OpenEMR 4.1 Users Guide

Users Guide

Main Topics

• OpenEMR 4.1 Users Guide - PDF for download

• This section will also contain the above pdf user guide in wiki format (this is still under construction).

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
• LBV 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 this excellent post describing this topic by Dr. Sam Bowen on the OEMR organization forum: http://www.oemr.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=35
• See this excellent post in the sourceforge forums describing how Dr Ronald Leemhuis plans to get the 2011 Medicare incentive: http://sourceforge.net/projects/openemr/forums/forum/202504/topic/4745124

Acknowledgments

• Greater than 50 developers over the last 9 years have directly contributed code to this project.
• The User Manual (Main Topics) has been faithfully completed by Medical Information Integration for every OpenEMR version since 3.0 .