Version 3.9

Communicare now records whether a service is after hours or not. If services are not Date Only then the user needs to do nothing once the normal clinic hours have been set at File|System Parameters and public holidays have been set at File|Reference Tables|Public Holidays. Existing records can then be updated once this has been done. Contact Communicare for details.

A service is deemed to be after hours if the start time is outside the clinic normal hours or falls on a public holiday.

For Date Only services there is a checkbox to record after hours services. By default, Communicare treats date only services as not after hours unless they occur on a day where there are no clinic hours. To record a date only service as after hours simply check the box when adding the service.

SAR reporting now requires statistics on after hours services.

All memo type forms (including Progress Notes, Administration Notes and the Alert box on the Clinical Record) now have the facility to check your spelling. Right click to select the spellchecker or select Edit and use the toolbar button. You will need to have MS Word installed on the workstation to use this option.

Using the MIMS Pharmaceutical Database is now considerably faster. When you open the drug browser no drugs are visible. Once at least three characters are entered in the Product edit box then the browser will present all products where the brand name or generic name starts with the entered text.

The Locality reference table can now select preferred localities automatically. To include localities which have been used a certain number of times already, enter a value in the edit box (e.g. entering '5' will include all localities used five or more times already) and click the button. This will add the localities to the preferred list.

There is now a GFR(IBW) qualifier which behaves like the GFR qualifier only ideal bodyweight is used if the patient's weight is above their ideal bodyweight. For more information see the GFR topic.

There is now a button on the main form for quick access along with new shortcut keys (Ctrl-D to browse documents and Ctrl-S to scan a new document).

This module now has the provision to record journey time and to record passengers as male or female.

There have been some changes to the System Parameters form to accommodate normal hours recording. The General and Datasets tabs have been combined into the General tab and a new System tab. The Printers and Scanners tabs have been combined into the Devices tab.

Some issues involved with disabling and re-enabling automated recalls have been resolved.