avantsys wrote on Thursday, April 26, 2012:
While talking to a doctor that we have employed as an advisor, he pointed out that the “Review of System Checks” page in OpenEMR was missing two options he considers crucial. Namely, in the “Gastrointestinal” category, he expected to see the “Abdominal pain” option, and in the “Musculoskeletal” category, he told us another option is needed: “Muscular pain”.
bradymiller wrote on Friday, April 27, 2012:
Hi,
Pretty straightforward to change this by adding to the form and adding the entry into the sql table. However, not sure of best way to deal with this.
The problem with adding to these forms like this is that these entries will show up in print outs of old forms. For example, if print out the ROS from a year ago, it will show these entries in the print out even though the physician never saw these when entering data into the form. (note this isn’t a problem for new installations, but is a problem for existing users).
-brady
OpenEMR
bradymiller wrote on Friday, April 27, 2012:
Perhaps could add a hack to ask for these in the Additional Notes section (just type them in by default with a Y/N), then won’t negatively effect existing users.
bradymiller wrote on Friday, April 27, 2012:
Also,
There is already Stomach pains in GI section. One could argue that is the same as Abdominal pain, although admittedly that term is a bit embarrassing for a physician to have in their objective documentation:)
bradymiller wrote on Friday, April 27, 2012:
I think my favorite entry on that form is:
“Exposure to Foreign Countries”