6 * @link http://www.open-emr.org
7 * @author Ranganath Pathak <pathak@scrs1.org>
8 * @copyright Copyright (c) 2018 Ranganath Pathak <pathak@scrs1.org>
9 * @license https://github.com/openemr/openemr/blob/master/LICENSE GNU General Public License 3
12 use OpenEMR\Core\Header
;
14 require_once("../../interface/globals.php");
19 <?php Header
::setupHeader();?
>.
20 <title
><?php
echo xlt("Creating and Managing Encounters");?
>.</title
>
22 @media only screen
and (max
-width
: 768px
) {
25 text
-align
:left
!Important
;
31 <div
class="container oe-help-container">
33 <center
><h2
><a name
= 'entire_doc'><?php
echo xlt("Creating and Managing Encounters");?
>.</a
></h2
></center
>
36 <p
><?php
echo xlt("All patient interactions in OpenEMR are linked to encounters");?
>.
38 <p
><?php
echo xlt("Clicking on the + button on the patient header panel opens the New Encounter Form");?
>.
40 <p
><?php
echo xlt("This form allows you to enter details of a visit or patient interaction");?
>.
42 <p
><?php
echo xlt("The information entered here is used to display a summary of the encounter. It is also used for billing purposes");?
>.
44 <p
><?php
echo xlt("It consists of three sections ");?
>:
47 <li
><a href
="#visit_details"><?php
echo xlt("Visit Details");?
>.</a
></li
>
48 <li
><a href
="#visit_reason"><?php
echo xlt("Reason for visit");?
>.</a
></li
>
49 <li
><a href
="#link_issue"><?php
echo xlt("Link/Add Issues (Injuries/Medical/Allergy) to Current Visit");?
>.</a
></li
>
52 <div
class= "row" id
="visit_details">
53 <h4
class="oe-help-heading"><?php
echo xlt("Visit Details");?
><a href
="#"><i
class="fa fa-arrow-circle-up oe-pull-away oe-help-redirect" aria
-hidden
="true"></i
></a
></h4
>
54 <p
><?php
echo xlt("The minimum information required to create a new encounter is to select a visit category");?
>.
56 <p
><?php
echo xlt("Date of Service is today's date by default. If needed it can be changed to any valid date");?
>.
58 <p
><?php
echo xlt("Facility reflects the facility in which the visit occurred");?
>.
60 <p
><?php
echo xlt("Billing Facility lets you choose the facility used for billing. To create and edit the billing facility go to Administration > Facilities");?
>.
62 <p
><?php
echo xlt("Sensitivity - lets you limit the information in this encounter to those with appropriate privileges");?
>.
64 <p
><?php
echo xlt("The default is Normal, i.e. it is visible to everyone. Selecting High will restrict it to users belonging to the Physicians and Administrators groups by default");?
>.
66 <p
><i
class="fa fa-exclamation-triangle oe-text-red" aria
-hidden
="true"></i
> <strong
><?php
echo xlt("You need administrator privileges to give access to other groups");?
>.</strong
>
68 <p
><?php
echo xlt("Access can be given to other groups by editing User Memberships or Groups and Access Controls in Administration > ACL");?
>.
70 <p
><?php
echo xlt("Onset/hosp. date - is used for billing hospital encounters");?
>.
72 <p
><i
class="fa fa-exclamation-triangle oe-text-red" aria
-hidden
="true"></i
> <strong
><?php
echo xlt("You need administrator privileges to perform the changes to the values in the drop-down boxes.");?
>.</strong
>
74 <div
class= "row" id
="visit_reason">
75 <h4
class="oe-help-heading"><?php
echo xlt("Reason for visit");?
><a href
="#"><i
class="fa fa-arrow-circle-up oe-pull-away oe-help-redirect" aria
-hidden
="true"></i
></a
></h4
>
76 <p
><?php
echo xlt("A few words to indicate the reason for the visit");?
>.
78 <p
><?php
echo xlt("It will be displayed in the visit summary");?
>.
80 <p
><?php
echo xlt("Also provides a short description of the visit in Patient Reports");?
>.
82 <div
class= "row" id
="link_issue">
83 <h4
class="oe-help-heading"><?php
echo xlt("Link/Add Issues (Injuries/Medical/Allergy) to Current Visit");?
><a href
="#"><i
class="fa fa-arrow-circle-up oe-pull-away oe-help-redirect" aria
-hidden
="true"></i
></a
></h4
>
84 <p
><?php
echo xlt("An issue is a medical problem, allergy, medication, surgery or dental issue");?
>.
86 <p
><?php
echo xlt("It is used to link problems with encounters and is also used to see which encounters are associated to a particular issue");?
>.
88 <p
><?php
echo xlt("Clicking on the Add Issue button brings up the add issue pop-up box");?
>.
89 <a
class="css_button_small oe-no-float oe-inline" style
="color:white !Important"><?php
echo xlt("Add Issue");?
></a
>
91 <p
><?php
echo xlt("The default issue type is set to Problem");?
>.
93 <p
><?php
echo xlt("For each issue type there is a list of commonly selected titles which are customizable for your clinic's specific needs");?
>.
95 <p
><?php
echo xlt("If the desired title is not included, it can be typed into the text box below the list");?
>.
97 <p
><?php
echo xlt("Select an appropriate ICD/CPT code. This helps search for education material to give to the patient for that particular problem");?
>.
99 <p
><?php
echo xlt("To link this encounter/consult to an existing issue, click the desired issue above to highlight it and then click Save");?
>.
100 <button type
="button" class="btn btn-default btn-sm btn-save oe-inline oe-no-float"><?php
echo xlt("Save");?
></button
>
102 <p
><?php
echo xlt("Hold down Ctrl button to select multiple issues");?
>.
104 <p
><?php
echo xlt("For more information on Issues see the ");?
>. <strong
><a href
="https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/Issues_%26_Immunizations" rel
="noopener" target
="_blank" class="oe-help-redirect"><?php
echo xlt("Issues and Immunizations wiki page");?
></a
></strong
>
106 </div
><!--end of container div
-->