Custom Fields

With custom fields, you can extend any object (e.g. patient, provider, support, etc.) to track additional data.

You can automatically add data from forms, visit notes, care plans, and documents into custom fields by toggling the "Add to Patient Chart" button in the form, etc. questions and selecting the appropriate custom field.

You can also auto-populate values from custom fields into notes by using the Editor question type in visit note templates and pre-setting the text {{patient.['Name of Custom Field']}}.

Steps

Step 1: Create a custom field

To create a custom field:

• Go to the EMR (e.g. emr.avonhealth.com)

• Click on the hamburger menu on the top left corner > Settings > Custom Fields

• Click "Create a custom field"

• Set:

  • Name: Name of custom field
  • Description: Description of custom field
  • Type: Type of custom field (e.g. dropdown, string, number, date, datetime, etc.)
  • Required: Whether the custom field is required or not
  • Options: Only applies if the type is "dropdown". Options for the dropdown.
  • Placeholder: Only applies if the type is "string" or "number". Placeholder for the custom field.
  • Auto Add To: Which objects to add this custom field to.