Administration Globals

Setting of global clinic and per-user settings.

Clinic Settings

Within OpenEMR, go to Administration->Globals

Appearance

Main Top Pane Screen

• Choose top frame to default to the calendar or the patient add/search screen after user logs in.

Layout Style

• Choose a layout style, which are described here.

Theme

• Choose a color theme.

Navigation Area Width

• Set the width (in pixels) of the left menu frame.
• Note that you will need to logout/login after setting this.

Application Title

• This will set the title of the application for the web browser. Note this doesn't really do much.

New Patient Form

• Configure some setting for the new patient form:

• Default setting is to show all demographic fields with searching and duplication checking enabled.
• Can also set to only ask for the mandatory fields, with/without searching/duplication checking, or set to use the older demographics form.

Patient Search Results Style

• Ability to set appearance of the patient search result page.

• By default, show patient information along with the encounter statistics.
• Also have option to show only specified and mandatory patient information (ie. no encounter statistics)

Tall Navigation Area

• This will set the left menu frame to go to the top of the main frame.
• Note that you will need to logout/login after setting this.

Navigation Area Visit Forms

• Setting this will show encounter form links (will open a new form when click on them) in the left frame menu at Patient/Client->Visit Forms.

Simplified Demographics

• It appears setting this will remove the Insurance intake form fields from the demographics form.

Simplified Prescriptions

• This will remove the structured data elements from a prescription if not needed(will omit form, route, and interval and combine all in the dosage field). Then will just enter in the medication name and the sig (note, if doing e-prescribing now or in future, or if want internationalization support, do not recommend this setting)

Simplified Co-Pay

• This setting will omit method of payment form the co-pay panel.

Use Charges Panel

• This setting will enable the old charges panel for entering billing codes and payments. This is not recommended (recommend using the fee sheet instead)

Online Support Link

This is the link for the Support button on the left navigation frame.

Encounter Page Size

• Setting for the number of encounter to display on the 'Past Encounter List' ('Visit History') display.

Locale

Default Language

• Setting for the chosen default language on the login page (for both OpenEMR and the Patient Portal).

All Languages Allowed

• Setting to show all available languages that can be chosen on the login page (for both OpenEMR and the Patient Portal).

Allowed Languages

• Setting(s) to limit the available languages that can be chosen on the login page (for both OpenEMR and the Patient Portal).

Allow Debugging Language

• Display an option for the debugging language, which is 'dummy', on the login page (for both OpenEMR and the Patient Portal).

Translate Layouts

• Attempt to translate the Labels when displaying forms/fields/results via the Layouts engine.

Translate Lists

• Attempt to translate the Labels when displaying forms/fields/results via the Lists engine.

Translate Access Control Groups

• Attempt to translate the Access Control Groups labels.

Translate Patient Note Titles

• Attempt to translate the Patient Note Titles.

Translate Document Categories

• Attempt to translate the Document Categories.

Translate Appointment Categories

• Attempt to translate the Appointment Categories.

Units for Visit Forms

• Choose display of US and/or metric measurement units (primarily used for vital signs and growth charts).

Disable Old Metric Vitals Form

• Do not recommend this. This is for users that were using a separate metric vitals form in the past.

Telephone Country Code

• Enter the telephone country code.

Date Display Format

• Choose date display format.

Time Display Format

• Choose whether to display in 12 hours or 24 hours time.

Currency Decimal Places

• Select number of decimal places for currency.

Currency Decimal Point Symbol

• Select the currency decimal point symbol.

Currency Thousands Separator

• Select the currency thousands separator.

Currency Designator

• Select the currency symbol.

Calendar

Appointment/Event Color

• Choose whether to display appointments color by appointment category or by the facility where the appointment is.

CDR

Enable Clinical Decisions Rules (CDR)

• Setting to turn on/off the Clinical Decisions Rules Engine, which is used for Clinical Reminders, Patient Reminders, Clinical Quality Measure (CQM) reports and Automated Measure Calculation (AMC) reports/tracking.

Enable Clinical Reminder Widget

• Setting to turn on/off the Clinical Reminder widget, which is in the patient summary screen.
• Component of the Clinical Decisions Rules Engine.

Enable Clinical Reminder Popup

• Setting to turn on/off the active clinical reminder popup, which will check and show reminders whenever opening a patient's electronic file.
• Component of the Clinical Decisions Rules Engine.

Enable Patient Reminder Widget

• Setting to turn on/off the Clinical Reminder widget, which is in the patient summary screen.
• Component of the Clinical Decisions Rules Engine.

Enable CQM Reporting

• Setting to turn on/off the Clinical Quality Measures report at Reports->Clinical->Quality Measures(CQM).
• Component of the Clinical Decisions Rules Engine.

PQRI Registry Name

• Set the registry name for sending of PQRI formatted CQM reports, which can be created at Reports->Clinical->Quality Measures(CQM).
• Component of the Clinical Decisions Rules Engine.

PQRI Registry ID

• Set the registry ID for sending of PQRI formatted CQM reports, which can be created at Reports->Clinical->Quality Measures(CQM).
• Component of the Clinical Decisions Rules Engine.

Enable AMC Reporting

• Setting to turn on/off the Automated Measures Calculations (AMC) report at Reports->Clinical->Automated Measures(AMC).
• Component of the Clinical Decisions Rules Engine.

Enable AMC Prompting

• Setting to turn on/off the Automated Measures Calculations (AMC) prompting within OpenEMR (see Clinical Decisions Rules Engine for details).
• Component of the Clinical Decisions Rules Engine.

Enable AMC Tracking

• Setting to turn on/off the Automated Measures Calculations (AMC) tracking at Reports->Clinical->AMC Tracking (see Clinical Decisions Rules Engine for details).
• Component of the Clinical Decisions Rules Engine.

Portal

Enable Onsite Patient Portal

• Setting to turn on/off the patient portal.

Onsite Patient Portal Site Address

• Set to link of patient portal. This link is what is printed/emailed to patients when sending their username/password credentials.
• Note that if you have multi-site configured, then need to use the following link to ensure the patient goes to the correct site: https://your_web_site.com/openemr/patients/index.php?site=default (where default is substituted with the site directory)

Enable Offsite Patient Portal

• Setting to turn on/off the patient portal APIs, which will then allow external third party patient portals to communicate with your OpenEMR.

Offsite Patient Portal Username

• Set to User Name used to communicate with the external third party portal.

Offsite Patient Portal Password

• Set to User Passord used to communicate with the external third party portal.

Offsite Patient Portal Site Address

• Set to link of external third party patient portal. This link is what is printed/emailed to patients when sending their username/password credentials.

Connectors

Enable Lab Exchange

• Setting to turn on/off the Lab Exchange module. As of 09/19/2011, the way to sign up for this module was described as:

• "The Lab Results does not require an interface to an outside lab, that just makes it easier to "incorporate' results. Medical Information Integration, LLC results interface is to LabCorp. The cost to support Results-Only LEN is $25/m per facility. However, you have to be approved by LabCorp before they will allow it. We are working a Orders+Results interface with LabCorp and Quest right now ($50/m) and we have a Results interface with Soltas Labs. All of those require the Lab itself to approve access. Nothing I can do about that, the labs have complete control."
• This was taken from the following sourceforge forum thread (post #15): http://sourceforge.net/projects/openemr/forums/forum/202504/topic/4709788

Lab Exchange Site ID

Setting that is specific to the Lab Exchange module.

Lab Exchange Token ID

Setting that is specific to the Lab Exchange module.

Lab Exchange Site Address

Setting that is specific to the Lab Exchange module.

Enable NewCrop eRx Service

• Setting to turn on/off the NewCrop e-prescription module. As of 09/19/2011, the way to sign up for this module was described as:

• "A partnership of ZH Health Care and Medical Information Integration, LLC (mi-squared) called ZMG created the NewCrop interface for eRx. Setup is simple and the cost is $60/month per prescribing physician. You can contact either justin@zmghealth.com or tony@mi-squared.com or sam@zhservices.com to sign up."
• This was taken from the following sourceforge forum thread (post #15): http://sourceforge.net/projects/openemr/forums/forum/202504/topic/4709788

NewCrop eRx Site Address

• Setting that is specific to the NewCrop e-prescription module.

NewCrop eRx Web Service Address

• Setting that is specific to the NewCrop e-prescription module.

NewCrop eRx Partner Name

• Setting that is specific to the NewCrop e-prescription module.

NewCrop eRx Name

• Setting that is specific to the NewCrop e-prescription module.

NewCrop eRx Password

• Setting that is specific to the NewCrop e-prescription module.

Only upload active prescriptions

• (added in a 4.1 patch)

Enable import status message for NewCrop erx

• (added in a 4.1 patch)
• Setting that is specific to the NewCrop e-prescription module.

Per-user settings

Within OpenEMR, go to Miscellaneous->Preferences

Appearance

Main Top Pane Screen

• Choose top frame to default to the calendar or the patient add/search screen after user logs in.

Layout Style

• Choose a layout style, which are described here.

Theme

• Choose a color theme.

Locale

Units for Visit Forms

• Choose display of US and/or metric measurement units (primarily used for vital signs and growth charts).

Date Display Format

• Choose date display format.

Time Display Format

• Choose whether to display in 12 hours or 24 hours time.

Calendar

Appointment/Event Color

• Choose whether to display appointments color by appointment category or by the facility where the appointment is.

Connectors

Enable import status message for NewCrop erx

• (added in a 4.1 patch)
• Setting that is specific to the NewCrop e-prescription module.