Elixir's Custom Fields

Custom Fields can be created and used within Elixir to display and reuse information that is required for your clinic. Custom fields can be used to hold data such as ACC or Insurance Information, previous surgeries, employment type, vaccination status and so on.

There are 3 different areas for custom fields:

• Patient Custom Fields
• Referral Custom Fields
• Appointment Custom Fields

Creating a custom field

1. In Admin navigate to the custom field type you want to create. Click "New Field" on the top right.

2. Fill in the fields of the new custom field.

   • Field Name: What you would like to call your field
   • Field Type: There are different field types such as
     • TextField - Free text
     • Dropdown - List of dropdown options
     • Date - Date selector
     • Time - Time selector
     • DateTime - Date and time selector
     • Contact - Contact dropdown (this could be an insurer)
     • READ Code - ACC READ code selector
     • Multiple READ Codes - Supports adding multiple ACC READ codes
   • Label Title: Label titles print when using the custom field as a variable in labels.
     For example if you had a custom field called Insurer which had the label title “INS” and a patient was with “Southern Cross”, when printing a label the output would be
     INS: Southern Cross

3. Click Create

Note

Tick the relevant box if you would like your custom field to show on agenda and appointments.

Tip

You can also use the fields you create to populate information into your notes and letters by using the $variables under the INS menu in your letter templates.