This section contains definitions and explanations of common terms used within UgandaEMR and OpenMRS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Concept | The concept is the basic element of flexibility in OpenMRS. Concepts are the individual data points collected from a population of patients. Concepts include both questions and answers. For example, blood type data is collected for a patient. The question is "What is the blood type for the patient?", with a set of discrete answers of "A, B, AB or O". To implement this in OpenMRS with concepts, the question is a concept ("blood type") and each response ("A", "B", "AB" and "O") is also a concept. For this one question, a total of 5 concepts are required. |
| Encounter | A single, specific interaction between the patient and a provider. An encounter can be any interaction and includes doctor visits, laboratory tests, food distribution, home visits, counselor appointments, etc. Each encounter must an encounter type, date/time, location and provider. |
| Summary Page | A summary page used for both ART and HIV Exposed Infants captures demographic information on the patient, how they got into care and important changes in their treatment regime |
| Encounter Page | An encounter page for both ART and HIV exposed infants captures information on a visit to the health facility which includes their health status, nutrition, tests done and results (when available), medication dispensed, counselling and education done |
| Provider | A provider is any person who provides services to patients in a health facility may include doctor, clinician, midwife, lab technician or a counselor |