Version 12.5

A new button has been added to the bottom panel of the Transport Requirement Manager, 'Save & Schedule Return'. This button will save the current journey and display a new journey with the addresses reversed, i.e a return journey. The dates and times for this journey need to be entered and then the return journey may be saved as usual.

A new button has been added to the bottom panel of the Transport Requirements List, 'Print Transport List'. This button will prompt you for a date and run a report similar to the 'Daily Transport Requirements' report, displaying all the outstanding journeys for the date entered.

A new section has been added to the list of auto complete options on the right side of the letter writer, called 'MeHR'. This contains one item, 'MeHR ID', which will automatically insert into the document the patient's MeHR ID, as recorded in the patient biographics window.

Patient Biographics will no longer allow you to save a patient's details if the specified MeHR ID is being used by another patient. When you try to save an MeHR ID that is already in use an error will appear listing the patients who have already have this MeHR ID, and the MeHR ID field will automatically be blanked out.

A patient's gender can now be set to blank in the patient sex dropdown box.

The 'Kanga' eRegistration button in the clinical record has been updated with new pop up hints that now reflect the MeHR registered status of the selected patient. This status can be one of the following: Registered, Not Registered and Declined.

In the detail tab of the clinical record, a new tickbox has been added next to the search field. Ticking this will make the search start automatically as you type rather than waiting for you to type the return key or click the search button. This tickbox will default to on, but it will also save the setting you last used.

The MeHR Reg Status field in the information panel at the bottom of the Patient Search form will now display 'Declined' for patients who have declined having an MeHR record. Previously these patients were shown as 'Not Registered'.

'Renal Medicine Specialist' and 'Otorhinolaryngologist' have been added as new speciality types.

A Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) is a secure, electronic record of a patient's medical history, stored and shared in a network of connected systems. Communicare now interfaces with the PCEHR. See PCEHR.

Communicare has attained full PCEHR compliance from the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA).

Please Note: In order to use the PCEHR functionality a PCEHR certificate must be obtained (See PCEHR) and the HPI-O in that certificate must be used as the HPI-O for the Organisation and Encounter Place.

Previously, if a client has given ongoing written consent for their information to be sent to MeHR, a popup dialog box will be shown at the end of the encounter asking if details of the encounter should be sent to MeHR. The details are sent in the form of a CHP and a MES.

In this version a new system parameter has been added to control whether this popup dialog is shown. This system parameter can be changed by ticking or unticking a check box on the MeHR tab of the system parameters screen. If it is ticked, the popup dialog prompt is shown at the end of every encounter. This is the default setting. If it is unticked there will be no popup dialog, however it will still be possible to choose whether to send or not to send via a new check box that has been added to the Service Exit dialog box. Please read the release note on this change in the 'Closing a Clinical Record' section for more details.

If the user has changed to a previous service from a current service, the popup will always be displayed when they close this previous service, irrespective of the value of the system parameter. This is because in these cases no Service Exit dialog box is shown, so the choice to send or not send to MeHR must be explicitly made through the popup.

The CHP format has also been updated and will now always send Adverse Reactions (Drug & Non-Drug), Alerts and Risk Factors. You will no longer be able to check or uncheck these sections of the CHP before sending as a result.

A new 'Send to MeHR' check box has been added to the Service Exit dialog box that is shown at the end of an encounter. If this check box is ticked a Current Health Profile (CHP) and a Medical Events Summary (MES) will be sent to MeHR if the user chooses to complete or pause the service. The check box value will be ignored if the user chooses 'No service has been provided' or cancels out of the exit dialog and returns to the clinical record. If the system parameter is set to display the popup dialog asking whether a clients encounter details should be sent to MeHR, then this popup will control the value of the check box. i.e. if the user chooses 'Yes' on the popup dialog the check box will be ticked, and vice versa. The checkbox will always be editable so the user will still be able to change their mind after they have answered the popup dialog. If the system parameter is set to not display the popup dialog, the 'Send to MeHR' checkbox will be shown ticked by default. The user can then untick this as the wish.

An extra optional setting 'Reference Date' has been added to the CAT Export tool. Set the date to export data 'as of' a specified past date. This field defaults to today's date. This version of the CAT Export can be deployed separately from the main Communicare application as long as Communicare is already version 12.0 or above.

It is now possible to copy and paste from the Product Information and Consumer Medicines Information windows. A right button mouse click will show a popup menu which will give the option to 'Copy' any selected text to the clipboard. The keyboard shortcut 'Ctrl + C' will also copy any selected text. The popup menu also has the option to 'Select All' which will select all the text in the window. The keyboard shortcut for this is 'Ctrl + A'.

Communicare can now integrate with the eRx software to send prescriptions electronically to a dispenser. With eRx set-up and installed, when a standard prescription is printed from Communicare a barcode will be included on the print-out. When the patient presents the script at a participating pharmacy, the pharmacist will scan the barcode and the prescription information will be downloaded to their dispensing system from the internet. This will allow electronic verification of the printed details on the prescription.

Please note that ETP is required for Practice Incentives Program (PIP) eHealth Incentive (see http://www.nehta.gov.au/pip).

For more information on registering for ETP please refer to the ETP help page.