OpenEMR 4.1 Users Guide

Users Guide

Main Topics

• OpenEMR 4.1 Users Guide in PDF format

• OpenEMR 4.1 Users Guide in wiki format:

• Getting Started
• Main Screen & Navigation
• Setting Up Your Clinic
• Adding a New Patient
• Using the Calendar
• New Encounters & Coding
• Issues & Immunizations
• Patient Notes & Transactions
• Basic Billing
• Accounting & Receivables
• Reporting

Supplementary Topics

• User Settings
• OpenEMR Settings
• Clinical Decision Rules
• Patient Portal
• Batch Payment (EOP) and Statement Processing
• Procedure configuration & order process

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

• Laboratory Exchange User Documentation
• Patient Notes: Medical Record Template engine with a WYSIWYG editor.
• LBV (Layout Based Visit) Form customization & layout
• 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.
• Import RxNorm and SNOMED Tables
• Access Controls
• Break Glass - Emergency Access configuration
• Encryption and Decryption of document
• Pharmacy Dispensary
• Fee sheet/service code entry & customization - from Openemr version 3.2

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Plan to post questions here that are frequently asked on the forums for OpenEMR version 4.1.

How do I get E-Prescribing and electronic lab results working?

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

How do I go about getting Meaningful Use now?

• 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
• 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
• The Official Web Site for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Programs

How do I fix the calendar viewing screen layout problems?

• This can be fixed by installing the latest OpenEMR Patch.

Why is the Patient Summary screen so slow to load up?

• This can be fixed by installing the latest OpenEMR Patch.

Acknowledgments

• Greater than 50 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.

• The User Manual (Main Topics) has been faithfully completed by Medical Information Integration for every OpenEMR version since 3.0 .