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Version 10.5

Release notes for V10.5.

Miscellaneous

This version has a variety of small improvements addressing functionality and performance.

Letter Writing

There are three new letter writing items available in the Clinical Record list:

Investigation Results
Progress Notes
Topic

These allow you to include information from the entire Clinical Record in your letters. The font styling of generated items has also been enhanced to more accurately match the desired font and colour. More information is available in the Writing Letters help topic.

Service Recording

New filter options are available:

Provider Specialities
Fictitious Patients

More information is available in the Service Record Filter Selections help topic.

New navigation buttons are available:

Move date forwards / backwards by a day
Return to today

New filter is available to find patients currently in view via search text.

New 'Quick Print Services' tool button is available to print a Service List report:

Patients in the clinic now (waiting, started and paused services)
Full list for the day in view
Current filtered selection

More information is available in the Quick Print Services help topic.

Appointment Book

A new button will now appear next to the Appointment Date to easily return the selected date to today.

Appointment Sessions and Encounter Programs

Appointment session templates can now be assigned an Encounter Program. Sessions in the Appointment Book created by a template with an Encounter Program which you do not have access to will not be visible. More information is available in the Appointments help topics.

Bulk Bills Status

A new 'View Progress Notes' button has been added to the Claims Status window toolbar, allowing for quick access to all notes associated with the selected service. The usual system rights and viewing rights apply. More information is available in the View Progress Notes for Service help topic.

Address Book

A read-only view of the Address Book with the same search capability as Address Book Search is now available to all users via the 'Tools | Address Book' menu option. Users are able to view the Address Book and all details for contacts by double clicking on the grid. The full editable Address Book is still available via the 'File | Reference Tables | Address Book' menu option for users with the 'Reference Tables' system right.

14 November 2023