OpenEMR 4.1.2 Users Guide

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Users Guide

Main Topics

The Main Topics of the OpenEMR 4.1.2 User Guide is currently under construction. See the OpenEMR 4.1.0 Users Guide for the previous OpenEMR version manual.

Supplementary Topics

• User Settings
• OpenEMR Settings
• Import Standard Tables: Very simple to import(and upgrade) and activate standardized ICD9, ICD10, SNOMED and RxNorm data sets.
• ePrescribing
• Patient Portal
• Using "Direct" Communication: How to use "Direct" communication in OpenEMR.
• Electronic Procedure Orders
• Patient Note and Form Searching
• Clinical Decision Rules
• Language Translations
• Configure and Add Code Types: Modify settings of current code types and adding of new code types and codes (fe ICPC, the coding set for Family Doctors as proposed World Organisation for Family Doctors, WONCA).
• Nation Notes: Medical Record Template engine with a WYSIWYG editor.
• LBV (Layout Based Visit) Form customization & layout
• LBV Forms For Ophthalmology A Pictorial Guide.
• CAMOS module: CAMOS (Computer Aided Medical Ordering System) is, on the surface, just a fancy interface for organizing and choosing pieces of text to insert into a patient's chart. It is designed to be intuitive and easy to use.
• Procedure configuration & order process

Next three files are step wise explanation of what and how to configure Procedures in PDF file format:

• Laboratory Catalogue Configuration
• Laboratory Orders & Results
• Diagnostic Laboratories Orders

• Laboratory Exchange User Documentation
• Batch Payment (EOP) and Statement Processing
• Access Controls
• Facility Specific User Information
• Break Glass - Emergency Access configuration
• Encryption and Decryption of document
• Pharmacy Dispensary
• Multiple Sites Module
• Securing OpenEMR
• Fee sheet/service code entry & customization - from Openemr version 3.2
• CouchDB Documents Module - Using CouchDB to store patient documents.
• Phone numbers input: How to input phone numbers in three different places used in Open EMR.

Video Tutorials

The Video Tutorials of the OpenEMR 4.1.2 User Guide is currently under construction. See the OpenEMR 4.1.0 Users Guide for the previous OpenEMR version manual.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Plan to post questions here that are frequently asked on the forums for OpenEMR version 4.1.2.

How do I get E-Prescribing working?

• There are currently two known options for ePrescribing in OpenEMR. Newcrop costs money, but is well integrated into OpenEMR. While the Allscripts is free, but isn't as well integrated. See OpenEMR ePrescribe wiki page for more details.

How do I get electronic lab results working?

• See post number 15 in the following sourceforge forum for details on this features: http://sourceforge.net/projects/openemr/forums/forum/202504/topic/4709788

How do I go about getting Meaningful Use now?

• The Official Web Site for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Programs
• See this excellent thread (posts 11 and 12 by cverk) in the sourceforge forum describing how cverk successfully passed Meaningful Use attestation for 2011: http://sourceforge.net/projects/openemr/forums/forum/202504/topic/4880702
• An additional thread (posts 5 and 6 by cverk) describing how cverk passed Meaningful Use attestation for 2012: http://sourceforge.net/projects/openemr/forums/forum/202504/topic/6544181
• See these excellent posts in the sourceforge forums by Dr Ronald Leemhuis describing how he plans to get the 2011 Medicare incentive: http://sourceforge.net/projects/openemr/forums/forum/202504/topic/4745124
• See this post by jojohit in the sourceforge forums (see post 3): http://sourceforge.net/projects/openemr/forums/forum/202504/topic/6018030
• See these excellent posts describing this topic by Dr. Sam Bowen on the OEMR organization forum: http://www.oemr.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=35
• 2013 Ophthalmologist's Meaningful Use Attestation A step-by-step pictorial guide.

Acknowledgments

• OpenEMR Acknowledgments Page
• Greater than 82 developers over the last 10 years have directly contributed code to this project.
• Meaningful Use Certification itself involved numerous individuals, companies and the OEMR organization. Detailed acknowledgments for this monumental feat can be found on the first post in this sourceforge forum.