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= LibreHealth EHR User Guide =

Introduction
The purpose of this user guide is to introduce you to the basic appearance and features of LibreHealth EHR. We’ll walk you through the different screens and focus on the different functionalities that will help you run your electronic health record keeping smoothly and efficiently.

There are three main sections that we will explore: Login, User Preferences, and Menu Navigation.

In this section, we’ll begin with the Login Screen and then look at the interface and basic navigation functions within LibreHealth EHR.

In the User Preferences section, we will explore the various methods to change the look and feel of your personal working environment to your preferred interface.

In the Main Navigation section, we will explore the various screens and tools on the top menu bar of the Main Screen.

You can jump to a specific section from the Table of Contents links.

Toni Shortsleeve, LibreEHR Documentation Intern, March 22, 2018

Table of Contents
Login

Main Screen

Login
You will first see the Login Screen:

![login](https://www.konikodes.com/libre/img/intro/login.jpg)

In the lower right corner of the screen you will see the Libre version number. This is good to know if you need to ask for technical support.

![login-1](img/intro/login-1.jpg) Next to the version number you will see a link that will take you to the Acknowledgments, Licensing and Contributions information. ![login-2](img/intro/login-2.jpg)

Below the Username and Pass Phrase is the Language dropdown menu. You can change the display language. Standard English is Default.

![login-3](img/intro/login-3.jpg)

In this documentation, the user will be an Administrator so that you can see all of Libre’s features.

Each user’s access and permissions determines what that user can and can’t see.

Enter your Username and Pass Phrase then click on the Login button.

![login-4](img/intro/login-4.jpg)

This will take you to the Main Screen.

Main Screen
![main screen](img/intro/main.jpg)


 * Note:* Patient and staff names or any data you may see are completely fictional.

You will see the main menu along the top. Each menu item is the name of a menu group. We will explore these shortly.

Below the main menu is the Header area in which the active patient's information is displayed when their record is being worked on. At the moment it says Patient: None. That will change once a patient is chosen.

![menu-top-1](img/intro/menu-top-1.jpg)

LibreHealth EHR starts with two panels. Each user has some choice of which ones appear for them. You can find out more in the User Preferences section.

The number of panels you see will change as you open and close modules.

The Module Panels present the controls you work with in each of LibreHealth EHR’s different functions.

![modules-1](img/intro/modules-1.jpg)

Each Panels Tab has controls on them, as you can see with the Calendar Module Panel.

![modules-2](img/intro/modules-2.jpg)

The round arrow icon on the left will refresh the module.

![modules-3](img/intro/modules-3.jpg)

The lock will close the panel, and keep it floating above the open panels as they move in to take up the space. Clicking the lock again will re-open the panel in its original location.

![modules-4](img/intro/modules-4.jpg)

The “X” will close the panel entirely. As with the lock, the open panels will move in to the empty space.

![modules-5](img/intro/modules-5.jpg)

When you select a menu item that opens a new panel, it will be seen to the right of the other panels.

Some of the panels are wider than others. If you have more multiple panels open, they may take up too much room and seem to squeeze together. If this occurs, you will see scroll bars so that you may still navigate on the panel of your choice.

![modules-6](img/intro/modules-6.jpg)

Now that we have a better idea of how the screen flow works, we’ll visit the [User Preferences](https://gitlab.com/KoniKodes/libreHealth/blob/master/outreachy/USER-PREFERENCE.md) to create your favorite working environment.