Removing Payments

jimibrez wrote on Saturday, August 18, 2012:

I want to remove all Billing, Payments and Insurance options as we use an independent service for our own system.

Dropping db tables only creates a sql error, we need to remove these from the whole emr system…

juggernautsei wrote on Saturday, August 18, 2012:

This desire is really not possible. Those items that you mention are woven into the operation fabric of the program. It is not possible to simply turn them off.

(My opinion only)

bradymiller wrote on Saturday, August 18, 2012:

Hi,

Anything’s possible with open source :slight_smile:
I’d suggest taking a more cosmetic approach (hiding the links and unwanted output rather than deleting sql tables etc.).

There are already some options in Administration->Globals options that should begin to do what you want, which include:
http://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/Administration_Globals#Simplified_Demographics
http://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/Administration_Globals#Enable_Fees_In_Left_Menu

-brady
OpenEMR

jimibrez wrote on Monday, August 20, 2012:

Of course it is, thats the meaning of “Open”.

Checking your link Brady “http://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/Administration_Globals#Enable_Fees_In_Left_Menu” tells me i need to update from 4.1.0. to 4.1.1. first.
Then “hiding” or even removing the links from the templates is what is needed.

We work under an outsourced billing company for comfort and are under contract for another 9 or so years, but open-emr is more versatile than our existing ehr program, so basically before i transfer open-emr onto our system,as a working modl, i need to remove those links which could potentially cause confusion for eveyone.

jimibrez wrote on Monday, August 20, 2012:

BUT!
Is 4.1.1 classed as stable yet?

bradymiller wrote on Wednesday, August 22, 2012:

Hi jimibrez,
For a new install, I’d consider it pretty stable. If you are upgrading, then still some testing to do. Could just be safe and wait for the official release (guessing about two more weeks). (Lots of this depends on your comfort level with OpenEMR and upgrading/patching it).
-brady
OpenEMR

jimibrez wrote on Wednesday, August 22, 2012:

Thanks Brady.  I am very satisfied and, like our staff, quite impressed with 4.1.0. openemr.
Since installation, we have been running the actual charts of only just Five of our patients in parrallel with our usual program.

If there are only weeks to wait until the official release of 4.1.1. i am perhaps better off to wait, perform a new install, import the records here, and continue practicing on this one with my couple of added patients and in the meantime safely edit the templates to suit our services…

Jimi.