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Templates are listed in alphabetical order, but entries can be easier to find if organized categorically.

For each area, eg Exam, choose 10 broad categories.
000 General
100 HEENT
200 Chest
300 Heart
400 Abdomen
500 Neuro
600 MSK
700 GU
800 Derm
900 Psych

Then label templates such as

410 Soft, NT: "Abdomen is soft and nontender."
415 No perit: "No peritnoneal signs."
510 WNL: "Neuro exam grossly normal."
515 2+ DTRs: "DTRs are 2+ and symmetric."

Then when searching the list, it goes in a nice, sequential order. You can insert new templates in between like 412 or 4121 and 4122.

Great Idea, One can also arrange by System then Dse state:
They also will list alphabetically. Your most common ones can be started w/ a space first which brings them to the top of the list.

TITLES ONLY
System - State

EYES - WNL
EYES - Allergic
EYES - Blephar
EYES - Conjunct
etc..

MOUTH - WNL
MOUTH - Herpes
MOUTH - Strep

I use "a" to "z" for the prefix for systems, and start with the head and work my way down. Normals are single letter, abnormals are letter and number.

a
a1
a2
a3

etc.

I'm working on changing the templates from a flat layout to a "treeview" system with full drag-and-drop, so that templates can be organized in folders. I hope to have code to send to Jon to look over in a couple of weeks, and if he likes it I'm hoping it will see the light of day as part of the next release.

V.

As an experiment, I took this valuable old thread and turned it into an Amazing Wiki entry. Have a look, and tell me what you think!

Here's the link:

http://www.amazingcharts.com/wiki/index.php?title=Organize_templates