feasible.

See attached.