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
• ePrescribing
• Patient Portal
• Clinical Decision Rules
• Nation 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.
• Laboratory Exchange User Documentation
• Procedure configuration & order process

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

• Batch Payment (EOP) and Statement Processing
• Import RxNorm and SNOMED Tables
• Access Controls
• Break Glass - Emergency Access configuration
• Encryption and Decryption of document
• Pharmacy Dispensary
• Multiple Sites Module
• 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 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. Also notable is that the Newcrop solutions is what is used for Meaningful Use Full certification. If attempting to get Meaningful Use, then need to ensure add Allscripts as a modular element (please ask on the forums if have any questions regarding this). 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?

• 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 .