Welcome to FreeMED, the world's premiere web-based
open-source practice management and electronic medical
record software!
The main menu is the center of FreeMED's navigation. From
here, you can use access any part of the FreeMED software.
On the top of this page there are five navigation buttons
named System, Main, User, Patients and Notify. The function of
the categories under each of these navigation buttons will
be discussed in separate help screens as you navigate through
FreeMED. On the Main Menu page you will see the following categories:
- Messages - Directly below the navigation buttons is
a notification displaying the number of messages which have been sent
to the user. Clicking on this notification will take you to the
message center containing the messages. One can also access the
message center by clicking on "Unread Messages" near the bottom
of this screen or by clicking on the envelope next to the name of
the user at the very bottom of the screen.
- Patient Scheduler - This displays the number of appointments
that the provider has. Clicking in "you have x appointmnent(s) today"
will take you to the user's daily schedule. This daily schedule can
also be reached by clicking on User -> Day View. Clicking on
"x appointment(s) this week" will take you to the weekly schedule
which can also be reached by clicking on User -> Week View.
- Work Lists -You may not see this category unless it has been
enabled for you. To enable viewing of work lists, click on
Main -> Administrative Menu -> System Configuration -> Work Lists and
then choose enable and the users who will see it.
Once Work Lists are enabled you will see all of the patients coming to
the office today, the time of their appointments and their status.
If you click on the letters directly beneath the word Status, you will
see a drop-down list of A3C (Anticipating Arrival at Counter),
CIAC (Checked in at Counter), E/PIP (Encounter/Procedure in Progress),
E/PIC (Encounter/Procedure is Complete), CO (Checked out) and NS (No Show).
If you forget what these letter mean, just put the mouse pointer in the
letters without clicking. You will then see the explanation for each set
of letters.
If you want to add more categories, click on Main -> Support Data ->
Scheduler Status Type. You can also change the color that is associated
with each of the categories.
If you see that the work list of a provider lists a time with the words
"Non-Patient Related", it means that the provider
has a non-patient related scheduled activity. The provider may be
traveling from the hospital to the office for instance.
- Updates This displays secruity feed update information.
If desired, one can remove this category from view by changing the
name of updates.module.php in the /usr/share/freemed/modules directory.
- Unread Faxes - If this menu is present, it means that the
provider has received faxes or scanned records that the provider must
review. Clicking on "Read" will take you to the list of the records
which must be reviewed. Then clicking on "View" will display the
record.
- Unread Messages - If this menu is present, it means
that the provider has received messages from other users. Clicking
on "View" will take you to the message center containing the messages.
One can also reach the message center by clicking on the envelope
next to the name of the user at the very bottom of the screen.
The features of the Message Center are explained in the "Messages"
category above.
- Unfiled Faxes - If this menu is present, it means that
records have been scanned or faxed into FreeMED. "Unfiled Faxes"
are generally viewed by the staff. To set who will see Unfiled Faxes,
go to Main -> Administrative Menu -> System Configuration ->
Unfiled Faxes. You can then set who will see Unfiled Faxes. If you
click on [File], you will be taken to list of all Unfiled Faxes.
You can "Del" a document or you can "View" it.
If you click on View, you will see the document. You will also see the
data that has to be attached to the document in order to file it.
- Superbill - If this menu is present, it allows the billing
department to see which procedures are ready to be billed.
You can add a Suberbill like this by clicking on a patient's chart
going to the Progress Notes module, clicking on Add and clicking on
the Superbill tab. This is explained more fully in the Help Menu of
Progress Notes Box module.
- Letter Corrections - If this menu is present, you are a
typist who has typed a letter for a provider. The provider has
added suggested corrections and returned the letter to you so that
you can make the indicated corrections.
- Unread Letters - If this menu is present, you will see
letters which have been typed by a typist and returned to the provider
for proof-reading and correction. After the letters are approved, the
secretary can then fax or print the letters.