Release Notes Life Systems' Chiropractic Software users

ChiroSuite EHR Version 15.0

Release Date: April 15, 2010
ChiroSuite EHR:
UPDATED – Scanned Documents The default file format has been changed to BMP and is no longer PNG. When adding a patient photo, the default format is now BMP. Tools Reports UPDATED – Income Referral Report Detail format now prints in landscape and columns have been resized to allow for more data to be displayed without having to wrap to the next line. Misapplied payment categories are now used to display more accurate calculations when determining the total collections. Patient referrals now display the name of the patient in addition to the Chart number. UPDATED – Missing Progress Notes Report SmartDate is now an option for this report. This report only searches for Service or Product categories. UPDATED – Appointment Schedule Report Total appointments are now displayed on this report. UPDATED – Missed Appointments Report Resolved an issue that would generate runtime error 13. Tweaked report output to avoid adding blank pages or pages with no header or footer information. NEW FEATURE – AutoLock Security: ChiroSuite now has the ability to automatically lock the software after a period of idle time. The amount of idle time is defined in Preferences under the General tab. UPDATED – Appointment Book Move appointment process has been enhanced. The overbooking process has been updated and all time slots load when Enable overbooking is turned on in user security. If enable overbooking is turned off, only times with sufficient slots available for the appointment being moved are displayed. Resolved an issue where an appointment would save to the wrong provider. Added in checks to not allow users to schedule appointments during blackout ranges. Catalogs Providers UPDATED – Initials: Updated the save process to ensure that initials are correctly ordered when entered and/or saved through the catalog. NEW FEATURE – Patient Close: a confirmation is now displayed when closing a patient to verify that the patient should be closed. There is an option to not display the confirmation as well. User Security NEW FEATURE – Permissions have been added for Create SOAP Notes and Print SOAP Notes. SOAP Note Batch Printing NEW FEATURE – User must have Print SOAP Notes permission to access batch printing.
ChiroPad EMR:
Tools Customize UPDATED – DIR Regions Edited regions are now automatically updated through to reports to ensure that if a region name is changed, it is correctly reflected on the report. UPDATED – Assessment – Progress: Resolved an issue where a new Progress sentence could not be added. UPDATED – Subjective Complaints: Resolved a runtime error 401 when adding a new relief. Settings SOAP Notes NEW FEATURE – Option for Default font on the SOAP window has been added. This is a per user preference, the default is Tahoma if no option is selected. NEW FEATURE – Option for Extended Format for SOAP Initials has been added which includes the date and time the note was electronically signed. Subjective UPDATED – Body Regions The following body regions have been added: General Posterior – Middle Back, Sacral, Coccyx, Hip; Anterior – Epigastrick, Lower Ribs. Specific Anterior – Right and Left Epigastrick, Right and Left Lower Ribs. Settings SOAP Notes NEW FEATURE – Option for Default font on the SOAP window has been added. This is a per user preference, the default is Tahoma if no option is selected. NEW FEATURE – Option for Extended Format for SOAP Initials has been added which includes the date and time the note was electronically signed. Documents Window UPDATED – Form load processes have been optimized to decrease the load time of the window. UPDATED – The text controls(Current, Prior, and Narrative) on the documents window have been updated: Support for enhanced drag and drop operations. Support for clipboard data from more applications including Word 2007. Status bars have been added. Support for drag drop RTF data as well as plain text. When plain text is dropped, it assumes the current formatting at the current cursor location. Print Prior Notes NEW FEATURE – Other Options frame with options to include patient address and ID # in each note. When printing multiple notes on separate pages, this information is added to each note when the options are selected. NEW FEATURE – Enabled permissions for Create and Print SOAP notes. User must have the create permission to generate new notes and the Print permission to print prior notes. NEW FEATURE – Modified the design of the windows to allow for the Note Options to be stacked for faster and easier access. NEW FEATURE – Added additional options to Force the Following items: Exams, ROM, Physical Exam, and Health History. NEW FEATURE – Added All options for both Force and Suppress. NEW FEATURE – Added DX Visitometer frame to display Visitometer information. This frame replaces the visit counter check box. NEW FEATURE – Added Toggle view buttons to all tabs to Switch between Page and Layout mode. Note Generation UPDATED – Note Section Titles now generate formatted in bold and underline. UPDATED – Note Sub Section Titles now generate formatted in underline. UPDATED – Note Sub Section Item Titles now generate formatted in italics. UPDATED – DIR, Muscle, and Sensory Exam information now generate after the Objective section of the SOAP Note. UPDATED – Adjustment Results now generate after the Plan section of the SOAP Note. NEW FEATURE – ADLs now generate into the Subjective section of the SOAP note with an option to suppress ADLs. Auto Accident Narrative UPDATED – Modified the save process to support the Stopped check box and correctly determine if the vehicle was stopped, accelerating, or speed was unknown(MPH is left blank, stopped is not checked). Patient Diagnosis UPDATED – DX History Report Resolved an issue that would generate runtime error 13 if a DX set was corrupt. Tweaked report output to avoid adding blank pages or pages with no header or footer information. UPDATED – Clone DX now clears the DX Visitometer. UPDATED – Modified the design of the DX Patterns and Narrative Diagnosis. NEW FEATURE – Added Customize DX Patterns button for direct access to the Diagnosis Patterns Tool. Prognosis UPDATED – This form has now been moved into a tab on the Assessment/DX window and is no longer a standalone window.
ChiroOffice:
Tools Reports NEW FEATURE – Practice Statistics Report: This report combines all information from the Financial Statistics, New Patient, and Appointment Statistics reports into one report. The option to show the total(calculated from the day first day ChiroOffice used) has been removed as this report is now based on the time frame selected. NEW FEATURE – Services By CPT Expanded Report: This reports is an expanded version of the services by CPT Report listing all patients with the Date of Service(DOS) and if the charge was billed to Patient or Insurance. NEW FEATURE – Added SOAP Note Batch Printing as an option to the Tools menu. Transactions UPDATED – Credit card processing using XCharge now correctly reflects payments in the patient’s account. UPDATED – Resolved an issue that would cause an error after entering a new transaction, saving, then trying to go into the transaction window again. Transaction Ledger UPDATED – Total Column is no longer available as this feature is being updated for a future release. Printing UPDATED – Simple option is now always available. UPDATED – Detail summary is now specific to the transactions selected and only the transactions selected are used to determine the current balances. UPDATED – Simple Report: Resolved an issue that would not print the City Tax line if a Sales Tax line was present as well. UPDATED – Edit Receipt: Optimized to ensure the edit receipt window always shows up and not just the initial time it is opened for a patient. Post Insurance Line Item Posting UPDATED – Billed column now correctly displays the amount when tax has been charged on the line. NEW FEATURE – The selected row is now highlighted. NEW FEATURE – Sorting and Ordering options Sort by Date of Entry (DOE) or Date of Service (DOS) Order Ascending or Descending UPDATED – Resolved an issue where the Patient or Insurance balances were not properly updating when Continue Posting was checked.
Prior Release Notes Version 14 Version 12 Versions 10 through 11.4