Form Builder Changes (Tech Tuesday #87)

Happy Tuesday!

It’s time again for Tech Tuesday; a weekly series of helpful hints, tips, and workflows that you can use to improve your skills in Accuro®EMR.

No one panic. The form builder is changing, but it is only for better.

In the October release of Accuro®EMR, the forms have taken on some new functionality. The first thing you will notice is your buttons have been moved. Instead of being on the side of the screen in the form builder, they are now on top. Along with this comes some new buttons to make form building a bit easier. Yes, it will take a bit to get used to, but for the better I think.

The other important change is that in the form editor, the download and publish form buttons have been moved in to the Form Editor Tools menu.

For the full list of changes I would highly recommend checking out the release notes which you can view under the Help menu of Accuro. Here are some of the Form Builder change highlights:

• You can edit many components at once by holding down your left mouse button then dragging the selection box around everything you want to select. Then you can do the following:
  • Move them around by using the arrow keys on the keyboard (use SHIFT+Arrow for bigger moves).
  • Right-click edit the Name, Tag Name, and Font.
• The minimum font size is now 6.
• The buttons are moved to the top of the screen from the side.
• There are new buttons. Hold your mouse still over the button and Accuro will display the button function in a tooltip so you can figure out what they all do.
• When trying to load a new form or close a form, you are prompted to save first.
• A Tools menu option has been added (at the top of the window), this is where Export Form From File, Export Form To File, Publish/Download and Configure are now located.
• A new feature which is useful when using formulas is that formula components can be set to hide when they are being viewed on a patient chart.

To access the form editor click Tools > select Form Editor.

I hope these changes do not cause you too much stress. Trust me, you will get used to it very quickly, and the new multi-component move and font edit will be a huge time saver. Enjoy!

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