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Release Notes 1st Quarter - 2007

This document provides the Release Notes for CRIS Version 2007.1.2.1. This early Q1 release includes the patient merge tool and the MRN change tool and various bug fixes. We expect our next release to be in March 2007. Future functionality in 2007 Q2 will include the new treatment plan module, the new group note module and a new document scanning option. As always, we appreciate customer feedback on every aspect of our product and services.

1. New Features

A. New Modules
Patient Merge Utility: added in the Admin Utility the ability to merge 2 patient records
Change MRN Utility: added the in the Admin Utility the ability to change a patient’s MRN.
B. Enhancements
1. Administrative
  • Updated MSE knowledge table values
2. Interface
  • Added support for temporary and unused expired interface data cleanup. Introduced stored procedures and an SQL Server Agent Job to cleanup every morning.

2. Resolved Issues

  • 1. Disabled access to the main menu when active in the background. Eliminates the ability to open multiple data sets and alter saved data.
  • 2. Enhanced the code to correct spelling exceptions when going from memo to memo.
  • 3. Corrected error for invalid value for sub_displine from ndiagnosis.
  • 4. Corrected the appearance of a lost note when typing in large amounts of free text. Changed the field properties and maxed the limit to 30,000 characters including white space.
  • 5. Increased group and policy number lengths so they can handle live data feed.
  • 6. Fixed interface logging error for Contact / Relationship on initial inserts.
  • 7. Modified the Quick Reports printing issue which caused local printers to print unreadable text.
  • 8. Added a strong policy for note lock configuration which removes note lock for viewing only.
  • 9. Modified note configuration logic per setup to keep the view of the data collected on each note.
  • 10. Cosigner now shows on reports as labeled.
  • 11. Fixed duplicate items showing in evaluation. Items show only 1 time.
  • 12. When selecting a cosigner in service / disposition, the cosigner would switch back to the attending. This has been corrected and will stay with the chosen cosigner.
  • 13. Added a delete date to the medication timeline
  • 14. The default tab for stressors and strengths is now stressors.
  • 15. Removed the year restriction in the date documentation.
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Release Notes 2nd Quarter - 2007

This document provides the Release Notes for CRIS Version 2007.2.1.6. This release includes the revised Treatment Plan and Group Note modules as well as various bug fixes. We expect our next baseline release to be in June 2007. Future functionality in 2007 Q3 will include the document scanning option and additional functionality from the calendar/schedule module. As always, we appreciate customer feedback on all aspects of our products and services.

1. New Features

A. Enhancements
  1. Treatment Plan Module
    • Tree view of options
    • Items available based on problems documented in the clinical note
    • Can customize treatment plans or create templates for commonly used plans.
    • database setting settings to control Measures, Frequency, and Duration Requirements.
    • Details of the selected items will appear in the clinical note.
    • Treatment Plan Report has been added and includes a medical necessity signature box.
  2. Group Note
    • Added check box items for quick entries for shared notes.
    • Multiple clinicians can now administer attendance to group sessions.
  3. Calendar added consolidated functionality
    • check in status updates
    • ability to drop 1500’s
    • monetary collection capabilities
  4. Application screen size now larger and color enhanced (1024 x 768)
  5. Cancel button added to Discharge Summary.
  6. Added flag in the database to sort service by CPT code or alphabetical.
  7. Added flag in the database to hide CPT codes not being used.
  8. Added additional save option upon exiting note. Saves without closing the note.
  9. Added “my favorites” folder in the Medications module. This will enable the clinician to enter commonly prescribed meds, dosage and regimen for quick access. Select the medication characteristics as usually entered then select the F button to add to the “my favorites” folder.
  10. Search Page Appointment Tab – Displays appointments and status. Can click on the line item to open note.


2. Resolved Issues

  1. Treatment Plan
    • Treatment Plan selected items can be removed without the discontinue label while in the same session.
    • Added indication (switch to objective) measure tracker to tabpage. Made shortcut to check all items above for that note from the Treatment Plan.
    • Moved Strength to be one level under indication (switched to objective)
    • Moved Intervention to be one level under indication (switched to objective). Item still acts a child of intervention.
    • Added another measure for indication (switch to objective 0-5), the old measure remained for objective (switch to goal 0-7)
    • Fixed the mouse over hints in the Treatment Plan and Symptom Tracker on the tabpage.
    • Added .ini setting to switch Treatment Plan names. If setting is yes then switch objective to goal and indicator to objective.
    • Added database flag to determine time periods for indicator measure, intervention duration, and intervention frequency.
    • Fixed Treatment Plan template adding to a problem.
    • Creating a new treatment plan for a new patient without treatment will no longer freeze the application.
    • Treatment Plan – when adding new measures, content is now black vs. grey upon entry.
    • Treatment Plan objective – drop down box is now editable with free text and will populate the note accordingly.
    • Increased size for various Treatment Plan fields in the database.
    • Treatment Plan sub categories will only show if populated by knowledge database.
    • Treatment Plan now populates all strengths.
    • Auto save removed. Treatment Plan saved when saved manually or when note is signed.
    • When building items in the treatment plan, selected items from the same session can be edited or removed without being labeled discontinued.
    • Increased length of symptom tracker label in Treatment Plan short cut in tabpage.
    • Intervention frequency and duration frequency now editable
    • Now only shows active problems
    • Can now discontinue a template
    • Can now add to template via the free text add option.
  2. Reports
    • Patient Summary Report - form now includes Patient Problems: AXIS with psychiatric diagnosis, medical diagnosis, and/or problems, allergies, and drug summary.
    • Drug Summary Report – Heading “date prescribed” changed to “date initially prescribed”. “Signature” changed to “Physician” MD name and indicates the name of the prescribing MD as documented in the clinical note.
    • Report – Progress Note view had HPI as a heading on the note. Corrected with Subjective as HPI should be used only on evaluations.
    • dded Supervisor participant line in Treatment Plan report.
    • Added medications and AXIS 1-5 to the top of the Treatment Plan Report.
    • Added additional space to the signature area on the Treatment Plan report.
    • Treatment Plan report – Label now displays physician / attending instead of only attending for the treatment plan level property.
    • Evaluation and Progress Note header changed from Medical History to Medical Diagnosis in tabpage and reports.
    • Medication Summary no longer duplicates items if clinician changed.
  3. Appointment / Check In / Demographics
  4. Demographics page SSN – fixed format issue.
    • Demographics - Health Care Team now only shows current system.
    • Demographics – Family Group now displays after being created from the demographic module.
    • Patient Search Page Appointment Tab – When note is signed appointment no longer shows in list.
    • Patient Search Page – deleted check in/out no longer shows under appointment tab.
    • Fixed the check-in without a payment issue. Data now records properly.
    • Appointment – fixed the print / preview items for appointment detail.
  5. Group Note
    • Group Memo on shared note - removed the requirement for free text to be present. Will now honor either text or a check box item as data.
    • Group Note memo selected check boxes now show data when accessing the review all clinical encounters view.
    • Configuration, member search by last name only
    • Altered user logic in DB grid to retrieve table ID from store procedure to improve concurrency in configuration module.
    • Replaced the DB grid to remove concurrent user session locks. Items are only editable by 1 user at a time. \
    • Removed merged patient flag from the search page option. Only active patients appear in search screen now.
    • Corrected displayed field length for patient search results. Patient last name and first name display without having to scroll. Must scroll to see MRN.
  6. Discharge Summary
    • Discharge summary disposition drop down boxes for “discharge to” and “follow up appointment at” no longer get truncated in the printed version.
    • Discharge summary admit and discharge dates selected at the beginning of the note now automatically populate the disposition section of the note.
    • Medications are forwarded for all meds and only checks discharge meds if they are active. Will not forward discontinued meds.
  7. General
    • Pain Scale results now show in graph.
    • Medication Module - Selecting the plus sign now highlights the adjacent folder
    • Medication Module – Meds now sort by category and subcategory
    • Medications Module – Medications now sort alphabetically
    • Chart Review – Print Chart gives choice of number of notes to print and Note Description and allows dynamic note numbers.
    • Physical Exam – Rectal/GU tree structure now moves the scroll box.
    • Nursing Panels – Check boxes now show up for new evaluations and review evaluations.
    • Services – Cosign now defaults to Attending if left blank.
    • Spell Check – now working in the Scales comments and Group Notes.
    • Sorted reason list in medication module order by id.
    • N diagnosis - Now able to have same sub-category under different categories.
    • Checking medical check box for evaluation now updates AXIS 3.
    • All social history now pulls forward.
    • Removed baseline from CGI – improvement.
    • Turned off keyboard navigation when in demographics to prevent incorrect data populating the drop down choices.
    • When in a client view, if reviewing a previous note which is a group note, and then returning to the client view and selecting a new entry, the template no longer is that of a group note.
    • Pain Scale view has been fixed. Item 1 displayed incorrectly.
    • Cosign logic changed. Now has 3 level signing clinician (original user) sign, cosign, and attending sign. Only clinician signed notes will show under co-signer and attending to-do list.
    • Cosign prompt when a cosign was not designated at the signing of a note no longer appears.
    • Indexing on various databases to assist with performance.
    • Short cut added to graph results under review records on Main Page.
    • Problem (is problem vs. Null) now works. Problems (ex. No Problems with elimination) no longer appears on the problem list.
    • Database – onset date now recorded for pdiagnosis and c_pdiagnose tables
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Release Notes 3rd Quarter - 2007

This document provides the Release Notes for CRIS Version 2007.3.0.6. This release includes the revised Treatment Plan and Group Note modules as well as various bug fixes. We expect our next baseline release to be in September 2007. Future functionality in 2007 Q3/Q4 will include the document scanning option, a chart management messaging system, an updated authorizations module and some enhancements to the medication module titration and multiple doses options. As always, we appreciate customer feedback on all aspects of our products and services.

1. Enhancements

  1. Administrative Query Program
  2. Calendar
    • Added Group Calendar Appointments
  3. Demographics
    • Contacts Grid enlarged
    • Replace DB Contact Grid
  4. Main Page
    • CPT in now show from Service Module
  5. Medical Module
    • Medical module now can modify a diagnosis instead of add and delete
    • Order button to show if green or grey (1 or 2) in navigation bar
    • Clinician Favorites functionality and folder added
  6. Reports Module
    • Bronx OMH Case management follow up
    • Bronx OMH Case Management baseline follow
    • Resort Current Diagnosis Report Axis I then Axis II then Axis III
  7. Save Dialog
    • Save and sign default Done Ken
    • Add a save without sign choice
  8. Scales Module
    • Suicide Scale new rule added: If total score of 10 or more (High Risk), MD must be notified immediately alter Change to Changed
    • Add NEW QUESTION TO Suicide Assessment AND change order for some questions. 1. new field for clinical.nursing_assessment 2. new field and data for
  9. Services Disposition Module
    • Authorization now has warning in < 3 certifications left
  10. Treatment Plan Module
    • Added ability to delete a treatment plan template
    • Filter added to only show active problems

2. Resolved Issues

  1. Calendar
    • Error in the appointments scheduler
    • Appointment detail is wrong color
  2. Chart Review
    • Review Data view goes to bottom of page
    • Error Message when opening in up
  3. Demographics Contact
    • Contacts - When have no contact in rows get error in application
  4. Discharge Summary
    • Allow user to use same note for both admit and discharge note
  5. Group Configuration Module
    • Description is not a required file
    • Subtypes should be non-editable
  6. Group Module
    • When signed the check box items do not show in the Subjective, assessment, and plan
    • Chosen items should be gray but back ground should be white
  7. Medications Module
    • Prescription writer - "Tablets" deleted
    • Medication list does not sort by subfolder under a parent category
    • If no folder is highlighted and the folder + sign is selected to drill down to a subfolder the meds do not populate and the hour glass shows until a folder is selected manually.
    • Orders from Order entry not show green check box
  8. Order Entry Module
    • Error when order a medication panel
    • Can't I delete item if made a mistake
    • If something is discontinued it needs will be label discontinued in the note
  9. Psychiatric Diagnosis Module
    • If Unlinked symptoms is assigned user should go stay in dialogue
  10. Reports Module
    • Medication Reconciliation form fixed
    • Resort Problems List Axis I then Axis II then Axis III
    • Prescription summary had Duke University heading hard coded
    • Made save & keep note open default button instead of discard button
  11. Services Disposition Module
    • Make billing clinic values noneditable
  12. Treatment Plan Module
    • Spelling correction in the Treatment Plan Report
    • Allow typed items to be added to templates
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Release Notes 4th Quarter - 2007

This document provides the Release Notes for CRIS Version 2007.4.0.9. This release includes a chart management messaging system, system generated tasks, the orders management module, revisions to the authorizations module, a new hospitalizations module, moving vitals and adding BMI to the Physical Exam module, updates to the medication module, a document scanning option, a patient rated scale option, as well as various bug fixes. We expect our next baseline release to be in February 2008. Future functionality in 2008 will include a case management module, a nursing rounds note module, an electronic prescription option, an option for drug-drug interaction subscription, an orders management module, a document tracking module, and enhancements to the tasks and messaging tabs. As always, we appreciate customer feedback on all aspects of our products and services

1. New Features

  1. Allergies Module
    • Add ability to record who and why discontinued an allergy
  2. Authorizations Module
    • Module redone now can have service bundles
    • Add ability to correct user errors in authorization
    • Prompt when < 3
  3. Billing File Export
    • Added these fields to the exported billing file: StreetAddress,AptNo,City,State,ZipCode,DateofBirth,Sex,HomePhone.
  4. Calendar Module
    • Appointment go directly into clinician calendar
    • Separate 1500 from Encounter Sheet so can print separately
    • Added date picker to calendar
    • Menus redone in calendar
    • Update to calendar allow direct data entry into tables on side bar
    • calendar interface updated with date picker added
  5. Chart Review Module
    • Search by date range (appointment date)
  6. Added Task Module to application
    • Nursing Rounding Lists Added
    • Appointments Added
    • Co signature added
    • Phone Notes Added
    • Clinician Dashboard
    • Clinician Dashboard - Tasks
    • Treatment Plan Due Added
  7. Discharge Summary
    • Hospital Course Label changed to Course of Treatment
  8. Labs Module
    • Labs Module now can graph results including vitals
  9. Main Module
    • Add the ability to have check boxes to select dialogs - assessment, plan, chief complaint, HPI
    • Orders ICON should only be visible if Orders is part of Nav bar 1 or 2
  10. Access to behavioral health wiki
    • Main Module Menu
    • added new Drug Interaction URL
    • added ability to sites to add own URL
  11. Medications Module
    • Added ability to have favorites in medications
    • Added the ability to order meds from medications module
    • Titration and Taper module redone allows unlimited tapers
  12. Medications Prescription Writer
  13. Clinician Dashboard - Messaging
    • Added new module for messaging internal to application
    • Messaging includes ability to review forward reply and create new messages
  14. Order Entry Module
    • Added ability to delete mistaken order
    • Added the ability to have medication panel
    • Add Medication to orders from the medication page
  15. Past Psychiatric History
    • Hospitalizations Added to documentation
  16. Patient Survey Module
    • Patient Survey with better integration into application
    • Add generate hash in CRIS
    • Graph Patient scale in module
  17. Physical Exam Module - vitals
    • Vitals added to PE
    • Vitals - BMI added and auto calculates
  18. Prescription Writer will now add a note even if no medications were changed
    • New scale for HIV
    • Client rated Scales should get meaningful column name
  19. Scanning Module
    • Scan Images to file
    • Make time larger
  20. Service and Disposition Module
    • Add Termination
  21. Treatment Plan Module
    • Treatment Plan as separate note type
    • Treatment Planner Template Client Access

2. Resolved Issues

  1. Clinical Module-Search Page
    • Application looses focus and become non model user cant see active page.
  2. Clinical Note
    • Note locks/user Locks. – Many users are getting “unable to lock note”…Note locked by user” error message and can’t get back into note
  3. Group Configuration Module
    • Create and discontinue date shows 1/30/2003 (when you do select Add a Group it populates to current date)
  4. Medication
    • Medication Tapered doesn't pull forward (future stop date- only knows meds stopped)
  5. Medications Prescription Writer
    • Duke Name is hard coded on Prescription
    • Add number to drop down in Rx
  6. MSE
    • Duplicate Categories again/ can the doubled entries be cleaned up
    • Progress notes
    • When reviewing a note from a clinical module, it now takes you to the bottom of the note instead of the top
  7. Reports Module
    • Prescription summary has duke as header
    • Emergency Transfer form wrong had incorrect diagnosis
  8. Side Effects
    • side effect items are doubling
  9. Spell Checker
    • Spell checker will freeze the application
  10. Stressors
    • stressors items are doubling
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Release Notes 1st Quarter - 2008

Introduction

This document provides the Release Notes for CRIS Version 2008.2.0.1. This release includes a case management module, item tracking module, and a billing system launch option. We expect our next baseline release to be in June 2008. Future functionality in 2008 will include a nursing rounds note module, an electronic prescription option, an option for drug-drug interaction subscription, an orders management module, enhancements to the tasks and messaging tabs and updates to reports and the Authorizations section. As always, we appreciate customer feedback on all aspects of our products and services.

1. New Features

A. Enhancements
  1. Case Management Module
    • Provided option to remove the Print Question at signing of note.
  2. Tracking Module
    • Tracks ROI
    • Tracks medical records
    • Tracks samples
    • Non editable demographic fields when populated by IFACE
    • Launches billing system window from CRIS

2. Resolved Issues

  1. Reports
    • Added various client reports and corrected spelling errors
    • ROS reports fixed categories
    • updated HCFA 1500 to the 2008 version
    • Added nursing problems now display correctly in the Problems Procedure Reports.
  2. Prescription Writer
    • Only past refills show in query list now.
    • SIG line is now editable
    • Medications check box is now radio button
  3. Group Note
    • Check Box logic has been altered to better preserve historical data
    • Removed need to enter visit type when beginning a note
    • Corrected search filter when using Clinician.
    • Corrected group type filter items
  4. Discharge Summary
    • Hospital Course label now reads Course of Treatment
    • Note is now consistent with the note definition
  5. Chief Complaint
    • Added ability for checkbox entries.
  6. Demographics
    • Corrected the keyboard navigation order when using the tab key
    • Can only add user 1 time with same title in the Health Care team
    • Fixed spelling error in message First Name, Last Name required.
    • Cleaned up the folder view to improve navigation
  7. Tasks
    • Appointment updates when used
    • Treatment Plan written from Main Menu area now creates Task
    • Cosign tasks are updating correctly
    • Transcription Task now functional
  8. Messages
    • Can now delete sent messages
    • Timeline medication detail now has comment locked for view only
    • Titration and Taper grid will check for and commit changes if exit grid early
    • No medical history updates self if med history is present
  9. Allergies
    • Can now add and remove without error.
    • Check boxes now toggle on and off correctly
  10. Treatment Plan
    • Appointment attributes now function without errors.
    • Templates require db permission to edit.
    • Nursing Problems now display correctly
    • Strength selection functions without exception when accessed via TASKS
    • Fixed closed dataset present in discharge summary note
    • Corrected TP start date to enforce correct date logic for start / finish
  11. Calendar
    • Date picker now shows TODAY option
    • Adjusted views to display various items without cutting them off
  12. General
    • Psych. Diagnosis – unassigned dialogue fixed spelling error.
    • Review Chart – Added time to the date stamp.
    • Problems – Nursing – No dangerousness and problem toggle switch works properly now.
    • Physical Exam – Vitals now show list of all clinicians
    • Physical Exam – Unit default is English
    • Past Psych History – Hospitalizations grid fixed to better navigate and hold data
    • Non billable / import note – data sets are now closed properly.
    • Habits / Substance – Corrected year requirement
    • Calendar –clinic view clean up to display items correctly
    • Advance Directives – First line says “Patient Does Not Have”
    • Admin / Phone Message – Print under clinician name shows user label on bottom.
    • Note – Def – When note def is set to a 4 or 5, user can see but has no requirements to fill out in the note.
    • Review of Systems – report now gets correct categories from ROS results.
    • Vitals - Added HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE to vitals.


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Release Notes 2nd Quarter - 2008

This document provides the Release Notes for MindLinc Version 2008.2.0.4. This release includes a new brand “MindLinc”. There are numerous enhancements to this quarter’s release. A new Supervisor Tab enables a user to monitor multiple users’ tasks lists in a read only mode. There are additional tools loaded in the AdminUtility.exe which will assist in adding checkbox items to the clinical notes, as well as, overall configuration to the system. We expect our next baseline release to be in August of 2008. Future functionality in 2008 will include an electronic pharmacy option for prescriptions, an option for drug-drug interaction, an orders management module, and other enhancement requests from our growing client base. As always, we appreciate customer feedback on all aspects of our products and services.

1. New Features

A. Enhancements
  1. Supervisor Tab
    • allows view of multiple users’ active tasks
  2. Message Tab
    • attach a message to a client for specific users
    • user can keep message or detach from patient
  3. Task Tab
    • added new unsigned note category
    • removed Attending and Supervisor from Treatment Plan
  4. Admin Utility Tool
    • added check box configuration tool
    • added research study configuration tool
    • added Case Management to note definition tool
  5. Check Box functionality
    • added to Case Management
    • added to Nursing, Action, Data, and Response
  6. Reports
    • added report title to an .ini file to support multiple systems with different titles
    • added multiple customer specific forms
  7. Office Module
    • added new productivity report to print all clinical encounters over a date range up to 100 results

2. Resolved Issues

    • now uses Appointment date not Note date for message
    • now shows all Treatment Plans including expired ones
    • will not show cancelled or deleted appointments
  2. Calendar
    • clinic view now in synch with check boxes
    • next available now works as advertised
    • appointment does not disappear when made in clinic view
    • hide patient appointments icon works
  3. Message Tab
    • remove “from” in the message box
  4. Reports
    • added a receipt report for an appointment
    • Case Management report added appropriate space
    • page numbering now reads 1 of 2
    • Vitals report now shows new fields in Physical Exam vitals
  5. Save Dialogue
    • hide and save button for non-billable is error free
    • cancel works appropriately for Admin, Msg, notes
    • applied signature logic to the new save dialogue to ensure an entry to sign
  6. General
    • Treatment Plan - added 3rd field to treatment plan properties “responsible” which controls the task responsibility
    • Search Page – Only Patient List and Patient Search tabs show
    • Triage Note – Next note no longer forced to be an evaluation. Defaults to evaluation but enables users to change to progress note if desired.
    • Episode Manager – no longer has the Point of Care hardcoded.
    • Past Psych History – label now reads “No Past Psych History and Family History
    • DSM Modifier – removed the horizontal scroll
    • Social History – added a hide column in the database
    • GAF/CGAS – resolution and appearance fixed
    • Physical Exam – “Not Done” button now works as advertised
    • Nursing Rounds – now pulls appropriate items from notes and records appropriate clinical information when saving
    • WEB URL from TabPage – configuration now controlled in knowledge table to control the web_label for the DR and the web_url web URL
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Release Notes 3rd Quarter - 2008

Release Notes 3rd Quarter - 2008 This document provides the Release Notes for MindLinc Version 2008.3.0.7. There are numerous enhancements to this quarter’s release. Concurrency issues have been greatly improved users are now alerted in real-time of changes in clinician data that could effect there decision making process. The administration query module now allows users to create and save their own queries. The application is now able to write and receive eprescribing through Surescript/RX hub this feature will be exposed to the end users in the next 60 days. As always, we appreciate customer feedback on all aspects of our products and services.

New Features

  1. Prescription Writer
    • If a Rejected SureScript need to create new physician message
    • Check FDA Schedule to stop e-prescribing a schedule drug
    • Added two parameter search for pharmacy
  2. Admin Utility
    • Ability to simultaneously print to local and network printer
  3. Administration Query Module
    • Create and save local SQL Queries
  4. Demographics Module
    • Increased comments text box in demographics to 500 characters
  5. Calendar
    • Calendar Reports Added Next Appointment report
    • Calendar Report Modified Report to include next apt to receipt
    • Default calendar now start at 7:00 AM
  6. Checkboxes
    • Addendum checkboxes
  7. Chart Review
    • Allow reversal of dates this gives Print reverse and chronological order
  8. Concurrency
    • Concurrency features changed to allow users to update Medication, Allergies, Side Effect and Diagnosis
  9. Labs Dialog
    • 11 new labs added to application
    • Graphing all labs now can be graphed
  10. Mental Status Exam Module
    • Add ability to add new folders and hide and show items easily
  11. Medications Knowledge Table
    • Updated medications table
    • Added national data code (NDC) to prescription medications
  12. Nursing Rounding Module
    • Show only two lines easier to read
  13. Notes Dialog
    • Added descriptions for CGI Improvement 7 point scales
  14. Note Types
    • Backfill Note option should always show now
  15. Prescription Writer
    • Able to set printer in prescription writer
  16. Refill Dialog
    • Added the ability to add comments as part of a refill note
    • Comments added to chart review
  17. Reports Module
    • "Authenticated Signature" written under the e-signature
    • Made Modifications to 3 SVTN Reports
    • Duke New EMTALA form added
    • Duke Referral Forms
    • Changed NSF 1500 box 33 from logins filled with organization name
    • WCMC - ERDischargeInstructions modifications for form
  18. Scales Module
    • Braden skin scale added
    • Morse fall scale added
  19. Service and Disposition
    • Filter only CPT/Services codes that users can bill for
    • Medicare Logic For Billing application added identify non-medicare credentialed clinicians and require co-signature
    • Add sentence to confirm time spent on service " CPT + space "I spent XX minutes on this service"

Resolved Issues

  1. Allergies Dialog
    • Reviewer of allergy bug addressed where previous reviewer was being carried forward to future print out
    • NKDA but not always carry forward from past notes
    • Allergies were not clearing when discontinued
  2. Administration Query Module
    • Queries were modified to fix ODBC connection issues
  3. Calendar
    • Future Appointments can now be cancelled
  4. Discharge Summary Note
    • Discharge Summary not clearing on to Note Description Name
  5. Group Note
    • Remove Expired Groups from search
  6. Medications Dialog
    • No longer allows users to can put in a stop date after a start date
  7. Medications Dialog
    • Reason taking Medication now clears when add new medication
    • Titration and taper were not always able to identify next dosage correctly
  8. Non billable Note
    • Allow users to sign a Non-billable note
  9. Prescription Writer
    • Rx has been modified to only show Medication and strength
    • Medication forms was hard coded to "tablets" Now are data driven
  10. Reports Module
    • Fix Westchester
    • Medication Reconciliation form fixed
    • All reports now clear data from previous visits
    • Vitals Reports bug fixed
    • Medication Orders modified to include Dose, Route, Regimen, Tabs
  11. Service and Disposition
    • Alphabetize procedure, modality, Education
    • Termination Data now saving
  12. Task - Treatment Plan
    • Remove from task once completed and associated to new note


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Release Notes 4th Quarter - 2008

Release Notes 4rd Quarter - 2008

New Features

  1. Treatment Plan Module
    • Treatment Plan Wizard only show back level
  2. Group Module
    • Added Author to Pending list
  3. Check boxes
    • Added Cluster IDs To Check boxes so you could assign check boxes to memos and roles
  4. Demographics Module
    • Episode of Care Admit and Discharge to Demographics this is still beta
    • Gender is required
  5. Chart Review Module
    • Added New Filter for episode of care
    • Allow chart printing in reverse and chronological order.
  6. Physical Exam Module
    • Added skin exam to Dermatology this is still beta
  7. Axis I-V Module
    • Hardened security on Panel Axis I-V to eliminate a back door to unauthorized modules
  8. Progress Notes and Evaluations
    • Add comments section to all nursing sections including pain module
  9. Reports Module
    • New reports Removes Medical Problems header for progess notes
  10. e-Signature
    • Allow single eSignature for note during a single session (config value setting)
  11. Services Module
    • Medicare billing for only credentialed users (config value setting)
  12. Tracking Module
    • Added Evaluation timeliness
  13. Calendar Module
    • Money Lock in not checked in
    • Added red "X" to cancelled or deleted appointments,
    • No longer can put in financial data without picking appointment Status
    • Clinic view now shows only show active clinicians

Resolved Issues

  1. Chief Complaint Module
    • Note Get the correct chief Complint gender sentence
  2. Group Note Module
    • Erase items if pick clinician
  3. Labs Module
    • Comments on Labs is missing
  4. Prescription Writer Medication Module
    • SIG line is not correct in prescription writer raps and is clearer


Admin Utility

    • Fix Pt Merge issues
    • Supervisor Task for unsigned notes
    • New items for ePrescribing (add and update users)
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Release Notes: 1st Quarter 2009

Release Notes: 1st Quarter 2009

New Features

  1. Group Notes
    • Added the Author to the Pending list of individualized group notes.
  2. Labs
    • Add Comments on Labs
  3. Chart Review
    • New Filter episode of care
    • Can now print chart in ascending or descending order
  4. Physical Exam
    • Added new Dermatology to exam include hands, body and hair
  5. Reports
    • Remove attending Signature line from printed report if attending not esign report
    • Add New progress note without header (problems, medications, allergies)
  6. Services
    • Services will no longer allow user to set time greater than the CPT allows
  7. System Location Dialog
    • Clinic has been added to the appointment dialog which allows users not to have to go to the service dialog
    • Location has been added to the main menu which allow a change in Location/Facility without logging out of the application
  8. Main Page
    • New comment fields have been added to all the nursing domains
    • Immunization
    • Activity and Rest
    • Barriers to Learning
    • Abuse
    • Elimination
    • Dangerousness
  9. Photo Capture of patient image added
    • Image appears in to Rounding and demographics
  10. Rounding
    • Added Medication administration to rounding list
  11. Tasks
    • Co signature Task
      • Now includes notes and treatment plans
    • Incomplete notes
      • Now includes triage and phone notes
  12. Appointments Module
    • Add icon to disguised between checked in and canceled notes
    • Filter Clinicians by active clinician without appointment pending
  13. Check Boxes
    • Can now assign check boxes to modules and user roles
  14. Case Management
    • Added new case treatment plan that can exist concurrently with clinical treatment plan.

Office

  1. Added Charge Correction Module allow changes to date of service, charge and

Bug Fixes

  1. Triage
    • Fixed incorrect auto generation of Chimed Complaint Text box sentence
  2. Episode of Care Manager
    • Not retain information
    • Crash if two in a row
    • Should only allowed to pick from existing episode
  3. Discharge Summary
    • Discharge summary day of discharge incorrect printed copy
  4. Group
    • Erase clinical information when choose removed a clinician
  1. Medications
    • Default Printer not was not changing when choose new printer

Tracking Management

    • Evaluation Tracking calculated time error has been fixed
  2. Chart Review.
    • Chart Review Printing Page numbering altered

ePrescribing SureScripts certified

  1. Medications Module
    • SIG value and medication descriptor modified
    • Refill request Check for schedule drug
    • Filter all pharmacies two criteria added
  2. Message
    • Add Error message to message module
  3. Tasks
    • New Refill Tasks added
  4. Admin Utility
    • Register new Superscript users in admin Utility
  5. Refill note
    • Comments now added to Chart Review

Configuration Items

  1. Treatment Plan Signature to Supervisor
    • Treatment Plan Signature routed to the Supervisor’s task list for signing
  2. Treatment Plan Signature to Attending
    • Treatment Plan Signature routed to the Attending’s task list for signing
  3. Treatment Plan Signature to Responsible
    • Treatment Plan Signature routed to the Responsible Clinician’s task list for signing
  4. Assigns Treatment Plan to Attending’s Task List
    • Attending is responsible for completion of Treatment Plan and will receive tasks as pending Treatment Plans become due
  5. Assigns Treatment Plan to Clinician’s Task List
    • Clinician’s is responsible for completion of Treatment Plan and will receive tasks as pending Treatment Plans become due
  6. Assigns Treatment Plan to Responsible’s Task List
    • Responsible person is responsible for completion of Treatment Plan and will receive tasks as pending Treatment Plans become due
  7. Medicare
    • Medicare Alternatives Rule allow to require co-signature for users without Medicare billing privilege and
    • Medicare Alternatives Rule exception option if no co-signor available
  8. Single Signature Authentication
    • Allows clinicians to electronically sign multiple notes with a single signature authentication during a session.
  9. Central Repository Location
    • Determines the base location for all webcam captured images to be stored.
  10. Display Patient Photo
    • Set rule that a user must complete the habit / substance module prior to signing a note.
  11. Forward Attending Name
    • Automatically, pre-populates Attending’s name from previous note so user does not have to choose an attending during documentation.
  12. Forward Clinic Name
    • Automatically, pre-populates Clinic‘s name from previous note so user does not have to choose an attending during documentation.
  13. Forward Location Name
    • Automatically, pre-populates Location’s name from previous note so user does not have to choose an attending during documentation.
  14. Activate Treatment Plan Interventions
    • In Treatment Plan quick panel when user chooses an objective the children of the objective i.e. Interventions and Activities will be displayed.
  15. Clinic Requirement
    • Set rule that a user must complete the clinic field in the appointments date dialog prior to starting a note.
  16. Location Requirement
    • Set rule that a user must complete the Location field in the appointments date dialog prior to starting a note.
  17. Abuse Requirement
    • Set rule that a user must complete the abuse module prior to signing a note.
  18. Self harm Requirement
    • Set rule that a user must complete the self-harm (self-mutilation) field in the past psychiatric history module prior to signing a note.
  19. Suicide Requirement
    • Set rule that a user must complete the Suicide field in the past psychiatric history module prior to signing a note
  20. Violent Requirement
    • Set rule that a user must complete the Violent field in the past psychiatric history module prior to signing a note
  21. Strength’s Requirement
    • Set rule that a user must record a configurable number of Strength’s / in the social history or strengths module prior to signing a note.
  22. Substance Requirement
    • Set rule that a user must complete the habit / substance module prior to signing a note.
  23. Pain Score Level for Scale
    • This is score that will trigger a rule requiring the completion of the complete pain scale in order to leave a note

New Reports and Revised Reports

  1. General Report
    • Add BMI to Vitals reports
    • Remove attending Signature line from printed report if attending not esign report
    • Add New progress note without header (problems, medications, allergies)
    • Remove “on file” for line 13 on NSF 1500
  2. Westchester Medical Center
    • New Transfer Form
    • Suicide Risk Form
    • Social Work Aftercare form
    • Certification of Serious Emotional Disturbance
    • Updated Inpatient Medication Reconciliation
  3. Living Hope Southeast
    • Certification of Serious Emotional Disturbance
  4. Porter Starke
    • Advance Directives
    • General Consent to Treat and Financial Form
    • Do Note Resuscitate Form
    • CMS Certification and Recertification form
  5. Centerpointe
    • Discharge after care plan (53A)
    • Consent for treatment (82)
    • Missouri Certification of need for psychiatric services (46)
  6. Duke
    • QPE now with enlarge comment box
    • Petition now with enlarged comment box
    • Transfer updated
    • Emtala updated

Treatment Plan

  1. Bugs
    • Fixed Participants Addition Bug Not disappear when choose pending signature
    • Bug Participants if add 3 - 4 in a row can get an access violation
    • Allow uses to remove items added from template without discontinue indication
  2. Features
    • Signature Capture Pad added to all participants
    • Routing of signature for attending, clinicians, supervisors
    • Added ability to assign responsible items to roles as well and individual clinicians
    • Treatment Plan show all levels of treatment plan (interventions, activities) when click on progress note available now
    • Treatment plans stop date if discontinued
    • Template items cant be deleted they can only be discontinued
    • Treatment Plan signature lines on report (later in quarter)
    • Multiple Treatment Types "Update, Comprehensive, Revised, etc.
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Release Notes: 2nd Quarter 2009

Release Notes: 2nd Quarter 2009

Enhancements and New Features

  1. Office module – Productivity Report
    • Added page breaks between patient to allow easier sorting for medical records
  2. Physical Location – Added the ability to include both a physical location and a logical al location to application
    • Logical Location added to Appointments, Sign In, Episode of care, Group Dialogs
  3. Mental Status Module – Include all function
    • Added the ability to add all preceding (grey) MSE items with one click
  4. Task and Messages– Unsigned Treatment Plans s
    • Unsigned notes now includes unsigned Treatment Plans
    • Treatment Plan task now allows user to start new or cancel task
  5. Seclusion and Restraint Modules
    • Added S and R to rounding list
    • Added S and R to Note documentation page
    • Added S and R preferences to Episodes of care
  6. Administration Utility
    • Configuration modules expanded (see attached list)
      • Web Cam added Patient Image
    • Scanning options added
    • ePrescription module added to Admin Utility
  7. Rounding list
    • Added S and R to rounding list as options to document vitals
    • Added Medication administration documentation to rounding list
    • Added Height, Weight, Head Circumference and BMI to Rounding List
    • Nursing configuration
      • Added Weekend notes to Nursing Rounding Lists
      • Added Medication Nurse Shift Nurse and free nurse to treatment teams
  8. Digital Signature
    • Digital Signature of all participants added to treatment plan including pt
  9. Medication Module – Favorites
    • Added the ability to delete favorites
    • Prescription Tab now can set printer within tab
  10. Nursing Modules
    • Comments added to all nursing sub-modules
  11. Forms / Reports
    • Problems List expanded to 3 pages
    • Patient Image
      • Added the ability to capture and post patient image to rounding list and demographics modules
  12. Survey System
    • Interfaced survey system into EMR with reminder based on last service
    • Added the ability to do prn surveys
  13. Admission Check list expanded

Issues and Bug Fixes - Release Notes: 2nd Quarter 2009

  1. Task and Messages– Supervisor Tasks
    • Supervisor task were not always populating bug found and fixed
    • Cancellation and Discontinued items showing in clinicians tasks has been fixed
    • Added other note types (Discharge Summary, Triage) to Unsigned Notes to make task more accurate / comprehensive
  2. Calendar Appointments – End time rounding error
    • Time and Data calculation changed to account for occasional error where time would round to the nearest hour and not reflect the correct stop time
  3. Axis I-V Module – Security Error
    • Users without access to clinical modules could link to Axis I –V modules by using the buttons within Axis I-V
  4. Medical History Module - Sorting
    • Application was not sorting illness by alphabetical order
  5. Medication Module – Prescription Writer
    • PRN – was not posting in SIG of prescriptions
  6. Discharge Summary Module – Page counts inaccurate
    • Page numbers was not always accurate has been changed to reflect better line calculation
    • Date when patient discharged was not printing correctly on discharge summary
  7. Forms and Reports
    • Drug Summary – Discontinue date not populating on report
    • Patient Discharge form with “Duke” label removed
  8. Mental Status Module – Duplicate Items
    • When staff member backdated a note mental status items could repeat themselves

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Release Notes: 3rd Quarter 2009

Enhancements and New Features

  1. Appointment Date Picker
    • Configuration File setting now allow the option to have the application auto-complete the Service (CPT), Location, Clinic
  2. Chart Review
    • Review Chart Make it easier to read bolded header
  3. Triage and Discharge are now configurable like all other notes
    • Triage Configurable Notes (Note_Def)
    • Discharge Configurable Notes (Note_Def)
  4. Nursing Rounds
    • Add falls to Visual Checks combo -Yes/No
    • Add sleep to Visual Check combo -Yes/No
    • Added color coding so uses could identify patients with exiting notes
  5. MSE Module
    • Left and Right boxes made to reflect each others order
    • Check all feature allows user to quickly add all items form previous notes with one click
  6. Medications Module
    • Titration Arrow Feature: The Titration arrow automatically titrates a new dosage and puts in reason for discontinuing of last medications as “Titration”
    • Taper Arrow Feature: The Titration arrow automatically tapers a new dosage and puts in reason for discontinuing of last medications as “Taper”
    • Side Effects Feature – New function allows users to assign a side effect without having to discontinue a medication
    • Medications Navigation: - Keyboard substitutions for mouse clicks, Users are now able to add new medication with a keyboard only using a combination of Tabs (move forward), Arrow Keys (Move up down) and Enter (add medication) without using a mouse
    • Medications Sorting Updated: Medication are now sorted into three categories for easier identification: New (Just prescribed), Current (Patient presently taking), Discontinued (Newly stopped drug)
  7. Prescription Writer Dialog
    • Patient name appears in the medications dialog header to remind user of client
    • Sequential medications in prescription writer auto-calculates multiple prescriptions for use with controlled scheduled medications. Allows users to print sequential prescriptions with one click
  8. Reports Module
    • SEM State of Arkansas
    • New Insulin Report
    • Medications Sorting Updated: Medication are now sorted into three categories for easier identification: New (Just prescribed), Current (Patient presently taking), Discontinued (Newly stopped drug)
  1. Scales Module Added two new scales
    • Tuberculosis with new printable forms
    • QID-C does not graph the total
  2. Services Module
    • CPT codes now able to have a Maximum, Minimum and a Default value
    • Configuration to auto-populate services from appointment schedule
    • Configure setting added to auto-calculate the time spent with the patient using the appointment time and the duration of the note
  3. Task label Appointments
    • Added Services Description to appointment task
  4. DC:0-3 Module Beta Testing (final version 3rd quarter)
    • DC:0-3 diagnosis now added to diagnostic table
    • DC:0-3 Axis I-V added to application
  5. Orders Entry Module Beta Module (final version 3rd quarter)
    • Added new Orders Filler module
    • Added new Orders Placer features

Survey System: June 2009

  1. Survey System
    • Survey System Integrated into MindLinc user can choose any assessment or series of assessments to take of give to a client

Issues and Bug Fixes - Release Notes: June 2009

  1. Bimonthly Note
    • SVTN where put the fixed field was not pulling into clinical note
  2. Check Boxes on Addendum
    • Check boxes not showing in printed report on addendum
  3. Labs Formatting
    • Reformatted Laboratory Out put into columns and rows for readability
  4. MSE
    • MSE normal check box was not automatically unchecking itself when a abnormal value was placed into the module
  5. Medication Module – Anti psychotics Error
    • Application incorrectly asked for reason for duplicate antipsychotics when user has titrating or tapering the same compound
  6. Reports
    • Fixed 1500 Increased font size in boxes 32 and 33
    • SMI modifications
    • Prescription Summary report tablet were not showing in report
    • WCMC Social Work form time value was not editable
    • Addendum where text not appearing in report
  7. Services and Disposition
    • Discharge comments disappearing if text was too long
  8. Treatment plan
    • Copy Treatment plan not copy interventions or activities

AdminUtility: June 2009

  1. Check Box Module
    • Check Boxes Module was not accepting changes for categories of
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