Eye Exam
These Wiki documents will provide an in depth look into the OpenEMR: Eye Exam form, from installation to usage.
General overview
The Eye Exam is an OpenEMR form for ophthalmology and optometry. It is feature rich, yet remarkably simple to use. It is written to mirror the workflows of the provider. Given that workflows vary from provider to provider, the Eye Exam is adaptive and seeks to learns the preferences of each provider, based on how it is used by a given doctor. It's like it is alive. At least that is how we want it to appear. It is listening to what you do as you do it, and learns. The more you use it, the more it learns. The more it learns, the more feedback it can give you.
The Eye Form is one page. No need to click around looking for data - it is all in front of you.
When a provider documents something, it is stored. Done. No submit button. No clicks. Just move on to the next patient.
And how can a provider document? Text/Shorthand/Draw? Yes, yes and yes. 1. Text input is boring, but the standard in EHRs. Better get a scribe if you want to remain productive and plan to use this technique exclusively. 2. Drawing. Well, the technology is getting better but it is not the best way to complete a whole exam. The Eye Exam has draw sections for each area because, as eye doctors, we like pictures. Use a pen, a mouse or a touch screen. It's all good when it comes to this form. 3. Shorthand. To the non-ophthalmologist/optometrist, this is total Greek. But to eye doctors, this is "totally, outrageously awesome". It turns your chicken-scratch into pure prose at the speed of your brain. 4. Old Records are always available, on the one page still, to compare or pull-forward into the current chart. And you can pull forward one clinical section, or all of it.
What does the form do with your clinical input, beside storing it? Is it really alive? !. It integrates with the OpenEMR Care data management plans. 2. It recognizes diseases and translates them into diagnostic codes. 3. It builds your Impression Plan. 4. It suggests a billing code for the visit. 5. It builds your routing slip/Fee Sheet.
Install
At the time of this article (11/11/15), the Eye Exam form has not been through a code review and is not part of the base installation. Until then, the Eye Exam form can be installed like any other OpenEMR form, but you will have to add these files into your library area if they are not already present:
- /openemr/library/css/pure-min.css
- /openemr/library/css/bootstrap-3-2-0.min.css
- /openemr/library/css/font-awesome-4.2.0/css/font-awesome.css
- /openemr/library/js/jquery.min.js
- /openemr/library/js/bootstrap.min.js
The most current files can be found in the repository located here:
https://github.com/ophthal/openemr_2.git
There is a demo server located at:
http://demo.open-emr.org:2104/openemr Username: admin Password: pass
We created a unique style sheet should you wish to use it.
Access it via the left menu, Administration -> Globals and choose the Theme style_oemr_eye.css.
Documentation/Display Options
Different users interact with EMRs in different ways. Sometimes we want to draw a picture, other times we need to write out our findings in detail. With the OpenEMR: Eye Exam, you can use a number of different methods to document your exam.
- TEXT: fill in anatomic-specific fields with text by typing
- PULL FORWARD: pull-forward values from an earlier encounter
- DRAW: draw your findings
- QUICK PICKS: select from a dynamic list of clinical findings
- SHORTHAND: a rapid method for entering findings via the keyboard based on traditional shorthand used with paper charts.
- DICTATION: users facile with the Shorthand module and with dictation software can dictate their notes in shorthand format directly into the Shorthand zone, or directly into the fields with the aid of their mouse to navigate through the EMR.
- DEFAULTS: populate the form with default values.
NOTE: Active Charting vs. READ-ONLY mode:
Text
Using the tab key or mouse you can select a field and type in your findings. Tab or click to move through the fields. This is the typical way we interact with web based forms, and perhaps the most common reason clinicians fail to move from paper to electronic charts...
Draw
Each portion of the form has a Draw Component. Choose the color and size and Draw away. Redo and Clear Functions extend the range of this feature. As the tools for drawing via web-based applications improve, this method of charting, which is essentially the same as using paper, will improve.
Quick Picks
Commonly used findings can be clicked on to fill the appropriate field/s on the form. Currently the list of items in the Quick Pick lists is static. Development is underway to build these lists dynamically on a per provider basis, so a provider's frequently used terms will appear over time.
KeyBoard (Shorthand)
Introduction
What if you could document electronically using your shorthand?
We converted a standard ophthalmic record and commonly used shorthand terms into Eye Shorthand, an electronic lingua franca oculī.
Using this shorthand method, all findings are entered in a single text field,and the EMR fields are automatically filled.
Paper vs. EHR:
You know what RUL: 2mm ptosis means.
With a typical EHR, you need to find and click on the field for the right upper lid and type in 2mm ptosis.
Then click on the next field, or maybe even tab to it, and type your findings for the next field. And on it goes. If this is your preferred way to document, you can do this TEXT method with this form.
Consider another example: Right C/D 0.6Vx0.4H with inferior notch, left C/D 0.5?
OK, find the correct field (right cup) to click. Enter the appropriate text, 0.6Vx0.4H with inferior notch. Then tab or click to the next field. Type 0.5.
How can we speed up this process?
Look at this example in shorthand, based on a simple structure: Field.text;Field.text;Field.text
rcup.0.6Vx0.4H w/ inf notch;lcup.0.5Type this shorthand text into the Keyboard Entry area in the form, and the fields are automatically filled.
Done. No extra clicks.
Even a slow typist will find the Eye Exam Shorthand can speed up EHR documentation time.
It is easy to learn.
The Fields and text parts look just like our handwritten shorthand!
Type the abbreviation for a clinical field, a period/fullstop, followed by your finding, in your shorthand.
If your shorthand doesn't match the base install's shorthand, your shorthand text will be displayed.
It is easy to add your shorthand. If you need customization, add your unique style of shorthand to your local copy of /forms/eye_mag/js/js_my_base.js
Consider sharing your shorthand back to the community for future users.The explanation below centers around four lines of typing which document normal findings and more than 40 different clinical issues.
That's a lot to document and one mighty complicated patient!
Many more issues than we would see on a routine day with routine patients, but it could happen...
Documenting this many findings would take a little bit of time on paper, and a lifetime in an EHR.
With the openEMR Shorthand, the average typist can do it in less than a minute.
Go ahead and paste the lines below into a test patient's chart. Fiddle with them.
D;bll.+2 meibomitis;rll.frank ect, 7x6mm lid margin bcc lat.a;bul.2mm ptosis;rul.+3 dermato.a; bc.+2 inj;bk.med pter;rk.mod endo gut.a;bac.+1 fc, +1 pig cells; bd.+2 bowtie pallor;rc.0.6Vx0.4H w/ inf notch;lc.0.5;rmac.+2 BDR, +CSME;lmac.flat, tr BDR;v.+PPDR, ++venous beading;rp.ht 1 o,no vh; scDist;5.8ix 1rht;4.10ix;6.6ix;2.15xt;8.5ix;ccDist;4.5ix;5.ortho;6.ortho
Within openEMR: Eye Exam there are detailed instructions for each section.
If you are already an eyedoc, this is simple and intuitive.
Key point: Only use the "D;" once and only at the start. It is very powerful. The D; tells Eye Exam to ERASE EVERY field and replace them with your default values (defined in /eye_mag/js/js_my_base.js). D; will replace everything with its default value.
Basic Structure
Usage: field.text(.a)(;)
where:
Field is the shorthand term for the clinical field.
text is the complete or shorthand data to enter into this field.
field and text are separated by a "." period/fullstop.
The trailing ".a" is optional and will append the text to the data already in the field, instead of replacing it.
The semi-colon ";" is used to divide entries, allowing multiple field entries simultaneously.
The semi-colon separates entries and cannot be used within a text field.
After pressing Enter/Return, the data is submitted.
External: Shorthand Walk Through
Keyboard Entry
D;bll.+2 meibomitis;rll.frank ect, 7x6mm lid margin bcc lat.a;bul.2mm ptosis;rul.+3 dermato.a
This line will be recorded in OpenEMR: Eye Exam as:
This is how this shorthand will appear in a Printable Report:
External: Field Codes and Shorthand/Abbreviations
| Clinical Field | Shorthand* Field | Example Keyboard Entry** | EMR: Field text |
| Default values | D or d | d; D; |
All fields with defined default values are erased and filled with default values. Fields without defined default values are not affected. |
| Right Brow | rb or RB | rb.1cm lat ptosis rb.med 2cm SCC |
1cm lateral ptosis medial 2cm SCC |
| Left Brow | rb or RB | rb.loss of lat brow follicles lb.no rhytids from VIIth nerve palsy |
loss of lateral brow follicles no rhytids from VIIth nerve palsy |
| Both Brows/Forehead | fh or FH bb or BB |
fh.+3 fh rhytids BB.+3 glab rhytids |
+3 forehead rhytids +3 glabellar rhytids |
| Right Upper Lid | rul or RUL | RUL.1cm lat ptosis rul.med 2cm SCC |
1cm lateral ptosis medial 2cm SCC |
| Left Upper Lid | lul or LUL | LUL.1cm lat ptosis lul.med 2cm SCC |
1cm lateral ptosis medial 2cm SCC |
| Right Lower Lid | rll or RLL | rll.1cm lat ptosis rll.med 2cm SCC |
1cm lateral ptosis medial 2cm SCC |
| Left Lower Lid | lll or LLL | lll.0.5cm lat ptosis LLL.med 2cm SCC |
1cm lateral ptosis medial 2cm SCC |
| Right Medial Canthus | rmc or RMC | rmc.1cm bcc RMC.healed dcr scar |
1cm BCC healed DCR scar |
| Left Medial Canthus | lmc or LMC | lmc.acute dacryo, tender w/ purulent drainage lmc.1.2cm x 8mm mass |
acute dacryo, tender with purulent drainage 1.2cm x 8mm mass |
| Right Adnexa | rad or RAD | rad.1.8x2.0cm bcc lat RAD.healed DCR scar |
1cm BCC healed DCR scar |
| Left Adnexa | lad or LAD | lad.1cm lacr cyst protruding under lid LAD.1.2cm x 8mm mass |
1cm lacrimal cyst protruding under lid 1.2cm x 8mm mass |
*case insensitive
**The default action is to replace the field with the new text.
Adding ".a" at the end of a text section will append the current text instead of replacing it.
For example, entering "4xL.+2 meibomitis.a" will append "+2 meibomitis"
to each of the eyelid fields, RUL/RLL/LUL/LLL.
Anterior Segment: Shorthand Walk Through
Keyboard Entry
D;bc.+2 inj;bk.med pter;rk.moderate endo gut.a;bac.+1 fc, +1 pig cells
This line will be recorded in OpenEMR: Eye Exam as:
This is how this shorthand will appear in a Printable Report:
Anterior Segment: Field Codes and Shorthand/Abbreviations
| Clinical Field | Shorthand* Field | Example Keyboard Entry** | EMR: Field text |
| Default values | D or d |
d; |
All fields with defined default values are erased and filled with default values. Fields without defined default values are not affected. |
| Conjunctiva | Right = rc Left = lc Both = bc or c |
rc.+1 inj |
"+1 injection" (right conj only) "medial pterygium" (both right and left fields are filled) |
| Cornea | Right = rc Left = lc Both = bk or k |
rk.+3 spk |
"+3 SPK" (right cornea only) "+2 endothelial guttatae" (both cornea fields) AND "+1 stromal edema" (appended to Right cornea field) |
| Anterior Chamber | Right = rac Left = lac Both = bac or ac |
rac.+1 fc |
"+1 flare/cell" (right A/C field only) "+2 flare" (both A/C fields) |
| Lens | Right = rl Left = ll Both = bl or l |
RL.+2 NS |
"+2 NS" (right lens only) "+2 NS" (both lens fields) AND "+3 anterior cortical spokes" (appended to both lenses) |
| Iris | Right = ri Left = li Both = bi or i |
bi.12 0 iridotomy |
"12 o'clock iriditomy" (both iris fields) ", +2 TI defects" (right iris field AND "round" (left iris field only) |
| Gonio | Right = rg Left = lg Both = bg or g |
rg.ss 360 |
SS 360 3-5 o'clock angle recession |
| Pachymetry | Right = rp Left = lp Both = bp or p |
lp.625 um |
"625 um" (left pachymetry field) "500 um" (both pachymetry fields) |
| Schirmer I | Right = rsch1 Left = lsch1 Both = bsch1 or sch1 |
rsch1.5mm |
"5mm" (right field only) > 10mm/5 minutes" (both fields) |
| Schirmer II | Right = rsch2 Left = lsch2 Both = bsch2 or sch2 |
rsch2.9 mm |
"9 mm" (right field only) > 10mm/5 minutes" (both fields) |
| Tear Break-up Time | Right = RTBUT Left = LTBUT Both = BTBUT or tbut |
tbut.> 10 seconds Rtbut.5 secs;ltbut.9 seconds; |
"10 seconds" (both fields) "5 seconds" (right) AND "9 seconds" (left) |
*case insensitive
**The default action is to replace the field with the new text.
Adding ".a" at the end of a text section will append the current text instead of replacing it.
For example, entering "bk.+2 str scarring.a" will <class="underline bold">append</class> "+2 stromal scarring"
to both the right (rc) and left cornea fields (lc).
External Shorthand Abbreviations:
The following terms will be expanded from their shorthand to full expression in the EMR fields:
| Enter this: | Get this: |
|---|---|
| inf | inferior |
| sup | superior |
| nas | nasal |
| temp | temporal |
| med | medial |
| lat | lateral |
| dermato | dematochalasis |
| w/ | with |
| lac | laceration |
| lacr | lacrimal |
| dcr | DCR |
| bcc | BCC |
| scc | SCC |
| sebca | sebaceous cell |
| tr | trace |
Retina: Shorthand Walk Through
Keyboard Entry
D;bd.+2 bowtie pallor;rc.0.6Vx0.4H w/ inf notch;lc.0.5;rmac.+2 BDR, +CSME;lmac.flat, tr BDR;v.+PPDR, ++venous beading;rp.ht 1 o,no vh;
This line will be recorded in OpenEMR: Eye Exam as:
This is how this shorthand will appear in a Printable Report:
Retina: Field Codes and Shorthand/Abbreviations
| Clinical Field | Shorthand* Field | Example Keyboard Entry** | EMR: Field text |
| Default values | D or d | d; D; |
All fields with defined default values are erased and filled with default values. Fields without defined default values are not affected. |
| Disc | Right = rd Left = ld Both = bd or d |
rd.temp pallor, PPA c.NVD at 5 o |
"temporal pallor, PPA" (right disc only) "NVD at 5 o'clock" (both right and left disc fields) |
| Cup | Right = rc Left = lc Both = bc or c |
rc.0.5 w/ inf notch c.temp scalloping, 0.5.a;rk.+1 str edema.a |
"+3 SPK" (right cornea only) "temporal scalloping, 0.5" (appended to both cup fields) |
| Macula | Right = rmac Left = lmac Both = bmac or mac |
rmac.central scar 500um mac.soft drusen, - heme.a |
"central scar 500um" (right macular field only) "soft drusen, - heme" (appended to both macular fields) |
| Vessels | Right = rv Left = lv Both = bv or v |
RV.1:2, +2 BDR lv.+CSME w/ hard exudate sup to fov (300um);v.narrow arterioles, 1:2.a; |
"1:2, +2 BDR" (right vessels only) "+CSME with hard exudate superior to fovea (300um)" (left vessel field only) AND "narrow arterioles, 1:2" (appended to both vessel fields) |
| Periphery | Right = rp Left = lp Both = bp or p |
rp.12 0 ht, no heme, amenable to bubble; bp.1 clock hour of lattice 2 o.a;li.round |
"12 o'clock horseshoe tear, no heme, amenable to bubble" (right periphery field) "1 clock hour of lattice 2 o'clock" (appended to both periphery fields) |
| Central Macular Thickness | Right = rcmt Left = lcmt Both = bcmt or cmt |
rcmt.254 cmt.flat |
254 (right CMT only) flat (both CMT fields) |
*case insensitive
**The default action is to replace the field with the new text.
Adding ".a" at the end of a text section will append the current text instead of replacing it.
For example, entering "bk.+2 str scarring.a" will <class="underline bold">append</class> "+2 stromal scarring"
to both the right (rc) and left cornea fields (lc).
Retina Shorthand Abbreviations:
The following terms will be expanded from their shorthand to full expression in the EMR fields:
| Enter this: | Get this: |
|---|---|
| inf | inferior |
| sup | superior |
| nas | nasal |
| temp | temporal |
| med | medial |
| lat | lateral |
| csme | CSME |
| w/ | with |
| bdr | BDR |
| ppdr | PPDR |
| ht | horsheshoe tear |
| ab | air bubble |
| c3f8 | C3F8 |
| ma | macroaneurysm |
| tr | trace |
| mias | microaneurysm |
| ped | PED |
| 1 o | 1 o'clock |
| 2 o | 2 o'clock |
| 3 o | 3 o'clock |
| 4 o | 4 o'clock |
| 5 o | 5 o'clock |
| 6 o | 6 o'clock |
| 7 o | 7 o'clock |
| 8 o | 8 o'clock |
| 9 o | 9 o'clock |
| 10 o | 10 o'clock |
| 11 o | 11 o'clock |
| 12 o | 12 o'clock |
| mac | macula |
| fov | fovea |
| vh | vitreous hemorrhage |
Neuro-Physiology: Shorthand Walk Through
Keyboard Entry
scDist;5.8ix 1rht;4.10ix;6.6ix;2.15xt;8.5ix;ccDist;4.5ix;5.ortho;6.ortho
This line will be recorded in OpenEMR: Eye Exam as:
This is how this shorthand will appear in a Printable Report:
Neuro-Physiology: Field Codes and Shorthand/Abbreviations
| Clinical Field | Shorthand* Field | Example Keyboard Entry** | EMR: Field text |
| Default values | D or d |
d; |
All fields with defined default values are erased and filled with default values. Fields without defined default values are not affected. |
| Without correction at Distance | scDist | scdist; | scDIST is selected for ensuing values. |
| With correction at Distance | scDist | ccdist; | ccDIST is selected for ensuing values. |
| Without correction at Near | scNear | scdist; | scDIST is selected for ensuing values. |
| With correction at Near | scNear | scdist; | scDIST is selected for ensuing values. |
*case insensitive
**The default action is to replace the field with the new text.
Adding ".a" at the end of a text section will append the current text instead of replacing it.
For example, entering "bk.+2 str scarring.a" will <class="underline bold">append</class> "+2 stromal scarring"
to both the right (rc) and left cornea fields (lc).
Neuro Shorthand Abbreviations:
The following terms will be expanded from their shorthand to full expression in the EMR fields:
| Strabismus | Enter this: | Get this: |
|---|---|---|
| Exophoria | x | X |
| Intermittent Esotropia | ie or e(t) | E(T) |
| Esoptropia | et | ET |
| Esophoria | e | E |
| Intermittent Exotropia | ix or x(t) | X(T) |
| Exoptropia | xt | XT |
| Hyperphoria | h | H |
| Intermittent Hypertropia | H(T) | H(T) |
| Hypertropia | rht lht | RHT LHT |
| Hypotropia | hyt | HyT |
Side Panel
This form has a built-in panel to display PMSFH and ROS data.
The Panel slides in and out from the right margin either via the menu (VIEW->PMSFH Panel)
or by clicking on the Panel icon 
,
located in the top-right corner of the PMSFH section:
Clicking either the Panel Icon a second time, the "X" at the top of the Right Panel itself or by selecting the VIEW-> Right Panel on the menu, and the panel will slide to the right and disappear.
Full Screen Mode
If you are working in the framed mode of openEMR, you can break out into fullscreen mode by clicking on the "plus" icon at the top right corner of the page. The Eye Exam in the bottom frame will close and the billing module will replace it. A new window will open with the Eye Exam form. Pop-up blockers must be disabled for this feature to work reliably. You must authorize this new window to WRITE data to the database, otherwise it will open in READ-ONLY mode.
Application-style Menu Bar
Chief Complaint and History of Present Illness
The CC (Chief Complaint) and HPI (History of Present Illness) are standard fields present in any medical document. This form allows the user to document up to three separate complaints, CC1, CC2, CC3, with corresponding HPIs.
In the US, to reach a higher coding level, you must document a detailed HPI. This requires documenting and commenting on the status of 3 chronic or inactive problems or document 4 or more elements which comprise the current HPI. Either complete the three Chronic fields, or include the four HPI elements in your narrative, or tap the database icon to display helper fields:
