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2018/07/10 Release Notes (Admin)
1. For this release, a new letter parameter of 'Health Fund Full Name' has been added to Letter Module. This will populate the health fund name, rather than the short code, so that those not using Eclipse will also work too.
2. In certain circumstances for bulk bill claims the account was not being paid off correctly if the actual benefit paid differed from the provider charge. We have added additional code to prevent this occurring again
3. Additional validation rules have been added to the account/billing tab to prevent duplicate accounts being created, this was sometimes occurring due to poor connectivity and users clicking or refreshing their page while waiting for the billing tab to render/refresh.
4. The Letter Module has been update to the most current version of DevExpress. For end users you will find that the letter module will render more quickly and perform with more stability, there are a number of minor formatting upgrades such as the ability to add a header by double clicking on the top of the page rather than having to insert a header using the formatting menu.
5. An issue was identified where if a patient had 2 appointments in a status of preadmitted and the first appointment was then rescheduled the visit id was not de-linking which caused the visit to not display in the list of historical visits. This issues has now been resolved.
6. The new release has included a new 'Visit Form' for Partners in Recovery, called World Health Organisation Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS). This questionnaire asks a range questions about difficulties due to health conditions. Health conditions including disease or illness, other health problems that may be short or long lasting, injuries, mental or emotional problems, and problems with alcohol or drugs. The patient will be required to think back over the past 30 days and answer these tick-box questions, thinking about the level of difficulty they had doing the following activities. For each question, please select only one response.
7. An issue was identified that in certain circumstances the green protocol icon (tear drop) on the appointment management page was displaying as green when the protocol was still unsigned, the issue has been resolved. We have also added the protocol icon to the page automated refresh so that it will now update when it has been signed or unsigned.
8. The new release contains a number of updates to the Letter module. The new letter parameter 'Medications Administered by Visit' has been created so organisations can get a list of medications that have been administered on the selected visit. By default the letter parameter uses the most recent visit, to select another visit click on the 'Attachments' tab at the top of letter module and change the 'visit reference' drop down list to the desired visit (see screenshots below)
9. The new release contains a number of updates to the Letter module. The letter parameter 'Primary Referrer' Address has been created. This means there will no longer be a forced line-space between the 'address' line and 'suburb postcode' in the letter template.
10. The new release update includes a simple view update on the 'Patient Merge' page. This means that a patient's Epi Id will populate in the Merged epi ID column, instead of the Patient Merged ID.
11. There have been a number of new improvements made within the Billing Module. A new custom validator has been added to all contracts to validate that the 'Provider Charge' field has not been left unpopulated, and also that the provider charge is the same of greater than the 'Expected benefit paid'. This has eliminated the chance of generating an 'Unexpected Error' message when a user tries to add a payment in the 'Billing' page.
12. In order to improve the functionality of the 'Nursing Assessment Form', a new report has been added to show any visits that have the 'Nursing Assessment' form and where the form has not been save on that visit will display in the report. This report has been added with the aim of reducing the number of visits that are note obtaining the required patient information.
13. To increase the functionality of the 'Outcome of Intake' form, a 5th checkbox option labelled 'Rehab', has been added to the question: 'Requires Assessment for'.
14. There have been a number of new improvements made within the Billing Module. A new report has been created to assist users with validating the difference in time taken between accounts being paid off and the actual payment date that appears on the ERA Report. The new report has been based off the existing 'Billed Services - All receipted' report, with the addition of three new columns which include 'Payment Run Date', 'Payment Run Reference Number' and 'Report Transaction ID'.
15. An issue was identified where the 'last modified users' on the visit form printout was using the users current role rather than their role at the time of completing the form. The print out now displays the users role at the time of completing the form.
16. The new release has included a number of new letter parameters to increase functionality when creating letter templates. The parameters 'Referrer Fax Number' and 'to referrer fax' have been added.
17. The reported issues with the NDIS In Kind visit form have now been resolved
18. If a patient had both appointments and ad-hoc visits created on the same day the visit notes were not ordering in chronological order based on the time they were entered. This issue has been resolved and visits notes will be displayed in reverse chronological order based on visit time.
19. In certain circumstances the billing tab was rendering without a account number, we have put in additional validation to prevent this occurring in the future.
20. It appears that a number of users have saved their home page to their favorites and attempting to navigate to this page rather than the login page, this would generate an error as the user is not authenticated, now rather than generating an error users will be automatically redirected to the login screen instead.
21. The new release includes improvements to the 'Referrer Management' page. With the new upgrades to the referrer module, users have been given the ability to add a new referrer or edit an existing referrer from within the patient record rather than having to add them to the referrer module first. (See attachment 'Referrer Module Upgrades').
22. Bug (CZ-1302): If users erroneously add a leading or trailing space to the following search fields it will be automatically trimmed: Patient Search Menu - Epi ID, MRN, Given Names & Surname. Furthermore in Debtors Management - Account Number, Epi ID & Given Names.
23. New Feature (CZ-1234): The new release has included new columns to the 'Upcoming Appointment' report as well as other changes. A column titled 'Most Recent Attended Appointment' has been added to make it easier to monitor the case loads of busy clinicians. Furthermore, a second column titled 'Referral Type' column, and the 'Estimated Cost' column ha been moved to the end column on the report.
24. New Feature (CZ-1232): The new release has made several updates to admission forms. A new validator has been created to prevent users entering a discharge time that is prior the admission start-time. This will reduce any issues encountered when an organisation is reporting to any health funds of state health department. We have also included the admission time on the 'Discharge Details Form'. Now when you change an appointment after it is preadmitted, it will automatically update on the admission form.
25. Bug (CZ-1225): The new release has included several changes to 'Billing Administration' within the 'Maintain Payors' tab. It is now possible to delete a 'payor' who is no longer used on any contracts, with a small red 'X' now appearing on the right-hand side of the grid. (See attachment 'Delete Payor in Billing Administration')
26. Missed Requirement (CZ-1103): Users can now view the list of current diagnostic test groups even if they do not have the right to create diagnostic test groups.
27. Bug (CZ-1091): For organisations that are querying the PCEHR for patients IHI number patients we will display their IHI status on the 'Edit Patient' page.
28. New Feature (CZ-1074): The release has included updates to the 'Patient Labels / Wristband' module. If a user now selects 'None' from the health fund drop-down list, the parameter is no longer left blank, but will appear as 'None' on the print out.
29. Missed Requirement (CZ-591): The new release has included 'Site Name' to appointment details. When the calendar icon is clicked, the Visit Reason, Visit Type and Resource (chair / bed) will be displayed. (See attachment 'Calendar Icon 'Pharmacy Orders')
2. In certain circumstances for bulk bill claims the account was not being paid off correctly if the actual benefit paid differed from the provider charge. We have added additional code to prevent this occurring again
3. Additional validation rules have been added to the account/billing tab to prevent duplicate accounts being created, this was sometimes occurring due to poor connectivity and users clicking or refreshing their page while waiting for the billing tab to render/refresh.
4. The Letter Module has been update to the most current version of DevExpress. For end users you will find that the letter module will render more quickly and perform with more stability, there are a number of minor formatting upgrades such as the ability to add a header by double clicking on the top of the page rather than having to insert a header using the formatting menu.
5. An issue was identified where if a patient had 2 appointments in a status of preadmitted and the first appointment was then rescheduled the visit id was not de-linking which caused the visit to not display in the list of historical visits. This issues has now been resolved.
6. The new release has included a new 'Visit Form' for Partners in Recovery, called World Health Organisation Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS). This questionnaire asks a range questions about difficulties due to health conditions. Health conditions including disease or illness, other health problems that may be short or long lasting, injuries, mental or emotional problems, and problems with alcohol or drugs. The patient will be required to think back over the past 30 days and answer these tick-box questions, thinking about the level of difficulty they had doing the following activities. For each question, please select only one response.
7. An issue was identified that in certain circumstances the green protocol icon (tear drop) on the appointment management page was displaying as green when the protocol was still unsigned, the issue has been resolved. We have also added the protocol icon to the page automated refresh so that it will now update when it has been signed or unsigned.
8. The new release contains a number of updates to the Letter module. The new letter parameter 'Medications Administered by Visit' has been created so organisations can get a list of medications that have been administered on the selected visit. By default the letter parameter uses the most recent visit, to select another visit click on the 'Attachments' tab at the top of letter module and change the 'visit reference' drop down list to the desired visit (see screenshots below)
9. The new release contains a number of updates to the Letter module. The letter parameter 'Primary Referrer' Address has been created. This means there will no longer be a forced line-space between the 'address' line and 'suburb postcode' in the letter template.
10. The new release update includes a simple view update on the 'Patient Merge' page. This means that a patient's Epi Id will populate in the Merged epi ID column, instead of the Patient Merged ID.
11. There have been a number of new improvements made within the Billing Module. A new custom validator has been added to all contracts to validate that the 'Provider Charge' field has not been left unpopulated, and also that the provider charge is the same of greater than the 'Expected benefit paid'. This has eliminated the chance of generating an 'Unexpected Error' message when a user tries to add a payment in the 'Billing' page.
12. In order to improve the functionality of the 'Nursing Assessment Form', a new report has been added to show any visits that have the 'Nursing Assessment' form and where the form has not been save on that visit will display in the report. This report has been added with the aim of reducing the number of visits that are note obtaining the required patient information.
13. To increase the functionality of the 'Outcome of Intake' form, a 5th checkbox option labelled 'Rehab', has been added to the question: 'Requires Assessment for'.
14. There have been a number of new improvements made within the Billing Module. A new report has been created to assist users with validating the difference in time taken between accounts being paid off and the actual payment date that appears on the ERA Report. The new report has been based off the existing 'Billed Services - All receipted' report, with the addition of three new columns which include 'Payment Run Date', 'Payment Run Reference Number' and 'Report Transaction ID'.
15. An issue was identified where the 'last modified users' on the visit form printout was using the users current role rather than their role at the time of completing the form. The print out now displays the users role at the time of completing the form.
16. The new release has included a number of new letter parameters to increase functionality when creating letter templates. The parameters 'Referrer Fax Number' and 'to referrer fax' have been added.
17. The reported issues with the NDIS In Kind visit form have now been resolved
18. If a patient had both appointments and ad-hoc visits created on the same day the visit notes were not ordering in chronological order based on the time they were entered. This issue has been resolved and visits notes will be displayed in reverse chronological order based on visit time.
19. In certain circumstances the billing tab was rendering without a account number, we have put in additional validation to prevent this occurring in the future.
20. It appears that a number of users have saved their home page to their favorites and attempting to navigate to this page rather than the login page, this would generate an error as the user is not authenticated, now rather than generating an error users will be automatically redirected to the login screen instead.
21. The new release includes improvements to the 'Referrer Management' page. With the new upgrades to the referrer module, users have been given the ability to add a new referrer or edit an existing referrer from within the patient record rather than having to add them to the referrer module first. (See attachment 'Referrer Module Upgrades').
22. Bug (CZ-1302): If users erroneously add a leading or trailing space to the following search fields it will be automatically trimmed: Patient Search Menu - Epi ID, MRN, Given Names & Surname. Furthermore in Debtors Management - Account Number, Epi ID & Given Names.
23. New Feature (CZ-1234): The new release has included new columns to the 'Upcoming Appointment' report as well as other changes. A column titled 'Most Recent Attended Appointment' has been added to make it easier to monitor the case loads of busy clinicians. Furthermore, a second column titled 'Referral Type' column, and the 'Estimated Cost' column ha been moved to the end column on the report.
24. New Feature (CZ-1232): The new release has made several updates to admission forms. A new validator has been created to prevent users entering a discharge time that is prior the admission start-time. This will reduce any issues encountered when an organisation is reporting to any health funds of state health department. We have also included the admission time on the 'Discharge Details Form'. Now when you change an appointment after it is preadmitted, it will automatically update on the admission form.
25. Bug (CZ-1225): The new release has included several changes to 'Billing Administration' within the 'Maintain Payors' tab. It is now possible to delete a 'payor' who is no longer used on any contracts, with a small red 'X' now appearing on the right-hand side of the grid. (See attachment 'Delete Payor in Billing Administration')
26. Missed Requirement (CZ-1103): Users can now view the list of current diagnostic test groups even if they do not have the right to create diagnostic test groups.
27. Bug (CZ-1091): For organisations that are querying the PCEHR for patients IHI number patients we will display their IHI status on the 'Edit Patient' page.
28. New Feature (CZ-1074): The release has included updates to the 'Patient Labels / Wristband' module. If a user now selects 'None' from the health fund drop-down list, the parameter is no longer left blank, but will appear as 'None' on the print out.
29. Missed Requirement (CZ-591): The new release has included 'Site Name' to appointment details. When the calendar icon is clicked, the Visit Reason, Visit Type and Resource (chair / bed) will be displayed. (See attachment 'Calendar Icon 'Pharmacy Orders')
