The Main menu for the Forms module is below. There are many fields and buttons that need to be considered.
Print List- Click this if you want to first review and than print a list of all records currently in the forms module
Delete- Clicking this deletes all record in the module after you confirm your action at the dialog below.
- Recall Method- This field presets the recall method you want to use on the current computer. The methods are Costar, Labels, Letters, Postcards.
- Sort by- This determines how the current records are sorted before printing. The selections are Chart, Patients, Zip codes.
- Click
to edit a standard layout- These buttons take you to the
specific layout so you can either edit it. There is more information
about editing in another
section.
- 12
Custom Form Layouts- Besides the standard layouts above, there
are 12 others for you to customize. Except for the 1st (Superbill),
11th (Thank you note)
and 12th (New Patient Information), you can edit the names of them.
These names appears in a
selection dialog when you want to print a "Custom Form" from the Patients Module.
To edit one of the layout names, first select the one to edit from the pop-up list (B). Next, click the Edit Label button (C) to get the first dialog below where you edit that layout's name. This is the name that appears in the sample selection dialog above! However, if you try to edit one of the restricted names, you will get the second dialog below!
You can select the default custom form that will always be printed for a patient. You make this selection in the Default Custom Form field. In Ask user for custom? you get to select if the user is ever asked to select a custom formor can actually select from the selection dilog shown above.
Physician Automated Messages
If you do not have PAM loaded or are running a Macintosh, you can only print a list of patient appointments. Thi system takes the appointments for a day, dials the phone and in a human voice tells them they have an appointment. This is an add-on feature and requires a dedicated PC.
last updated 9/3/2004