WELFORD CHART NOTES

NEWSLETTER

Volume 18, No. 1 January, 2001

copyright 2001, Welford Medical Computing, Inc. All rights reserved

VERSION 3.9 AND SQL VERSION RELEASED!

We are proud to announce the release this month of the new version 3.9 of Welford Chart Notes for Windows 32-Bit. It is completely compatible with previous versions of Welford Chart Notes for Windows 32-Bit. We are also pleased to announce the all new Welford Chart Notes for Windows - SQL Version, which runs on Microsoft SQL Server.

Version 3.9 has the following new features:

· @AllMedication and @LastMedication @functions: @AllMedication gives every dosage and its date for a particular drug; @LastMedication gives the most recent dosage and date for a drug .

· @AllPhysicals and @LastPhysical @functions: @AllPhysicals gives the dates of all of the physicals the patient has had; @LastPhysical gives the date of the most recent physical.

· @Functions + to Include Heading: Following an @function with a + symbol includes the heading of the @function followed by a colon followed by the value of the @function.

· Appointment Report Print Letters and Postcards: prints letters or postcards to patients with upcoming or missed appointments.

· Batch Importer Stored in Attache: notes imported by the Batch Importer are stored in the Attache.

· Contractions Expand Embedded @functions, Expanders, and Wordlists: if a Contraction contains within it an @function or Expander, they are replaced with their full meaning when the Contraction is used. If the Contraction contains a Wordlist, the Wordlist is activated when the Contraction is used.

· Herb Alerts and Drug Interactions: herb-disease alerts have been added to the database of Alerts. Herb-drug interactions have been added to the database of Interactions.

· Image Utility Effects and Zoom to Width of Window Buttons: the Effects button lets you adjust image properties such as brightness, contrast, and hue and lets you apply special effects to the image such as blurring, fading, and whirlpool. The Zoom to Width of Window button zooms the image to fit the width of the Image Utility window.

· Lab Book Comments: let you store comments about each test result in the Lab Book.

· Lab Book Graph Standard View and Shrink Button: you can resize the Lab Book Graph window. The Standard View shows height and weight graphs for children in standard formats showing ages 0 to 3 or 3 to 18 (depending upon the child's age) on one screen.

· Lab Book Last Result: the most recent previous result of a test for a patient is automatically displayed.

· Messages Open Back Option: you can adjust how many days backward the Message Editor looks backward for messages when you open it.

· Messages Parse Option: the Parser interprets each patient-related message as it is stored.

· New York City Immunization Report: automatically creates reports for the New York City Department of Health about immunizations given to children age 0 to 8.

· Orders Print Button: prints the current Order as a prescription.

· Parse Prescription: Prescription Log and Authorize Buttons: when asked if you want to print a Prescription, you can jump to the Prescription Log to view it before deciding. You can also press Authorize to store the Prescription in the Prescription as Authorized without printing it.

· Prescription Log Jump to Medication Editor: you can jump to the Medication Editor from the Prescription Log.

· Provider License Number: you can store license numbers for providers.

· Rule Reminder Lab, Medication, and Order Buttons: when reviewing a triggered Rule Reminder, you can jump to the patient's Lab Book, Medication Editor, and Orders.

· Templates for User-Defined Document Types: lets you restrict Templates to your user-defined document types.

· Template Wordlists Back Button: lets you back up to a previous Template Wordlist when using nested Template Wordlists.

· Template Wordlists Paragraph Button: shows you the paragraph surrounding the current Wordlist.

· Visit Info Shows ICD Codes: the Visiter\View\Info window shows the ICD codes for the visit.

· Vocabulary Editor Review User-Defined Vocabulary: lets you see all of your user-defined Vocabulary terms.

· Writer Parse Block: parses just the highlighted block of text in the Advanced Writer.

Version 3.9 has many other new features and enhancements. See the updated User's Manual for further details.

JANUARY QUARTERLY UPDATE RELEASED

Along with version 3.9, we are also releasing the January, 2001 Quarterly update. The update includes new medications, diagnostic terms, drug interactions, drug dosing information, spelling words, drug-disease Alerts, Web Links, and dozens of new patient education brochures. This update has nearly 4800 drug interactions with over 1500 references, over 10,100 Alerts, nearly 9500 Web Links, and over 1000 Brochures, including new or revised Brochures on argatroban, exemestane, gemtuzumab, linezolid, pemirolast, rivastigmine, tinzaparin, unoprostone, verteporfin, Buerger's disease, chronic prostatitis, eosinophilic fasciitis, myocarditis, and many others.

HOW CAN I GET THE NEW VERSION?

The January, 2001 Quarterly Update and version 3.9 are being sent this month to all users who have purchased the Comprehensive Support Package. If you have not purchased this package, or if your support is about to run out, or if you wish to upgrade to the SQL version, contact MEDCOM Information Systems at 800-424-0258.

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Welford Medical Computing, Inc.

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Rockford, IL 61114

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MEDCOM Information Systems, Inc.

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