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10 Ways to Break Your OSCAR

This post lists 10 ways that you can easily create havoc in your OSCAR EMR system through inconsistent or incorrect input of data! Some content from Mike Thompson. Updated 2022 by Adrian Starzynski. Don’t use quotations or apostrophes in Patient…

How to find the appointment ID in OSCAR

Each appointment has a unique appointment identifier number, which is referred to as “Appointment ID”, “Appointment No.”, “Appointment Number”, “appt_no”, “appt_id”, or “appointmentID”. Various features in OSCAR use the appointment ID to perform functions related to appointments, for example: Also,…

One-Touch Mark Here Link from Schedule

Do you find yourself constantly marking patients as “Here” on the schedule? Traditionally, this requires THREE clicks – first you click the patient’s name to edit the appointment, change the appointment status dropdown to HERE, then click Update Appt. For…

Dark theme for your OSCAR!

Shared by Gunther Klein: I don’t know about you guys, but I get eye strain from looking at my OSCAR EMR screen for many hours every day, and I have lately found myself yearning for a “dark” theme (especially for…