Could someone please post a list of template fillers Eg: %FNAME for first name. Or was there a prior post that has already done that? Thank you in advance.

The following template fillers are working presently:

%Mr
%FNAME
%LNAME
%AGE
%him
%he
%his
%Him

I believe Vinny has written and submitted the code for %Man, %Male and %Today, but they haven't been incorporated yet.

If you can think of any more that you would like to see, I believe Vinny is still taking requests.

@Ageinweeksiflessthanonemonthandinmonthsiflessthantwoyears

would be great. Children are NOT just little adults.

I sent this message to Vinny a few weeks ago:

and this was his reply.

So he knows we need this, and is presumably working on it. Thanks, Vinny!

Bert, I just noticed the part where you wanted "age in weeks if less than one month of age", and of course I should have included that in my request. I will PM Vinny and direct his attention to this thread.

Hi Gang,

Merry Christmas! Between the FAA course, being under the weather with bronchitis, the holiday, and seeing patients, I've kinda kept a low profile lately. Sorry for my absence.

Jon has an "alpha" of some new features coming along hopefully in a couple weeks, and when we apply our patch set to that, we will then forward what we have to Jon, to apply or not as he sees fit.

In Dr. Vinny's Private Patchset are:

An updated template parser - with a few new fields. I'll attempt to add the ones people are asking for. If the data is either easily created from the current patient recordset or already there, I can add things easily. Since this is stand-alone code, I can't imagine Jon would have a problem dropping this in.

Context sensitive prescribing - If the medication is a tablet, the SIG is in tablets. If capsules, in capsules. If otic drops, is in drops and which ear. If an inhaler, is in puffs. Topicals have topical instructions, etc etc. Covers about 98% of the meds I've encountered, including some weird ones I played with for testing. It parses the medication name, looking for clues as to what form the medication is in and where its used. (ie, Cortisporin Otic is NOT dispensed in tablets to be taken BID lol, and the key word "Otic" is in the parse tree, so it's recognised as ear drops)

The dates on prescriptions, orders, vaccinations etc are the chart note's date, not the current date. Sounds like a simple patch, but it changes the API to a number of forms. I HOPE Jon will accept this patch, it's saved me from writing things with wrong dates since unfortunately we're not in real time in our office.

The ability to send a COPY of an order to a SECOND e-mail box in the system. We keep a mailbox for "Records" and one for "Referrals" so that the girls know what's coming in for them to do. We also changed the orders to allow changing from "electronic signature" to a signature line by checking or unchecking a box.

There are a few other odds and ends as well, all written to improve usability.


V.

Thanks Vinny,

Your contributions may make it worthwhile to perform an update. And for those of us who customized our medication list, dictionary and other features, will the new update require erasure/new formatting?

Any word on whether AC is a subscription service subject to shut down of our programs?
Hate to upgrade AC only to add a feature to allow someone to shut down the program.

The things **I'M** adding don't require any changes. Can't speak for changed JON is writing, however :-)

The macro parser is my code, and while I am adding more macros, the existing ones should remain unchanged.

I'm still running on code from June, as most of Jon's updates since then affect labs and we're not currently involved in that at all in our office.

I can't speak to Jon's business model. It sure looks to ME it's becoming a subscription model, though. You'll have to discuss that with Jon and reach whatever comfort level you can with it. My impression isn't that he's looking for excuses to turn off users.

V.

Well, just as I leave this post on

http://amazingcharts.com/ub/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=4545&page=0#Post4545

I get the post above. Don't know what to think now.

Does the %TITLE still supposed to work? %FNAME and %LNAME do, but I notice %TITLE isnt currently working.

%HE doesn't seem to be still functional either, but %he works fine.

Is it possible to get some ages down into the infants areas, like 1 month, 2 months, etc. It looks silly for the patient to be 0, which is why I can't use it at all. Thanks.

I talked with Vinny about doing this months ago, and he saw no problem with it, but I haven't heard from Vinny in a while.

Amazing Charts already makes this calculation in the little information bar at the top of the encounter form, so I don't know why it couldn't be made into a macro.

Agreed. But, remember kids are ONLY little adults!

I tried to do the "%filler" stuff and it isn't working. How did you guys do it? I tried in the template window but it doesn't seem to work. I wanted to do this for consultation notes/missed school letter etc.

I just tested all of the %filler I typed previously, and they all worked, except "%Mr", which has to be typed as "%MR".

Do this -- copy and paste the following:

%MR
%FNAME
%LNAME
%AGE
%him
%he
%his
%Him

Now, paste it in any field. Hit Alt-RightClick and create a new template. Call it "%filler" or whatever you want and save it.

Now select and place that template and tell us what happens.

I tried it-it works in the main fields of the note-but not in the template to generate letters.

You are correct. That feature doesn't work in the letter writer, more's the pity.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

Wait a second, though! Brain cells working (or is that 'Brian cells?' Hmmm...).

I have an idea.

• You're in the midst of an encounter and you know you want to use your %FILLER to write a letter. Just create your letter templates in the "Plan" data field.
  
  Now, you have two options:
  • Either start the letter in the "Plan" field, cut/copy it, open the Letter Writer, hit "Paste" and polish up the letter.
  • Or, you can save the note with the text of the letter contained in the "Plan" field of the note. Open Letter Writer. Check the "plan" box at the left. The text of the letter will appear inside of the Letter Writer.

• If you want to use this method and you have not even started a note on the patient, no big deal. Just pop open a note right quick, start the letter using your %FILLER template, copy it for the Letter Writer, and close the note without saving.

This may not seem super-clear unless you try it out on a Fake Patient and play with it a bit. Let me know if you have any questions.

I have also been trying to use this in the templates....I did as you said and copied the %etc list to a template area and called it %filler. If I chose that template, it populated the HPI space with the correct gender, etc. However, how do you get it to merge this with any of the regular templates...sinus, colds etc.??? I need lots of specific detail. My results follow:
Patient notes a runny nose, head congestion, and some post-nasal drip.
Patient
Test
58
her
she
her
Her

For example:

%MR %FNAME %LNAME, %AGE years of age, notes a runny nose, head congestion, and some post-nasal drip. %He denies fever, chills, chest pain or dyspnea.

Roy posted a bunch of sample %FILLER templates once. It has been months ago, I guess.

Here's one he did:

http://amazingcharts.com/ub/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1722&page=1#Post1722

There are a bunch of these in the Helpful Downloads forum, but they are old posts, so in order to see them, you have to scroll to the bottom of the screen and set it to show you "All posts for the past year."

I'm having cursor problems when using %filler.

Any template with a %filler will position the cursor to the beginning of the sentence. I have to click after the sentence to reposition the cursor.

Any template without a %filler will position the cursor after the sentence (which is how I like it).

Am I the only one getting this?

I wonder if it is possible to use %templates to make capitals.

For example, if patient's name is Linda Williams

%FNAME %LNAME --> Linda Williams

Is there is any way I can make it --> LINDA WILLIAMS

I tried: %C%FNAME, %FNAME%C, %FNAME/C, %/CFNAME w/o any result.

I don't know of any way to do that, apricot.

The %templates need an upgrade. There's no reason why you couldn't have:

%Fname = Linda

and

%FNAME = LINDA

for instance.

However, the two biggest things we need are:

%male = male or female

and

%age = age in weeks for kids younger than two months, age in months for kids younger than two years, and years from that point onward.

I have spoken with Jon about this and he apparently does not want to do anymore upgrades until the conference, because every enhancement requires debugging afterward, and he wants to focus on the SQL conversion.

I just wanted to bring this post to the top because a lot of folks expressed interest in this topic at the User Group meeting.

Post here if any questions!

John is a 5 year male patient who came in for whatever.......

%LNAME is a %AGE year old %sex patient who came in for whatever......

Suzy is a 5 year old female patient who......

%FNAME is a %AGE year old %sex patient who.....

I'll be doggone! The gender macro works now!?!

When the heck did *that* start working?!?!!?

%sex = male or female, as appropriate.
%Sex = Male or Female, as appropriate.

Jon never advertised a fix. I even jacked him up about it, pre-conference, and at the conference from the podium, and he didn't say anything!

Well, that cuts the number of my macros in half!

Is there any way to have a flow sheet in AC. I have patients who come in for Protime/ INR checks every 2-4 weeks and it really helps to have a flow sheet rather than to go back and check what the dose of coumadin was last time and when if at all it changed the last time.

Siri:

Go to the top of this page. Click "Search"

Search for "flow sheet" or "flowsheet" and you will find what you are looking for.

Hey, it seems that these don't work on chart addendums. Anyone else noticed that? Can we get them working on chart addendums?

Does anyone have a list of all the %X that work? the namesand age are capitalized so it is %FNAME and %AGE but the sex is %sex. Where can we find a list of all of them?

Sorry for the double post, but does anyone know of a shortcut filler for chief complaint. This way you can make the full sentensce at teh beginning of your HPI.

Just a thought. Also is it possible for us to make the fillers or does AC have to do it?