LBV Forms
Layout-Based Visit Forms and what how to make use of this feature.
(Note that this feature will be available in the 3.2.0 version of OpenEMR that is planned to be released in February of 2010)
This OpenEMR EXTRA was created to be used to make personal forms. Extra Forms you missed but still want to have and were not found implemented in OpenEMR.
So let’s go ahead and start making a New Form
First of all decide what do you want to register:
1….Uhhmmm I don’t know
2. ….. I have no idea, everything is already implemented in other OpenEMR-Forms
3. ….. This is beyond my developing skills
No, no , no. YOU can do it. With a little perseverance and this manual we go step by step, hand in hand through the process of creation.
First make an ADEQUATE FORM NAME: You go to Administration => Lists and in "Edit List:" choose=> Layout-Based Visit forms. Create your Form ID (left side of the table) does not accept special characters or spaces. Right side gives you the opportunity to give a real understandable name. This is the name that will be shown in "This Encounter" right panel menu.
You have this great idea, YOU want a specialist Form for Epileptic attacks
Want to include e.a:
How often, How severe, Any bodily harm encountered, Please give short description, What medication used, When is next visit planned, What provider has your preference, What Pharmacy did provide medication, Skipped some daily advised medications, Reason for skipping the necessary dose, Will you stick to the advised dose in future Y/N, Please explain, Was this encounter billed, What did observers tell you happened (Please choose from options)
Now take some time to put you fields in the right order or leave this for later. You can always change the sort order later through Administration => Layouts "put them in right order" => Save
Now let’s create the Form Epileptic attacks
Administration => Lists => Create, on first row ID: "Epileptic_Ins" (left side of table) give it the name: "Epileptic Interventions" (right side of table) => Save. You see the Form was saved as LBFEpileptic_Ins in left column and Epileptic Interventions in Layout-Based Visit Forms, via Layouts you find the form back under Epileptic Interventions.
Now go to Administration => Layouts => Edit Layout: Epileptic Interventions and create a group “Epilesia Intake” and start filling the new Field names with their respective input fields. Give the Label(?) a descriptive name. Let's use “How many attacks”. Add the right options for Label Cols and Data Cols.
Save the GROUP NAME and FIRST FIELD by Save Changes just below the GROUP input line. NOT the one below add extra fields!
Continue to ADD relevant Fields. Every ID(?) should be unique for this FORM. Make the Fields appear in order of your choice with the field ORDER.
Save every field just below the row of field particulars.
After you made all fields Save the Changes below once more with the button SAVE CHANGES.
Go to your Client and during an encounter, new or old one, choose the "Epileptic Interventions" Form and start filling particulars as stipulated in your New created Layout-Based Visit Form.
Or you can add another or second GROUP, so in case the patient comes back from a referred situation or you just want to add other particulars not needed in first encounter, this new group should have some extra information input that is only needed when the first part of the form gives rise to extra information input. Remember to give every field in the same FORM a different ID(?) any New Group in the same FORM must also have different ID(?) for every row of information.
The Third group should be created if the first group and Second group give rise to even more information specifics for this kind of client.
Make the necessary fields with the input options and save every field after creation. Just on the line under added field. Than save the form and next time you open Epileptic Interventions Form you have the option to click additional info on the Epileptic Information Form.
Hope this little information helps you to get started with "Layout-Based Visit Forms" and get your information arranged in a way you always wanted to gather your information.
The Results of the gathered information can be found back in patient/client => Visits => List.
N.B: Don’t forget to make Back-Up ’s, YES MAKE BACK-UP’S !!! , since what you created is not going to be saved for future new versions in OpenEMR. This self made materials most probably will be lost during reinstall processes. Make use of the Linux, Web and Windows based Back-Up possibilities as offered by OpenEMR.
