2020/12/04 Release Notes epi-me (eAdmissions & eReferrals release) 

eReferrals (Initial Release)

EpiSoft has now migrated it's eReferrals Portal from the version 2 eAdmissions platform into version 3 epi-me - initially only Acute Referrals has been migrated but we will be adding Mental Health and Rehab Referrals in 2H 2021.

eReferrals allows admitting Drs / VMOs to submit comprehensive and tailored eReferrals to your service via either a secure webform or directly from their practice management system using standards-based HL7 messaging.

The eReferrals land on a consolidated Referral Worklist which allows your service's staff to review, acknowledge and process them into your Patient Administration System which provides real-time feedback to referrers. eReferrals also includes also a comprehensive, integrated Admitting Dr secure messaging lookup via the FHIR Provider Directory service.

Contact help@episoft.com.au to get started with eReferrals.



New Hospital Group Migrated from V2 eAdmissions to epi-me V3


A nationwide private hospital group has joined the growing cohort of services using epi-me V3. This group was a longstanding customer of EpiSoft's using eAdmissions V2 who are migrating to avail themselves of the Referrer Portal and other value-add functions in eAdmissions V3 like Informed Financial Consent and Patient Online Payments.

Further migrations of V2 customers are planned for 2021.


Automated SMS Notifications and Reminders for Patients

The ability to send an SMS notification or reminder has been added to Event Management for these events:

• On Admission Form Submitted
• On History Form Submitted
• On estimate of fees received
• On Admission
• Preadmission forms incomplete
• Estimate Incomplete

This is envisaged to greatly assist with following up patients for incomplete forms and financial estimates. Contact help@episoft.com.au if you need help setting these up.

Minor Enhancements to eAdmissions Question Set- all customers to receive by default.

Accommodation Preference Statement (Admission Details) separated into two lines rather than 1 paragraph - to improve clarity of consent for patients.

Addition of note on Allergies & Medications - "Please document any known allergies or sensitivities e.g. medications, tape, latex/rubber, food, antiseptics, metals and other"


Bug Fixes

Fixed typo in Previous Hospital Visits Section - "Have you been in ANY hospital..." rather than " Have you been in an ANY..." (Admission Details page)

GP Phone & Fax Number now populating on GP Details correctly - previously only populating after page saved (GP Details)

Who is Taking Patient Home now saving correctly - previously not saving patient's data entry. (Discharge Planning)



New eAdmissions Questions Available via Opt-In - contact help@episoft.com.au if you are interesting in activating these.

Introduction of Header Questions on Health History (Adult) Pages 1 & 2 to default the responses in a particular comorbidity section, which is envisaged to speed up eAdmissions for healthy patients




Introduction of Accounts Fees and Payments Consent for Private Health Funded-patients




The text and URL to the Payments policy is customisable.

Addition of Injury question in Health History - Asks whether the admission was the result of a past or present injury.

Addition of ELOS (Expected Length of Stay) for Overnight Patients (Admission Details page)

Make Referring Dr Optional (Admission Details page)


Additional of Child Born in this Hospital ? Question (Admission Details page)


Additional Option for Patients to Search GP by their Practice Name - this is an alternate to searching only by GP Name

Addition of Other Test Results in Last 6 Months ? Question (Health History (Adult) Page 1)


Addition Question to Capture Name(s) of Patient's Endocrinology Specialists (Health History (Adult) Page 1)


Additional Note for Diabetic Patients to bring Glucometer to Hospital (Health History (Adult) Page 1)


Additional Cancer Treatment Option - Oral therapy (Health History (Adult) Page 3)


Addition of Regular Exercise Question (Lifestyle & Diet)


Additional Subquestion ' Do you have any caring responsibilities for others?' under a 'Yes' response to ' Do you have any caring responsibilities for others?' (Discharge Planning)

Addition of ACAT Assessment Question (Discharge Planning)


Addition of Thyroid Management Options (Health History (Adult) Page 1)


Addition of Facility Photos and Google Map Links (Admission Details)


Expansion of Obstetric History page to Capture Gynaelogical History and Planning for Parenthood Questionnaire


A reminder that these above changes in this section of the release notes are Opt-In - your patients should not be seeing these questions unless the configuration has been activated.