View source for AllCalendarGlobals-v7

= Introduction =

Calendar Global settings are accessed by an OpenEMR administrator from the main menu, 'Admin/ Config/ Calendar'

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* These settings determine the behavior of the calendar for all users in the practice that have not changed their preferences
* Item dropdowns display the setting options
* Hover mouse pointer over the value column to see a tooltip


The settings are presented in this document as:

'''Global setting '''- Default value</br>
* comment







Note: symbol '>' means each user can customize for themselves in their user preferences (arrow/ oval, right):

[[Image:usrCalPrefs-v7.png]]





= System Calendar Globals =



'''Disable Calendar''' - y/n checkbox, unselected = 'No'</br>
* OpenEMR does not actually require you to display the calendar!

'''Calendar Starting / Ending Hour''' - 8a - 5p</br>
* the practice's hours of operation
* to avoid loss of appointment/ practice data, should be set for the earliest and latest times any activity happens in the practice.

'''Calendar Interval''' - 15 minutes</br>
* determines the default time allotted for each encounter; can be manually changed in appointment event dialog for a particular appointment

> '''Default Calendar View''' - day/ week/ month</br>
* View when Calendar screen first opens

'''First day in the week''' - Monday</br>
* choice of Saturday, Sunday, Monday

'''Appointment Display Style''' - Last name, first name</br>
* Patient name display

> '''Appointment/Event Color''' - category color schema</br>
* select if color is from the event's category or from the facility it takes place in
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'''''All these items apply to the patient's dashboard display widgets:'''''

'''Appointments - Patient Summary - Number to Display''' - 10

'''Appointments - Group Summary - Number to Display''' - 10

'''Excluded Appointments - Tooltip - Number to Display''' - 15

'''Appointment Display Sets - Ignore Display Limit (Last Set)''' - default yes
checkbox yes/ no

'''Appointment Display Sets''' - can set the colors that the appointments are displayed in

'''Recurrent Appointment Display Widget''' - checkbox, yes, if is recurring appointment

'''Past Appointment Display Widget''' - 0 = no

'''Providers See Entire Calendar''' - checkbox off</br>
* restricts providers to see only their own calendar
* as of Apr 2024 does not work for v7.0.2 but a fix is in the works for hopefully the next code release

'''Auto-Create New Encounters''' - One Encounter Per Day</br>
* alternative: 'One Encounter for each appointment'
* When a patient is checked into an appointment (status set as '@ Checked In') an encounter form is automatically generated for that appointment.

'''Allow Early Check In''' - checkbox yes</br>
* If no, will not allow status of 'Checked In' before the appointment time

'''Submit Changes For All Appts At Once''' - checkbox yes</br>
* will commit changes for all instances of a recurring appointment at one time instead of individually

All these apply to the Flow Board:

'''Flow Board: Disable''' - checkbox off</br>
* Flowboard's main menu item not displayed and users cannot access it.

> '''Flow Board: Show Visit Reason''' - checkbox off

'''Flow Board: Show Patient ID''' - checkbox yes

'''Flow Board: Show Encounter Number''' - checkbox yes

'''Flow Board: Show Staff Action''' - checkbox yes

> '''Flow Board: Allow Date Range''' - checkbox yes</br>
* if unchecked the search panel only allows current date

> '''Flow Board: Default Starting Date''' - current day</br>
* or start of work week

* Can be manually set to different start date each session

> '''Flow Board: Default Ending Date''' - Current Day</br>
* or range of other end intervals
* Can be manually set to different end date each session

> '''Flow Board: Timer Refresh Interval''' - 20 minutes</br>
* refreshing too frequently can strain OpenEMR server in a large practice!

> '''Flow Board: display completed checkouts (minutes)''' - 0</br>
* how long to display encounters after completed; 0 = continuous display

'''Flow Board: Enable Random Drug Testing''' - checkbox no</br>
* Toggles notification if patient qualifies for random drug testing. See: [[Random_Drug_Screening]]

* also see [[FlowboardV7 (new one]] for usage

'''Flow Board: Percentage of Patients to Drug Test''' - 33</br>
* see previous setting

'''Flow Board: Max tests per Patient per year''' - 0</br>
* see previous setting

'''Recall Board: Disable '''– checkbox: no</br>
* system to track and initiate pt notification for followup appointments; see [[Recall_Board]]



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