It isn’t really very simple to pull data from OpenERP and show it up in EMR and show it up — like Patient Overdue amount, etc. This kind of similar requirement did come up in JSS hospital with regards to Insurance… for doctors to be able to see how much money is pending an insurance claim for a patient, and hence how much more can they charge to insurance for that patient. In this case at JSS, the Govt pays the cost of procedures/operations via an insurance scheme where for each patient there is a max cover of X rupees per year. So, depending on pending claim amount, the doctor can suggest if a procedure can be carried out via insurance cover, or they will need to figure out an alternative way.
For such use-cases, we were thinking that it might be helpful to provide a feature where you could configure a link in EMR which on being clicked will show you some data about the patient pulled from ERP. We haven’t yet gotten down to doing more detailed analysis, but maybe something like this – where you can say that when a doc clicks on this link in the patient dashboard, show their “Overdue Amount” or “Insurance Claim” etc… (basically some OpenERP Fields), then it might solve multiple use-cases. What do you think?
Right now, in most places where the payment needs to be done first, the health provider / lab assistant / nurse usually ask the patient to show the payment receipt before continuing with the care – and hence don’t rely on the EMR to display this information.