Access Controls Listing

Access controls are used throughout OpenEMR to control access by user roles. It can be configured at Administration->ACL . This document is still under construction.

Access Controls

Patient Information (patients)

Appointments (write,wsome optional) (appt)

• Allows scheduling of appointments.
• Return Values:

• wsome - Can schedule appointments (but can not double book or schedule appt outside of a providers calendar template).
• write - Can schedule appointments (can double book and schedule appt outside of a providers calendar template)

Demographics (write,addonly optional) (demo)

• Allows viewing and entering of patient demographics(and insurance).
• Return Values:

• addonly - Allowed to enter new patient demographics.
• write - Allowed to enter new patient demographics and modify current patient demographics.
• ANY - Allowed to view patient demographics.

Medical Records and History (write,addonly optional) (med)

• Allows viewing and entering in of medical records.
• Return Values:

• addonly - Allowed to add medical records.
• write - Allowed to add and modify medical records.
• ANY - Allowed to view medical records.

Encounter Information (encounters)

Authorize - my encounters (auth)

• Not used yet.

Authorize - any encounters (auth_a)

• Not used yet.

Squads (squads)

• Section "squads" applies to Athletic Team use only:

• Access Controls in this section define the user-specified list of squads.

Sensitivities (sensitivities)

• This section is to provide access control to more sensitive encounters(ie. a user would need the High access control to see encounters that are of High sensitivity).
• Return Values: none

Normal (normal)

• User is able to see Normal sensitivity encounters.
• Return Values: none

High (high)

• User is able to see High sensitivity encounters.
• Return Values: none

Lists (lists)

• This section is specific to the "List box w/add" items in the layouts/LBFs. If have access to this, then user can add items to these lists from the form.
• Return Values: none

Default List (write,addonly optional) (default)

• This is specific to the "List box w/add" items in the layouts/LBFs. If have access to this, then user can add items to any of these lists on the forms that do not have a specific control for them.
• Return Values: none

State List (write,addonly optional) (state)

• This is specific to the "List box w/add" items in the layouts/LBFs. If have access to this, then user can add items to the State list from the form.
• Return Values: none

Country List (write,addonly optional) (country)

• This is specific to the "List box w/add" items in the layouts/LBFs. If have access to this, then user can add items to the Country list from the form.
• Return Values: none

Language List (write,addonly optional) (language)

• This is specific to the "List box w/add" items in the layouts/LBFs. If have access to this, then user can add items to the Language list from the form.
• Return Values: none

Ethnicity-Race List (write,addonly optional) (ethrace)

• This is specific to the "List box w/add" items in the layouts/LBFs. If have access to this, then user can add items to the Ethnicity-Race list from the form.
• Return Values: none

Placeholder (placeholder)

Placeholder (Maintains empty ACLs) (filler)

• Users: Do not need to know what this is (if curious, read below developer talk)
• Developers: Simply used to ensure an ACL is never empty (note an ACL is filled with Access Controls); this is needed, because if all Access Controls are removed from an ACL, then the ACL will also be removed.
• Return Values: none

Nation Notes (nationnotes)

Nation Notes (nn_configure)

• This will allow configuration(contexts,templates, etc.) of Nation Notes module.
• Return Values: none

Patient Portal (patientportal)

Patient Portal (portal)

• This will provide access to a third party portal.
• A 'Portal Activity' link at the top of the left menu will link to the third party portal at the address set in the Offsite Patient Portal Site Address setting.
• Return Values: none