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I have an action button with a connection to NEWHANDOUT. How can I document in the upate that a particular handout was printed when that button was clicked?
Posted : May 13, 2013 8:15 am
Use RUNPROCESS with PRINTHANDOUT instead. In the code window you can set an obs term or document variable.
{
PRINTHANDOUT("Handouts\DIABPED\Basic Sick Day Guidelines")
DOCUMENT.BSDG="Basic Sick Day Guidelines handout printed and given to patient"
}
David Shower
OU Tulsa School of Community Medicine
Posted : May 20, 2013 2:53 am
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Thank you, that worked except I don't get the print window to be able to record the printing to the chart. I would like to be able to record the printing in the note as well as record it in the chart. Is there a way to do both?
Posted : May 20, 2013 3:32 am
We just put a note in the chart - in the translation tab of another field I put:
{CFMT(DOCUMENT.BSDG,"","","")}
Or whatever document variable/obs term I've set. That gets the text in the note.
Instead of PRINTHANDOUT you could use the NEWHANDOUT function (still using RUNPROCESS) to take them to the custom list so they could also record the printing in the chart with the check box.
David Shower
OU Tulsa School of Community Medicine
Posted : May 20, 2013 11:51 pm
Topic starter
Thanks David for your help on this. I have made that change and it works, but I still have one question. If I take them to a custom list that has multiple handouts, how do I make sure I am documenting the correct handout that was printed?
{
NEWHANDOUT("*EMG")
DOCUMENT.EMG="EMG handout printed and given to patient"
}
Posted : May 21, 2013 12:40 am
We've made use of the add_document_summary() data symbol function, pushing some information about handouts printed to the document summary. One has to be careful about the character limits (60 I think) so you may have to abbreviate names of some handouts if you're wanting to record printing several, but it can work well if that meets your needs.
Posted : May 21, 2013 12:49 am
You really can't. Taking them to a custom list doesn't guarantee they print anything and there really isn't any visibility as to what they print (outside of audit events and the check box to record the printing in the chart) if they do.
You can give them buttons for each individual handout they could print. Set a different variable for each one and make a CFMT statement for each.
David Shower
OU Tulsa School of Community Medicine
Posted : May 21, 2013 12:55 am
If you record printing of the handout in the chart one time, the box should stay checked until the user unchecks it.
Sorry to but in, hope this helps. Also, we have customized a patient instructions form with handout buttons. When the button is
pushed but the user, it prints the handout without taking the provider to the list. Saves them
3 clicks-(and they do count the clicks). Also, we have set up a button on another form that
is a button on top of a button. When the button is clicked, it prints the patient instructions, and
prints the Clinical Visit Summary (for meaningful use). Willing to share if you'd like to see it.
Posted : June 11, 2013 2:06 am
Our patient instructions have buttons that will put the statement in the instructions box, will print out a handout and is connected to a obs term. We did this (for the handouts) for patient education and community resources for MU and PCMH.
It's a revision of the CVS template Lee Cooper put out months back.
Posted : June 12, 2013 4:46 am
