7 * @link http://www.open-emr.org
8 * @author Ranganath Pathak <pathak@scrs1.org>
9 * @copyright Copyright (c) 2019 Ranganath Pathak <pathak@scrs1.org>
10 * @license https://github.com/openemr/openemr/blob/master/LICENSE GNU General Public License 3
13 use OpenEMR\Core\Header
;
15 require_once("../../interface/globals.php");
20 <?php Header
::setupHeader();?
>.
21 <title
><?php
echo xlt("Creating and Managing Encounters");?
>.</title
>
23 @media only screen
and (max
-width
: 768px
) {
26 text
-align
:left
!Important
;
32 <div
class="container oe-help-container">
34 <h2
class="text-center"><a name
='entire_doc'><?php
echo xlt("Creating and Managing Encounters");?
>.</a
></h2
>
37 <p
><?php
echo xlt("All patient interactions in OpenEMR are linked to encounters");?
>.</p
>
39 <p
><?php
echo xlt("Clicking on the + button on the patient header panel opens the New Encounter Form");?
>.</p
>
41 <p
><?php
echo xlt("This form allows you to enter details of a visit or patient interaction");?
>.</p
>
43 <p
><?php
echo xlt("The information entered here is used to display a summary of the encounter. It is also used for billing purposes");?
>.</p
>
45 <p
><?php
echo xlt("It consists of three sections ");?
>:</p
>
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");?
>.</p
>
56 <p
><?php
echo xlt("Date of Service is today's date by default. If needed it can be changed to any valid date");?
>.</p
>
58 <p
><?php
echo xlt("Facility reflects the facility in which the visit occurred");?
>.</p
>
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");?
>.</p
>
62 <p
><?php
echo xlt("Sensitivity - lets you limit the information in this encounter to those with appropriate privileges");?
>.</p
>
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");?
>.</p
>
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
></p
>
68 <p
><?php
echo xlt("Access can be given to other groups by editing User Memberships or Groups and Access Controls in Administration > ACL");?
>.</p
>
70 <p
><?php
echo xlt("Onset/hosp. date - is used for billing hospital encounters");?
>.</p
>
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
></p
>
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");?
>.</p
>
78 <p
><?php
echo xlt("It will be displayed in the visit summary");?
>.</p
>
80 <p
><?php
echo xlt("Also provides a short description of the visit in Patient Reports");?
>.</p
>
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");?
>.</p
>
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");?
>.</p
>
88 <p
><?php
echo xlt("Clicking on the Add Issue button brings up the add issue pop-up box");?
>.
89 <a
class="btn btn-primary btn-sm oe-no-float oe-inline" style
="color:white !Important"><?php
echo xlt("Add Issue");?
></a
>
92 <p
><?php
echo xlt("The default issue type is set to Problem");?
>.</p
>
94 <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");?
>.</p
>
96 <p
><?php
echo xlt("If the desired title is not included, it can be typed into the text box below the list");?
>.</p
>
98 <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");?
>.</p
>
100 <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");?
>.
101 <button type
="button" class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm btn-save oe-inline oe-no-float"><?php
echo xlt("Save");?
></button
>
104 <p
><?php
echo xlt("Hold down Ctrl button to select multiple issues");?
>.</p
>
106 <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
></p
>
108 </div
><!--end of container div
-->