ChiroWrite Release Notes

 

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Release 1.2.6.0

 

This release contains some MAJOR enhancements.  For these major enhancements we have recorded some training video on how to use them.  Please click on the links provided to view a demonstration on how to use the new functionality.  A special thanks to all who have been able to contribute in any way.

 

Please click on the links below to view the training videos.

·                   Patient Complaints Assistor – The system now allows you to define patient complaints.  A new window has been added to the beginning of the Exam (Standard Template) workflow.  By clicking on the “Complaints Assist” button, you will be taken to a new window with a picture of a body front and back where you can click on a body part and give descriptors such as pain level, frequency, onset, radiating, what makes it better or worse.  These complaints, once built, will flow over into the SOAP subjective/assessment and now you will do Better/Same/Worse on the specific complaints.

·                   Medical History Assistor – A button has been added to the History tab on the Edit Case window.  This button takes you to a new screen that allows you to define medical/family/social history for the patient.  When you exit from the workflow, the options selected will form a paragraph describing the patient’s history.  Social history will not show up here, but in the Narrative itself.

·                   Accident Assistor – A button has been added to the Accident tab on the Edit Case window.  This button takes you to some new screens that allow you to describe an auto accident by clicking on various options.  When you exit from the workflow, the options selected will form a paragraph describing the accident.

·                   X-Ray Assistor – A button, “XRay Assist”, has been added to the X-Ray Findings screen.  This new screen allows you to point and click various options to generate X-Ray findings.

·                   Narrative Introduction – The existing Narrative reports do not have any opening sentence/paragraph.  A new window, Narrative Introduction, has been added to the Exam (Standard Template) workflow.  You can now indicate that you would like an opening paragraph and either have the system generate it or use your own.  Also on the Edit Case window is a new option beside the accident date to indicate if this is a PI case or Workers Comp case.  This helps to determine what opening sentence will print when you let the system generate it.

·                   Prognosis within Exam – A new screen, Prognosis, has been added to the Exam (Standard Template) workflow.  This new screen is to be used going forward to record your prognosis for the patient.  The prognosis at the Case level is still there but will eventually be removed.  This enhancement allows you to change the prognosis and not affect any prior prognosis/reports.

 

 

·                   Copy Image data from visit to visit – With this release, you are able to copy the drawings that you make from visit to visit.  A new option has been added to System Settings in the AdministrationàSystem ConfigurationàDefaults menu.  In prior releases, if you draw on the body image or the whole spine image for example, that information did NOT copy to the next visit.  By checking on the box now available, the system will copy the drawing from visit to visit.

 

·                   Patient Intake Forms – Additional patient intake forms have been added to the system.  These forms can be found in the menu Office ActivitiesàReports.  The new forms added are:

¨        Patient Complaints – Short

¨        Patient Complaints – Detailed

¨        Medical History

¨        Vehicle Accident

Please review these forms and see if you can make use of them in your practice.  They are very similar to the new screens in the system and will help speed up data entry.

·                   Accident Type and Insurance Claim number on Case – When editing the case, you can now define if this is a Personal Injury case or a Workers Comp case.  By defining this new option, the system can automatically prepare an opening sentence for the Narrative reports.  The Claim # field allows you to enter the insurance claim number and it will print on the SOAP Notes and the Narratives.

·                   Exam Type on Visit Type – With this release, you are able to define for a visit type that is an exam, what type of exam it is.  For example, most Quixote users have a visit type defined as “New Patient”.  This would be set to Initial Examination.  By defining this information, you will help the system decide what type of opening sentence to use on the Narrative.  If nothing is defined, then a generic sentence will be used.

 

Release 1.2.5.0

 

Before we start…A call for help with the next release.  There are some large enhancements in the next release and we are looking for about 5 volunteers to help test some new features.  Also, we would love some help in creating new verbiage for this new set of enhancements, even if you are not one of the five volunteers.  For example can you reword the following patient complaints:

1. Lower Back 

Intermittent lower back pain which began on 9/18/2006.  This pain is described as aching.  He rated this pain as a 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the worst.  The pain occurs most often during the night.  The pain is reduced by nothing while range of motion and coughing aggravates the condition. 

2. Headaches 

The patient is complaining of coronal headaches which began on 9/21/2006.  This pain is described as dull and throbbing.  He rated this pain as a 6.  The pain is occasional according to the patient.  The pain radiates into the left eye and left jaw.  Side effects of this condition are visual problems and loss of balance.

 

This is the kind of help we are looking for.  Please call Roger at 800.642.6082 if you would like to participate in helping out and we will get you setup.

 

Thanks, and now the enhancements in this release.

 

·                   SOAP Range Order – With this release, you are able to order printed SOAP notes by date.  A new set of options has been added to the AdministrationàSystem ConfigurationàDefaults.  You can now order SOAP notes that are printed using the range option by date in order of most recent backwards (old default) or oldest to current.

 

 

·                    Auto Default Treatment Purpose on Plan screen – The system can now be configured to auto-default the purpose of a treatment on the Plan screen.  If the “Auto Default on Plan screen” box is checked, then when a treatment is selected, the information in the Purpose/Goals box will automatically be placed in the Purpose of treatment field on the Plan window.  You can also leave the “Auto Default on Plan screen” off and have the option to select the value in the Purpose/Goals field whenever wanted by clicking the arrow button located in front of the Purpose of treatment field on the Plan screen.

 

 

 

·                    Auto Default Treatment Details on Today’s Treatment screen - The system can now be configured to auto-default a treatment description into the details field on Today’s Treatments.  If the “Auto Default on Treatment screen” box is checked, then when a treatment is selected, the information in the Treatment Default field will automatically be placed in the details field on the Today’s Treatment window.  You can also leave the “Auto Default on Treatment screen” off and have the option to select the value in the Treatment Default field whenever wanted by clicking the arrow button located in front of the details field on the Today’s Treatment screen.

 

 

 

·                    Order Treatments on Plan & Today’s Treatments – The treatments can now be displayed in the order you wish.  This allows you to place the treatments you perform the most at the top of the lists.  To use the order by arrows, you must select the Category at the top to limit the list.  Then, go ahead and highlight rows and move them using the Up and Down buttons.  Only one row can be moved at a time.

 

 

·                    Highlight additional notes button when information has been entered – The additional notes button will now be highlighted yellow whenever there is data in hidden within.

 

 

·                    Ability to print multiple reports from the View Existing Reports window – You can now highlight one or more previously run reports and print them by clicking on the print button.  To highlight a set of rows use the shift key and to select individual rows, use the control key.

 

 

·                    Fix spelling errors on SOAP and Exam reports – We have gone through the system and updated spelling/grammar problems.  If you come across anything please let us know.  Please print the incorrect items and circle it.  Then fax it to us at (407) 479-3849.

 

Release 1.2.4.0

 

·                    Highlight SOAP Tabs - When you display the SOAP Objective and Treatment screens, the tabs that have data entered within them will highlight.  Other screens in the system will be done in future releases.

 

           

 

·                    Inking on Standard Desktops - Up until now, only a Tablet PC could markup the images within ChiroWrite.  With this release users who are on a standard desktop PC or laptop will be able to use their mouse to markup the images.

 

·                    SOAP Treatment Screen - A new field has been added to capture details of a treatment.  As you can see by the example, the field will allow you to provide additional details on a treatment if desired.  These details will print in the notes behind the treatment in brackets.  See other screen shot.  Note that the field allows you to use the WorxPhrase so you can predefine items to go into the details field.

 

           

 

           

 

·                    SOAP Treatment screen – The treatment area section has been enhanced by adding buttons Spine, Extremity and Other.  Clicking on "Spine" will present the list of areas that were previously shown and is the default.  Clicking "Extremity" will present a list of extremities and the "Other" button will present a list of User-Defined items.

 

           

 

·                    Admin Treatment Area Screen - This screen has been updated to add the Category group box.

 

           

 

·                    Added XRay Findings To WorxFlow - The XRay Findings data field has been added to the Standard Template WorxFlow.  This is where you would enter your XRay findings and they will print on your Exam Narrative.

 

·                    Added Today’s Treatment to WorxFlow - The Today's Treatment screen has been added into the Standard Template WorxFlow.  This will allow you to enter treatments for a patient when an examination has been performed instead of going into the SOAP flow.  If you also wish these treatments to print in the Exam Narrative, then check the "Print Today's Treatments in Narrative Reports" on.  This window is found under Administration-->System Configuration-->Defaults.

           

           

 

·                    Daily Living Assessment Form - a new form has been created that you can print out and give to your patients to collect Daily Living Activities information.  When the report is run, it will come up in Microsoft Word.  It will look strange at first.  Just click on the Self Care/Hygiene section and then expand the box a little.  The form will then size correctly.  We recommend you print this out and then photocopy front and back to have as few pieces of paper.  This form can be found on the menu at Office Activities-->Reports.

 

           

           

 

Release 1.2.3.0

 

·                    Reporting Features - A new feature has been added to the Reporting functionality so you can "Mark" a report as having seen sent out of the office.  Simply click on the View Prior Reports button and highlight the report that has been sent.  Then click the "Mark As Sent" button.  The marked rows will highlight in yellow.  This feature provides a several benefits.  To start with, now you will be able to determine what reports have been sent out and bring them up easily if you need to view/print them again.  Another benefit is the fact that once marked, the report is stored in the database and therefore backed up each night.  Finally, since the report is stored in the database, it is available to anyone on any machine to view, not just the machine it was run from.  You can also delete reports by right clicking on the row and selecting delete from the menu that appears.  Also note that a new column "Contains" will indicate the dates that this report contains inside.

 

           

 

·                    Plan Screen - There are a couple of changes to the Plan screen.  There is now a field "Purpose Of Treatment".  Here you would indicate what the purpose of doing this treatment is.  For example, "to improve range of motion in the neck".  Another new field is the "Overall Goals Of Treatment" which is found on the second tab.  Of course, these new fields are optional.

 

            Purpose Of Treatment

           

            Overall Goals Of Treatment

           

 

·                    Posture Screen - Fields to capture information from weight scales has been added.