Hello You need to have forms for your implementation of the system Forms can be created using Infopath, Xforms or HTML form entry
https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/docs/Administering+Forms here is a repository of already prepared forms that are shared https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/RES/Form+Bank Once you have a form, you create a patient on the main dashboard, When you search that patient, there is a forms tab that you can select the available forms (corresponding to your encounter), fill in data and save the encounter details Judy On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Bobby Palmer <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry for the spam, but I forgot the attachment. > > Dear OpenMRS Implementers, > > My name is Bobby Palmer and I am a second year medical student at > University of Central Florida College of Medicine in Orlando, FL. Being a > newer medical program without an established international project, last > December our students teamed up with the Latin American Medical Association > at the University of South Florida College of Medicine and participated in a > short term medical in a town bordering Jarabacoa of the Dominican Republic. > The objective was to observe how an established short term trip > operates. The site location, Los Hatillos, has been managed for over a > decade by Project World Health at USF COM<http://www.projectworldhealth.org/> > . During our visit, we kept paper records, and later transferred them to > an Excel spreadsheet. Yet, despite our efforts to maintain accurate and > precise records, we encountered many of the typical problems inherit to a > paper-based system in a rural resource-poor area. > > Upon returning to Orlando, I decided to make this problem the focus of my FIRE > project <http://www.med.ucf.edu/research/studentresearch/fire/>, a > component of the first two years of our curriculum that allows students to > study a particular area of interest. I had recently read Tracy Kidder’s > *Mountains > Beyond Mountains* and decided to start investigating Partners In Health’s > medical system. This lead me to OpenMRS which I have been following and > familiarizing myself with since January. I wrote a short proposal that is > attached to this email (caution: a few of the initial plans have been > augmented since the proposal's creation). Originally, I had proposed > setting up a network system based at the local university, however, at > present I feel the most viable option for initial testing is to use OpenMRS > Standalone installed on our school-issued laptops. Currently, we plan to > return in December and I hope to utilize this system as a means of > objectively evaluating the trip’s impact. I have been in contact with > faculty at university located nearby in La Vega in hopes of collaborating > with them to make this idea a long-term sustainable project. I would > appreciate any input or information regarding this project and any current > projects in the Dominican Republic. > > Finally, despite countless hours reading OpenMRS Wikis, I am still not sure > how to add a patient encounter and was wondering if anyone could direct me; > I have been able to modify patient encounters in the OpenMRS Standalone with > demo date. I do not have a background in computer programming. > > > > Warmest regards, > > > > Bobby > > > -- > Robert C. Palmer, MS-2 > UCF College of Medicine Class of 2014 > > > > ------------------------------ > Click here to > unsubscribe<[email protected]?body=SIGNOFF%20openmrs-implement-l>from > OpenMRS Implementers' mailing list > -- Dr. Gichoya Judy Wawira,MD IUPUI school of informatics 1345 hine street 350 Indianapolis 46202 Indiana Tel: +1 317 701 6526 www.judygichoya.com Skype:judywawira Twitter: Judywawira _________________________________________ To unsubscribe from OpenMRS Implementers' mailing list, send an e-mail to [email protected] with "SIGNOFF openmrs-implement-l" in the body (not the subject) of your e-mail. [mailto:[email protected]?body=SIGNOFF%20openmrs-implement-l]
