We have two modules under development here at the Rwandan MOH which relate to orders - one for drug orders and one for lab test orders. The drug order module currently has a dashboard tab portlet where new drug orders can be added to a specific encounter. The lab test order module also has dashboard tab portlet where new lab test orders are created - but these are added to a newly created encounter.
Neither of these solutions seem ideal - the former requires the clinician to search for an encounter which is awkward. The latter creates an extra encounter. So I was wondering what the best practice here is. The options as I see them are: 1. Create the orders without an encounter (I think this is possible...) 2. Add them to an existing encounter created (e.g. the encounter from the consultation form like the drug orders) 3. Create a new encounter to hold the orders (like "lab test order" encounter) 4. Add sections for lab tests and drug orders to the whatever consultation form is being used (this isn't implemented in htmlformentry yet tho?) and this would make sure all the orders end up in that one encounter. 5. Upgrade to 1.9 and group everything into a "visit"? (obviously not happening anytime soon) Advice appreciated Rowan _________________________________________ To unsubscribe from OpenMRS Developers' mailing list, send an e-mail to [email protected] with "SIGNOFF openmrs-devel-l" in the body (not the subject) of your e-mail. [mailto:[email protected]?body=SIGNOFF%20openmrs-devel-l]
