teryhill wrote on Monday, August 18, 2014:
Has anyone written any contributed code to print patient labels.
Thanks
Terry
blankev wrote on Monday, August 18, 2014:
If you use the EOB pdf file, it is easy to use with window envelopes. Just place the ADDRESSEE correct to show up in the window.
Other print labels I have never encountered in OpenEMR
teryhill wrote on Monday, August 18, 2014:
It would be a chart label. Did you try the code I put up for you on the statment date?
Thanks
Terry
fsgl wrote on Tuesday, August 19, 2014:
Chart label as in paper charts?
The closest thing to label printing would be modifying the code for Popups, Letter.
teryhill wrote on Tuesday, August 19, 2014:
Yes I know why have a computer if you are still going to use paper. Thats what the Doctor and office wants.They are a surgery center so I guess they want the paper for their timeouts.
Go figure
Terry
blankev wrote on Tuesday, August 19, 2014:
This is great for one patient… but if you want to send a batch to different Insurance companies or a list of patients for snail mails.
The administrator has a terrible job printing 40 labels…
But if you need it for a chart, you could print it on the chart and not even use the label.
Better to use the Layout based forms in the suggestion of fsgl, LBV-forms print nothing extra like the name of, and the specialty of the specialist and date printed.
teryhill wrote on Tuesday, August 19, 2014:
I will most likley load up a small table with the ones they want to print and then batch print them.
fsgl wrote on Tuesday, August 19, 2014:
With the additional info about the practice, the label for manila folder is not that irrational.
When we do cataract surgery, we always bring a copy of the measurement of the intraocular lens to be implanted as a safeguard against any unexpected events in the OR. It’s more convenient to bring paper than it’s to lug the laptop along. The little strips of paper are easily misplaced, so it’s safer to stick them in the manila folder with the label on the side tab.
The practice would probably want:
last name, first name, middle initial, pid
and maybe dob (just in case there two patients with similar names on the day of surgery).
Two other thoughts, Templates for Patient Documents and Reports/Clients/List. The interface/reports/patient_list.php can be changed to search only for patient name, pid, dob and then printed.
blankev wrote on Tuesday, August 19, 2014:
To do this with a batch file it need a Developer. But usually the patient comes in, Administration handles some acute info and make some notes.
Now the Administration also will make one, or more Labels with the input suggested.
Unless the Hospital setting is something like a huge University, this could be done as an integral part of any intake. But needs a label printer of some kind or a Layout fit for the label printing.
An external spreadsheet would be my last resort… given all solutions fsgl made.
(My suggestion to the surgeon would be: Intake, encounter, print label, attach one label to the file, one label to the paper, one label to everything else, with or without type of surgery)
teryhill wrote on Tuesday, August 19, 2014:
Ok Guys I have it set up on the popups (since the client stated they would be printed at registration) I set up 3 types of labels Avery 5160 (3 across 10 down) , Avery 5161 (2 across 10 down) and Avery 5162 (2 across and 7 down) they decided that they would need 30 labels for each ambulatory chart. The labels contain patient name,dob,date of service and pid. Doing the clean up of the code but I have it working
Terry
fsgl wrote on Wednesday, August 20, 2014:
Very nice.
It would be great if this feature becomes available in 4.1.3.
For those of us who care for Geriatric patients, who don’t own computers; we still need to send out reminder postcards for return annual appointments.
The old Practice Management Software inside the deceased mini-tower (electrolytic capacitors blew up in a puff of smoke & sparks) did a nice job printing up address labels for the reminders.
With OpenEMR we have had to resort to an older technology, handwriting.
teryhill wrote on Wednesday, August 20, 2014:
What will you do with the extra labels that are printed? Unless you have a pin feed printer and could use just the single address labels.
I will check to see if I can submit this (gotta get the Bosses approval)
Terry
blankev wrote on Wednesday, August 20, 2014:
Depending on the amount of older clients, you could start Envelope printing with the Popup solution of Terry, or use window envelopes.
Not used labels can always be hand written… ;-)) or used to close envelopes.
blankev wrote on Wednesday, August 20, 2014:
fsgl could use Avery Label sheets 2 across 7 and make 14 different label prints in popup.
So not to have one printer label and 13 blank labels. If the saved letter formats are named 1-1, 1-2, 2-1, 2-2, 3-1, 3-2 it is easy to print the correct label on the first next blank label on a 14 label Avery sheet.
Terry, thx for the preliminary works. Now for the batch label printing for many different patients, providers or specialists.
fsgl wrote on Wednesday, August 20, 2014:
Dot matrix printer is still in excellent condition.
blankev wrote on Wednesday, August 20, 2014:
So no problem with 1 label on one row. Keep the machine in condition! And the drivers…
teryhill wrote on Friday, August 22, 2014:
This is for the Chart Labels
The commit is at
And Brady has a demo set up at
http://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/Development_Demo#192.168.1.135
I hope this gets you to it.
Terry
arnabnaha wrote on Friday, August 22, 2014:
Hi…
A request on this patient label…can we input a barcode according to the patient external id? This would be great if possible to incorporate…
fsgl wrote on Friday, August 22, 2014:
Muchas gracias a Terry y El Jefe.
fsgl wrote on Friday, August 22, 2014:
One method for adding a barcode would be to have it in Documents and then insert it as a special field in Popups.
Another would be Templates for Patient Documents, wherein the .jpeg file of the barcode can be inserted into the word processor file without creating a special field for it.
We would need Terry’s help regarding the code changes.