Letter Writer
Letters can be written within MMEx and easily attached to a patient record. To write a new letter, open the relevant patient's record and click on the Letter Writer tab under the Patients tab in the top menu
Figure 1: Finding the Letter Writter
You should see the patient's name at the top of the screen. If this is not correct you can change the selected patient using the link provided.
The templates drop down list allows you to select a predetermined template to apply to your letter. Click the Insert button to apply the template. For more information on templates see the Managing Templates section below.
Enter the subject of the letter into the Subject text box. This should be a name by which the letter can then be later identified by.
Figure 2: Writing a letter
Finally enter your letter into the large text box. To print a copy, simply click on the Print button at the top of the page. To save the letter against the patient record, click Save Letter.
Managing Templates
To manage your templates, click on the Manage Templates button. This will take you to a screen displaying any already available templates. To create a new template, click Create New Template.
Figure 3: The Templates page
Select the type of template you wish to create from the drop down list at the top of the page. This affects where you will be able to access the template. If you select Compose/Letter/Document from the list, you will be able to use the template when you compose new MMEx messages or create new letters/documents, from the Letter Writer screen, that you can print out and save against the MMEx patient record. Selecting Progress Note will mean that you can use the template for creating progress notes on a patient record.
Figure 4: The Template Type drop down list
In the Template Name text box (Figure 5) give the template a name which it can be identified by from a list of your templates.
Figure 5: The Template Name text box
Enter text and use the formatting tools to create your desired template. The Autofill Markers can be used to automatically pull relevant information about a patient at hand (see Figure 6 for an example).
Figure 6: Creating the template
Click the Save Template button at the top of the page to save your template.