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DLM 430 - 22/03/3013

Immunisations

  • Combined Immunisation Changes – When editing or deleting a compound entry of a combined immunisation, the associated compound entry(s) are also edited or deleted. See Editing/Deleting Immunisations.
  • Single Stage Immunisations Fix - Single Stage immunisations are now displayed on the immunisation summary screen.

Therapy

  • Switch to Brand/Generic Screen Changes – We have made some enhancements to the switch to brand/generic screens. There are new filters for discontinued, all generics and specials, pricing information, dm+d prescribing status, column sorting. See Select Brand.
  • Previous Vision drug dictionaries have always regarded hyphens and slashes as word separators hence searching for items such as easi-breathe and micro-fine proved difficult. From DLM 430, when searching for an item with a hyphen or a slash, Vision will recognise them as characters rather than a space allowing for more accurate results. See Add Therapy.
  • Removal of Filters when Searching Practice Formulary - So that there are no restrictions when searching the practice formulary from the Therapy Add screens, the All Generics, Specials and Discontinued filters are no longer applied. See Selecting Drugs from the Formulary.
  • Inactive and Expired Repeats Display in Journal - All inactive and expired repeat masters (including CMS for Scotland and imported GP2GP repeats for England) are now visible from the Journal. Note - items that are reauthorised and expired items are automatically assigned the inactivation reason "Reauthorisation". See Therapy in the Journal.
  • Prescription Manager - The default Offset date in Prescription Manager is now 1 week. There is also a setting in Consultations - Options - Prescription Options for each user to change these settings. See Consultation Options - Prescription Setup.

Other

  • Current Branch only - From DLM430,for practices with branch locations set-up, you can now filter patients registered at the current location from the patient select screen throughout Vision. This is determined by the Notes Kept At option in the Registration module.See Patient Select - View Branch Patients Only.
  • Green Apple Health Promotion Smoking Read code – The default Read code when adding smoking health promotion via the green apple is now 8CAL – Smoking Cessation Advice which is recognised by QOF. For existing entries made after 1 April 2012, where it is not found, Vision will automatically add 8CAL. Smoking Cessation Advice to the latest record. See Health Promotion Entry and Intervention.
  • Consultation Manager Search Function Fixed - We have fixed the issue with the list view not displaying properly after the Consultation Manager search box has been used. See Text Search in Consultation Manager.
  • Creating MED3 from a Medical History in the Current Consultation Fixed– When adding a MED3 from an existing medical history entry within the current consultation screen, the Read code now copies across to the MED3 form. See Electronic MED3 Doctor’s Statement.
  • LabelTrace - The LabelTrace icon is now also available if the selected patient is in display only mode in Consultation Manger.
  • Adding Notes to Consultation Manager Warning Screens – Throughout Consultation Manager there are numerous warning messages which give you the option to type a free text note (an example being when you are prompted to delete a consultation if you haven't recorded anything). These messages are not related to the patient record and any notes your type in here are shown each time this message displays regardless of the patient.As the purpose of such note boxes is causing confusion, we have changed the wording for the notes section to "Type any notes you wish to see each time this message box displays. Please be aware that these notes are not related to any patient record".
  • New Structured Data Areas (SDA) - There are new Structured Data Areas (SDA's) for Donor Details, Ethnicity and Religion. These are stored in the Miscellaneous filter.

England - GP2GP Changes

  • Free Text Notepad Entries are now displays in the Consultation category associated with the Read code or Structured Data Area (SDA) that it belongs to.
  • End Dates are now correctly populated in History entries.
  • Export in Chronological Order - GP2GP records are now exported in the same order that they were entered into Vision.
  • Drug Description Length - Previously, if a degraded drug had a long description Vision truncated it in the GP2GP message. From DLM 430, this is no longer the case and you are able to see the full drug name/description.
  • Test Results with no Numeric Value - For test results with no numeric value, the unit of measure box now displays as <none>.
  • Test Result Units - From DLM 430, Vision now recognises non-standard units of measure for GP2GP messages. In addition to this we have also updated our list of standard units of measure to include the new pathology LSR and (pu), pH.
  • Donor, Religion and Ethnicity are now included in the GP2GP transfer.

See GP2GP in Vision.

Scotland - ePrescribing

  • AMS Messages now contain full practice and patient details, including telephone numbers. See eAMS messages in Mail Manager.
  • CMS Items for Unsuitable Patients – You can now create CMS items for patients who have been flagged as CMS unsuitable. Changing Patient Suitability from Therapy - Add.
  • CMS and Preferred Pharmacy are now Printed on Prescriptions.See Reorder Forms.
  • Compliance Alert Date change for Reauthorised Standard Repeats - If you re-authorise a standard repeat that has an alert attached and make it into a CMS repeat, the overdue date is now calculated from the date dispensed on the new CMS item. Previously, the alert date would have been calculated from the last issued date of the old repeat. See CMS Overdue Dispensing Alert.
  • Auto-calculation of CMS Quantities – When changing a CMS item back to a standard repeat, the quantity will now be re-calculated and revert back to the usual default.
  • Inactive CMS Repeats now Displayed - Inactive CMS repeats can now be seen on the Journal view and on the Scripts tab of the Therapy view.
  • CMS Printing - If you enter a new CMS item, the medication automatically appears in the Prescription Manager screen and is listed under the All view ready to print with today's date. From DLM430, when you print the item, it still displays in the All view but now the prescription is printed and recorded with the actual date printed rather than date added to the system. See Printing Newly Added CMS Items At Another Time.

See also eCMS.

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Patient Preview - Currently being piloted

  • Patient Preview is currently being piloted and is not available to all customers at the moment. You may see references to Patient Preview in Consultation Manager on-screen help. Patient Preview is a new screen in Consultation Manager designed to display a quick overview of patient data in a simple and consistent layout. It provides a snapshot of essential information on one page and allows Clinicians to have immediate access to all the information required for the clinical care of the patient. The Patient Preview screen is currently being piloted so is not available to all users. See Patient Preview.