Hi where can I find the words, which is under the heading Misc> Date Deceased and Reason Deceased,
I want to change them to Date Referred, and Referring Clinic.
This will solve my requirement to keep a record of which all clinics or doctors gave me business.
Thank you
I see your slightly more recent post âReferral from another clinicâ asking how to record a referral source. While the method you discovered there has some awkwardness (like, that list will get really long unless the same providers are frequent refer-ers) it should do what you want.
For this question, simply changing the labels will work, if you only ever have one referral source for a patient. Iâve put the steps below to accomplish that.
But also, youâre entering the realm of customizing your OpenEMRâs system layout forms, so I took the liberty of adding a bit more information in case you want to get even deeper into the topic.
BUT- to change the labels like you asked:
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From the main menu go to Admin/ Forms/ Layouts
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select âDemographicsâ
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scroll down to the tab content âMiscâ and change the text in the âLabelâ text area (arrow) to whatever you want.
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Find a âSaveâ button and click it. Then go back to any patientâs demographicsâ âMiscâ tab and see that the âDeceased-- â fieldsâ labels now say what you want.
Please note that the column right next to the label, âID(?)â gives the name of the column in OpenEMRâs database where this data is stored. If you change that, itâll mess up storage of this information.
And this is the tip of the LBF iceberg!
LBFs are a v complex and powerful interface customization capability that OpenEMR has. Theyâre used in many places in the standard codebase so may be edited to suit, but also you can compose your own LBF forms to add to your system.
Here are a few links in the OpenEMR wiki to read up on them:
https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/Sample_Layout_Based_Visit_Form
Hereâs an older doc that is still usable. They called them LBVs, 'Layout based visit forms back in the day:
https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/LBV_Forms
NationNotes use LBFs to provide some additional capabilities:
https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/Building_the_Sample_NationNotes_Form
and you can always search this forum for âlayout basedâ or âlbfâ for othersâ tips and tricks. They have also undergone some significant changes and upgrades since the wiki docs were written and youâll find all that in the forum posts from the past few years.
Good luck!
- Harley
Thank you so much , it worked and now i think i got a key to the hidden treasures in open emr.
I think i am going to experiment a lot now in there .
Hi htuck,
i foud this under âstatsâ, more over we can add a referral source as and when needed , if not added already.
I wanted to know if we can move this referral source from under stats to under âWhoâ?
I tried a lot butâŚ
It is surprisingly simple! Probably because so many users want to do it, it got coded into the native LBF functionality.
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Select the field you want to move (oval below)
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in the 'with selected â section (rectangle at top) click âmove toâ
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In the popup, select the group you want to move it to: click on âWhoâ
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The display should have switched to the layout editor, showing the âWhoâ group, with the âReferral Sourceâ line at the top, like the picture in step 6.
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Open any patient record then click the pencil (oval) to edit the Demographics LBF.
The âReferral Sourceâ item is now displayed here:
- Go back to the layout editor, select the âReferral Sourceâ field and click the buttons âMove Upâ or âMove Downâ.
Back to the demographics display to see where the field moves to.
Fiddle it til itâs where you want it.
And then be sure to click the big blue âSAVEâ button at the top of the editor
Have fun!
- Harley
Really it was so simple. I tried it actually but on local host (PC) i am getting some error.
On my website it worked just fine. Now i can move all unwanted forms to one place n keep them hidden.
Thank you Sir
@Robert_James
Youâre v welcome, glad to help.
What is the error youâre getting on your local system and when does it appear?
Do remember that many of the control objects available in LBFs have capabilities coded into them. If you donât want an object visible in the forms that are being used you have a few methods that will do that. You can delete it, but if you donât thoroughly know how OpenEMR works deleting them can have unforseen results so generally is a bad idea. You discovered the trick of moving them out of the way, but that still takes up space somewhere in the user interface.
Another good method is coded into the LBFs, and that is to mark them as unused.
In the line of controls in the layout editor is a dropdown in the âUORâ column.
The options determine the usage for that object:
âUnusedâ - makes the object unusable by making it invisible- it is not displayed in the form. This is the one you want.
âOptionalâ - use of that control is not required for the form to be used
âRequiredâ - the object must be changed from its default value in order for the form to be processed. For example, in the default New Patient form, once it is opened that form will not save unless the required fields âSexâ and âDOBâ have been set.
Best- Harley