Thanks Burke/Bill. I understand and agree that complex obs would be where this data could be stored, and that a workflow *can* be implemented in OMRS. I was wondering if it *has* been implemented.
To dive to the heart of my question: 1) Email attachments are a well known and used paradigm. 2) Has the analog of "data attachments" been *implemented* any place yet with OpenMRS ... I don't want to unnecessarily re-invent the wheel if there is an existing module that can be used natively or with slight extension. Best, Shaun On Sep 9, 2011, at 12:18 PM, Burke Mamlin wrote: > OpenMRS uses "Complex Observations" for this workflow. FYI – we are working > to expand this to a more generic notion of "Custom Datatypes" that can serve > not only for observations, but also for adding implementation-specific person > & visit attributes as well as new global property types. > > Complex observations require a complex obs handler that is responsible for > persisting as well as rendering the data. For each complex observation, an > observation is created with an internal reference created by & used by the > handler to get to the complex value. Since the handler is in complete > control, it can store the data within a local table or even store & retrieve > values from an external system. > > You use complex obs handlers by defining a concept with a datatype pointing > to the handler. There are generic image & file complex obs handlers provided > by core. Others can be provided by modules. > > Cheers, > > -Burke > > On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Shaun Grannis <[email protected]> > wrote: > Has a workflow to attach external files been deployed in OpenMRS? For > example, consider the following scenario: > > 1) A patient receives care at an OpenMRS site. > 2) An encounter is created, a referral to a specialist is ordered. > 3) Patient leaves. > 4) Days later, the specialist's dictated paper note is sent to the clinic. It > is scanned and the electronic note must be "attached" to the previous > encounter. > > Given the above, a desirable workflow would be: > > 1) User selects the patient. > 2) User selects "Encounters". > 3) User selects "Edit" to edit the previous encounter. > 4) User selects "Add Observation". > > Steps 1-4 exist today, here's the new, hypothetical workflow: > > 5) Select an observation that indicates the result is an external file (e.g., > an observation like, "PDF Referral note" -- let's not focus on the > observation name yet, it may not be quite the right model; it's just a > concept to trigger the next steps in the workflow): > 6) Selecting "PDF Referral note" surfaces an "attach PDF file" option. > 7) User selects "Select file" > 8) User finds file and clicks "Upload" (this is much like an email attachment > workflow) > 9) File is uploaded. > 10) The observation "PDF Referral note" is added to the encounter. > 11) When user clicks on "PDF Referral note" in the appropriate encounter, the > PDF file is displayed in an external viewer (again, much like an email > attachment is handled by an external application) > > My question: > > Has a workflow similar to this been implemented in OpenMRS? Is it in core and > I'm missing it? In a module? > > Thanks for your feedback! > > Shaun > -- > Shaun J. Grannis, MD MS FAAFP > Research Scientist, Regenstrief Center for Biomedical Informatics > Director, Indiana Center of Excellence for Public Health Informatics > Associate Professor, Dept of Family Medicine > Indiana University School of Medicine > 410 West 10th Street, Suite 2000 > Indianapolis, IN 46202 > Voice 317.423.5523 / Fax 317.423.5695 > _________________________________________ > > 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] > > > Click here to unsubscribe from OpenMRS Implementers' mailing list _________________________________________ 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]
