Version 4.1

Release notes for V4.1.

Biographics

• Performance tuning of the New Patient function has sped up the creation of new patient records.
• A new automatic daily process now adjusts the status of patients who have not had a service contact in a certain number of years. Refer to System Parameters for details.
• Adding patient names has been improved by setting defaults for forenames and family names after the first name has been added.
• Editing and deleting patient names has been made easier by the adition of an edit control bar above the names grid.
• Address maintenance has been made easier by associating Mobile and Work phone numbers with the patient instead of the address. This means that when a patient moves there is no need to re-enter the Mobile and Work phone numbers.
• New prompts have been added to make it easier to add a new address when a patient moves, instead of changing a prior address.
• Colour has been added to the name and address records to make it easier to identify edit, insert and delete operations.
• The Medicare reference number has been moved to reduce the likelihood of it being confused with card issue number.
• Upgrading to database versions 205 or 208 will automatically set patient's forenames to preferred forenames where they are blank. This allows Communicare's duplicate patient checking to work more effectively.
• Upgrades to database versions 205 or 208 will scan the database for illegal hard duplicate patient records. These records will be automatically be merged. Typically only about 1 in 20,000 patient records is effected, but it is important to check=the output files for scripts 205 and 208 on the server after the upgrade is completed.
• Database version 207 may have automatically marked a few patients who have no services recorded as Past Patients. Script output file 213 should be checked to see which patients were effected if version 207 was in use. Few sites will be effected as most upgrades will take the database from a version prior to 207 to 213 or greater.