Operation Forms

OpenEMR Development
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goodguy13 wrote on Monday, October 28, 2013:

Hi Guys,

I am new to the forums so please excuse me if I didnt follow the correct protocol.
Is it possible for to she some light on the forms. I am looking for operation forms to be filled for each patient. Each operation has set amount of fields such as the following:

Name Hospital Number DOB AGE Operating surgeon, Assistant, Scrub nurse, Date of procedure

Name of procedure:
Drop down menu allowing above procedures names
Implant used (free text)
Type of anaesthesia
Tourniquet Time In minutes.
IV antibiotic at induction (yes or no, if yeas type allowing free text)
EUA findings:
Approach (box allow free text):
Incision:
Procedure:

Closure:
Drain (Yes or not)
Postoperative instructions:
Weight bearing status (NWB, PWB, FWB)
Precaution (free box to allow text)
Mobilisation instruction
Antibiotic (free text)
DVT prophylaxis (Free text)
Postoperative bloods (FBC, U&E, Others)
Check Xray (free text)
Removal of sutures (in days)
Dressing change (Yes or no, date of dressing change)
Follow up appointment (yes or no) if yes date of follow up in week
Physiotherapy
Brace (Yes or no)
Other (free text)

How do I go about creating such form?

Regards
Amarjit

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mcondon-mcsi wrote on Monday, October 28, 2013:

I’m still learning the nuances of OpenEMR myself, but this sounds like the perfect use for Layout Based Forms. Tutorial is here: http://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/LBV_Forms

You’d need to create a new form, named for the procedure you’d like it to match, then add each field under the “layouts” tab. Shouldn’t be too bad.

Some forms may have already been created by others in the community, but the likelihood they’ll match exactly your needs is small.

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htuckjr wrote on Monday, October 28, 2013:

Hi Amarjit- Yes, that is the precise purpose that LBV forms were made to address. You build the form with the fields and screen objects you want, such as text areas, checkboxes and radio buttons. This produces a form that adds its data to a patient encounter. Another LBV Forms tutorial with screenshots is at:

http://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/Sample_Layout_Based_Visit_Form

If anything’s not clear about the process or the instructions, please ask!

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fsgl wrote on Monday, October 28, 2013:

Before the planning and construction of the Layout Based Visit Form, the first decision is whether the form is for a typist or non-typist.

If the form is for a person who is comfortable typing the entries, the regular LBV form will be fine.

If the form is for a non-typist, consider the specialized version of the Layout Based Visit Form, namely the NationNote. Jit Chawla’s video tutorial is a quick introduction while Harley’s wiki article will provide more details with plenty of screenshots.