Now and then you wish to handout some instructions on a particular disease, diet, or test result to a patient.
The simplest way to do this is to use the text macro system, or boilerplate text. There you can create custom instructions with some variable substitution.
Let's work through an actual example of how this might work.
Creating the template
I often use Salazopyrin as a disease remitting agent in rheumatoid arthritis. I now wish to store a handout on this drug and its use in inflammatory arthritis.
- Bring up a consult ( any patient )
- Click on the "Macros" tab - at the top left
- Click on the "All" tab below that
- Then click on "Instructions" in the list below that
- In the "Search" field in the popup that appears, type "Salazopyrin Handout"
- I now need some text, and I will grab it from this handout. Highlight all the text and copy it with Control-C
- Now paste it into the large editing box with Control-V
- We can tidy up the formatting later on, but now click on the "Save As" button
- It should now appear in the list of diseases above, and classified as "Docs"
- Now close this window down
Using the template
Now, I have the patient in front of me whom I am going to give them this handout.
- Create a new consult, and change the description to "Salazopyrin handout"
- In full screen mode, click on "Macros" tab again
- Click on the "X" and type "Salaz"
- In the popup that appears, click on "Salazopyrin Handout"
- Then click on "Accept"
- Then click on "Save"
- Click on "Print" to print it out
- In the Print Letter Dialog, check the "To Patient" box
- Then click on one of the print buttons at the bottom
- Give the patient this handout :)
Changing the handout
Lets say we want this handout to have bold titles.
- Bring up the template as above
- For each word, or set of words, we want to make caps bold, we place |6 in front to change to caps bold, and then terminate it with |1 to return to the normal font
- After that, click on "Update Template"
Now when you use this template, all the formatting is in place. The
|6 switches to the default postscript font being used for caps bold.
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