Templates in Synapse: How they work (boy are they flexible and powerful!)

A field widget requires a modifier before it to make it conditional i.e. a radio-group.

If you always want it to print out, change it to a sfield instead.

Just to recap, there are 4 widgets that do not need modifiers to always produce text.

They are:

• sfield
• slabel
• stext
• sedit-list

whereas the versions without the S in front always need a modifier to print.

What is a combination box?

Like these ones ?

http://java.sun.com/products/jlf/ed2/book/HIG.Controls5.html

We have multi-select options already, but I haven't seen a list box.

Sure is. He's 2.75 years now in Synapse years. Thanks for asking ! We were playing Hide and Seek on the weekend, which he loves []

Yes, any table can be made multi-select with the control key if you enable the multi-select feature

eg. table options [ multi "Drugname" left 1.0 ] data [ "drug1" "drug2" "drug3" ]

See alsohttp://compkarori.no-ip.biz:8090/Documentation_Index/Template_Language

which describes three variables which produce multi-selecting tables of patient specific data that can be used inside a template.

[quote user="Graham"]

Yes, any table can be made multi-select with the control key if you enable the multi-select feature

eg. table options [ multi "Drugname" left 1.0 ] data [ "drug1" "drug2" "drug3" ]

See alsohttp://compkarori.no-ip.biz:8090/Documentation_Index/Template_Language

which describes three variables which produce multi-selecting tables of patient specific data that can be used inside a template.

[/quote]



I made a wiki entry which gives new users the Tip to "Put Code in the GUI template area and press [check]" !

see here

This template illustrates the user variables

group-box "" -1x-1 data [

label "Age" text "<$age>" return

label "Sex" text "<$sex>" return

label "Sex10" text "<$sex10>" return

label "Systolic" text "<$systolic>" return

label "Diastolic" text "<$diastolic>" return

label "Height" text "<$height>" return

label "Weight" text "<$weight>" return

label "Total Cholesterol" text "<$cholesterol>" return

label "HDL Cholesterol" text "<$hdl>" return

label "ESR" text "<$esr>" return

label "CRP" text "<$crp>" return

table 85x50 options [ multi no-dividers "Diagnosis" left .75 "Code" left .25 ]

data [ <$diagnoses> ] return

table 85x50 options [ multi no-dividers "Drug" left .7 "Dose" left .3 ]

data [ <$currentmedications> ]

]

Way Cool.

I want to be able to make my *OWN* popups (not inside the Consult area) with stuff like this .... Possible ?

It would be great !

It must be possible as it works in the >Settings>GUI template area !

For what purpose?

The only idea ( so far ) for user templates is to generate text, and so you need a consult to insert the text into.

I would like to present my patient's data AS I WANT.

It might be different to how you want it.

I've talked about how Synapse needs a "Patient Summary" HomePage (which it still does) .. well I could make my own "Patient Summary" Popup !

When my new nurse wants to get a 45 second review of the current patient ... she could check out the Patient Summary Popup.

Or more importantly ... I might need a review. []


That is but one use.

I might want one with

Another:

A GI doc might want

I might want a

Diabetes View (certain labs, meds, names of specialists, last 4 A1cs with dates, etc.)


A nurse might want ...

A secretary might want ...

I think the possibilties are almost endless. End users learning Template Code to make Examination templates is hard, but I'm sure they'd eagerly learn all this to be able to get their patient's data how their brains/eyes want to see it !

Love this idea !

there's only a small amount of data you can present inside a gui...

Sure. That's why the enduser can make whatever number of templates they want.

Plus, a scrollbar'd GUI is very legit in these circumstances.

[quote user="Jason"]

I would like to present my patient's data AS I WANT.

Love this idea !
[/quote]

Discussion on this idea, given internal code name: DataViews, is continued <u>here </u>