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2020/02/01 DJHS February 2020 ReleaseNotes
EpiSoft's New Look and Feel:
Users will now be able to enjoy all of the same great features and modules, now with a great new colour scheme, as well as updated buttons and icons.
You will all notice that EpiSoft has introduced a new look and feel. We understand this will take a little getting used to but please let your users know that notwithstanding the colour changes, all functions are identical to previous. While this was previously on our plan for mid-2020, we have had to bring this change forward because newer, faster performing technology we are planning to introduce into EpiSoft was incompatible with the previous theme of the application which made extensive use of images. The upgrade to the look and feel is therefore a prerequisite to allow us to introduce this newer, faster technology during the course of 2020.
NOTE: The new colour scheme should appear relatively muted. If the new colours appear dazzling, this could be due to your monitors colour settings. If so, please set your colour settings back to default
Issue Resolved - 'Middle Name' field on 'Edit Patient' page
If a patient file was saved without a middle name, the patient's name details were unable to be edited in the future. This issue has now been resolved.
Issue Resolved - Saving patient details on New/Edit Patient page
When creating a new patient record, if users clicked on one of the pop-up windows on the New / Edit patient page before clicking 'Save', the details that where entered would be lost. These pop-up windows included 'Next Of Kin', 'Add Referral' & 'Health Fund Contributor'. This issue has now been resolved.
Issue Resolved - Document Upload and Document Download returning error
If a file was uploaded or downloaded with a comma in the file name, an error screen was returned. This issue was only affecting Google Chrome and has since been resolved.
New Feature - epiSignatures (In beta testing with C@H + Montserrat)
This brand new features will now allow EpiSoft users to provide their patients with the ability to electronically sign their HC21 form. Patients will receive a secure link to the epiSignatures portal via either SMS or email notification.
Issue Resolved - Minor Label Issues in 'New patient created by user' report
The 'End' parameter on the 'New patient created by User report has been updated to reduce confusion, and now reads 'Patient Created END Date'.
Issue Resolved - Appointment Management page search filters
The Appointment Management page 20 second auto-refresh was previously failing to apply the relevant search filters. This issue has now been resolved and the 20-second auto-refresh now correctly applies the 'Site', 'Appointment Type' and 'Clinician search filters.
New Feature - Patient photo on Record Summary page
It is now possible to upload and display a patient photo on the 'Record Summary page. Patient photos will be uploaded via the 'Edit Patient' page by clicking the new 'camera' icon. This new icon will appear grey before a photo has been uploaded, and will turn Green once a photo has been successfully uploaded.
New Feature - Patient 'Preferred Name' now included in patient banner
Issue Resolved - ERA Report Broken Filter
An issue was identified with an individual filter that is applied to the report which filtered the list of Clinicians by their 'Site'. This issue has now been resolved and the filter is now functioning as expected.
Issue Resolved - Truncating Letters when saved
In the 'Letters to Sign / Send' module, users were able to 'sign' or 'save' a letter before the letter content had finished rendering on the page which was causing the letter to truncate and appear blank once the letter was sent. This issue has now been resolved.
New Feature - Upgrade to Medical Objects interface
We have upgraded our Medical Objects interface to now support the search and verification of doctors, who DO NOT have a Provide Number, who are able to send and receive correspondence through Medical Objects . We have added the new field of 'Referrer's Medical Objects Mailbox' to the 'Add / Edit Referrer' page. The EpiSoft system is able to use this code to support doctors sending and receiving correspondence through Medical Objects WITHOUT the need of a provider number.
New Feature - Patient photo on Record Summary page
It is now possible to upload and display a patient photo on the 'Record Summary page. Patient photos will be uploaded via the 'Edit Patient' page by clicking the new 'camera' icon. This new icon will appear grey before a photo has been uploaded, and will turn Green once a photo has been successfully uploaded.
Once a photo is uploaded, it will be visible on other pages in the patient record by hovering over the camera icon at the top of the screen.
New Feature - Messages Module Version 2
We have upgraded our existing Messages module to improve user interface. We have introduced the new 'Edit' function, where users will be able to update the details of a message before matching and importing the message into a patient file. Users are now also able to import multiple messages at the same time.
Users will now be able to enjoy all of the same great features and modules, now with a great new colour scheme, as well as updated buttons and icons.
You will all notice that EpiSoft has introduced a new look and feel. We understand this will take a little getting used to but please let your users know that notwithstanding the colour changes, all functions are identical to previous. While this was previously on our plan for mid-2020, we have had to bring this change forward because newer, faster performing technology we are planning to introduce into EpiSoft was incompatible with the previous theme of the application which made extensive use of images. The upgrade to the look and feel is therefore a prerequisite to allow us to introduce this newer, faster technology during the course of 2020.
NOTE: The new colour scheme should appear relatively muted. If the new colours appear dazzling, this could be due to your monitors colour settings. If so, please set your colour settings back to default
Issue Resolved - 'Middle Name' field on 'Edit Patient' page
If a patient file was saved without a middle name, the patient's name details were unable to be edited in the future. This issue has now been resolved.
Issue Resolved - Saving patient details on New/Edit Patient page
When creating a new patient record, if users clicked on one of the pop-up windows on the New / Edit patient page before clicking 'Save', the details that where entered would be lost. These pop-up windows included 'Next Of Kin', 'Add Referral' & 'Health Fund Contributor'. This issue has now been resolved.
Issue Resolved - Document Upload and Document Download returning error
If a file was uploaded or downloaded with a comma in the file name, an error screen was returned. This issue was only affecting Google Chrome and has since been resolved.
New Feature - epiSignatures (In beta testing with C@H + Montserrat)
This brand new features will now allow EpiSoft users to provide their patients with the ability to electronically sign their HC21 form. Patients will receive a secure link to the epiSignatures portal via either SMS or email notification.
Issue Resolved - Minor Label Issues in 'New patient created by user' report
The 'End' parameter on the 'New patient created by User report has been updated to reduce confusion, and now reads 'Patient Created END Date'.
Issue Resolved - Appointment Management page search filters
The Appointment Management page 20 second auto-refresh was previously failing to apply the relevant search filters. This issue has now been resolved and the 20-second auto-refresh now correctly applies the 'Site', 'Appointment Type' and 'Clinician search filters.
New Feature - Patient photo on Record Summary page
It is now possible to upload and display a patient photo on the 'Record Summary page. Patient photos will be uploaded via the 'Edit Patient' page by clicking the new 'camera' icon. This new icon will appear grey before a photo has been uploaded, and will turn Green once a photo has been successfully uploaded.
New Feature - Patient 'Preferred Name' now included in patient banner
Issue Resolved - ERA Report Broken Filter
An issue was identified with an individual filter that is applied to the report which filtered the list of Clinicians by their 'Site'. This issue has now been resolved and the filter is now functioning as expected.
Issue Resolved - Truncating Letters when saved
In the 'Letters to Sign / Send' module, users were able to 'sign' or 'save' a letter before the letter content had finished rendering on the page which was causing the letter to truncate and appear blank once the letter was sent. This issue has now been resolved.
New Feature - Upgrade to Medical Objects interface
We have upgraded our Medical Objects interface to now support the search and verification of doctors, who DO NOT have a Provide Number, who are able to send and receive correspondence through Medical Objects . We have added the new field of 'Referrer's Medical Objects Mailbox' to the 'Add / Edit Referrer' page. The EpiSoft system is able to use this code to support doctors sending and receiving correspondence through Medical Objects WITHOUT the need of a provider number.
New Feature - Patient photo on Record Summary page
It is now possible to upload and display a patient photo on the 'Record Summary page. Patient photos will be uploaded via the 'Edit Patient' page by clicking the new 'camera' icon. This new icon will appear grey before a photo has been uploaded, and will turn Green once a photo has been successfully uploaded.
Once a photo is uploaded, it will be visible on other pages in the patient record by hovering over the camera icon at the top of the screen.
New Feature - Messages Module Version 2
We have upgraded our existing Messages module to improve user interface. We have introduced the new 'Edit' function, where users will be able to update the details of a message before matching and importing the message into a patient file. Users are now also able to import multiple messages at the same time.
