KenyaEMR Form Development Guidelines

Some forms are used for retrospective entry and are designed to appear like their paper equivalent as much as possible. Other forms which are primarily for point-of-care entry should adhere to the following guidelines so that they have a consistent appearance.

Example Form

Standard Components

Header

Should be contained in a <div> with the .ke-form-header CSS class
Should include <encounterDate>
- If form is retrospective data entry, then time will not be known and shouldn't be requested (showTime=false)
- If form is for point-of-care then time is required (showTime=false)
- Id of the tag should be set to encounter-date to enable calculations based on encounter date (id="encounter-date")
Should include <encounterProvider> onlyif form is for retrospective data entry
- Should default to current user (default=currentUser)
Should include <encounterLocation>
- Should default to the server location (default="GlobalProperty:kenyaemr.defaultLocation")

Content

Should be contained in a <div> with the .ke-form-content CSS class
Use <fieldset> and <legend> tags to divide the form into sections

Footer

Should be contained in a <div> with the .ke-form-footer CSS class

Javascript

Place all Javascript in a single script block at the top of the page
Use jq to reference jQuery
Do not use Javascript to pre-fill form fields as this will give the false-impression that a clinical observation has been made. You can though display previous recordings beside form fields.

Example Code

<htmlform>
	
  <script type="text/javascript">
	// Add javascript here
  </script>
 
  <div class="ke-form-header">
    <table width="100%">
      <tr>
        <td>Date <encounterDate id="encounter-date" /></td>
        <td>Provider <encounterProvider default="currentUser" /></td>
        <td>Location <encounterLocation default="GlobalProperty:kenyaemr.defaultLocation" /></td>
      </tr>
    </table>
  </div>
  
  <div class="ke-form-content">
    <fieldset>
      <legend>Goats</legend>
        <table>
          <tr>
            <td>Total number of goats:</td>
            <td><obs conceptId="159683AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" /></td>
          </tr>
        </table>
    </fieldset>
  </div>

  <div class="ke-form-footer">
    <submit />
  </div>

</htmlform>

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