WELFORD CHART NOTES

NEWSLETTER

Volume 19, No. 1 July, 2001

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

VERSION 4.0 RELEASED!

We are proud to announce the release this month of the new version 4.0 of Welford Chart Notes for Windows 32-Bit and Welford Chart Notes - SQL Version. It is completely compatible with previous versions

Version 4.0 has the following over 50 new features, some of which are:

· @MedsWithChangedDoses: reports medications with new dosages today, for the Visit Summary.

· Algorithms: series of linked questions that guide in diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, and risk assessment; user-editable along with importable library.

· Allergy, Medication, Diagnosis Editor Visit Button: jumps to the Visiter for the highlighted date.

· Appointment Scheduler JulySoft Report: exports appointments to JulySoft software, which can then automatically call and remind each patient with an upcoming appointment.

· Appointment Scheduler Undelete Provider: recover a provider that was accidentally deleted.

· Calculator Calulates Powers: can evaluate equations containing powers and roots.

· Datebook Print and Redisplay by Provider: selectively see patients of just one or a subset of providers.

· Generic Report Generator Enhancements: specify search condition in your own words; specify data items to report on using @functions; use Find button to search through the reported matches; adjust column on which results are sorted; automatically see means and standard deviations of numeric data.

· Help Videos: narrated movies showing the actual user screen, explaining how to perform various program tasks, available as part of the context-sensitive on-screen help.

· In-Box: shows all incoming items for each user in a single list.

· Lab Book Abnormals in Red: abnormal results are highlighted in red.

· Lab Book Add Jump Button: can jump to other program functions while in the Lab Book.

· Lab Book Automatic Means and Standard Deviations: means and standard deviations are automatically calculated for Lab Book results.

· Lab Book Descending Chronological Order: can display lab results from most recent to oldest, instead of from oldest to most recent.

· Lab Book Previous: shows previous times patient had the same test, along with mean, standard deviation, and graph.

· Lab Book Shows Metric Conversion of Height and Weight: height and weight are automatically converted to English or metric units.

· Medication Editor Snapshot: shows medications and doses patient was taking on any specific date; helps in determining what might have caused an adverse drug reaction.

· Medications Show Doses in Window Option: Medication Window can show doses along with names of drugs.

· Options Export: copies Options from one user to multiple other users; helpful when first installing the program.

· Orders Playback: inserts text of Orders into Writer from Order Editor.

· Parser Quick Summary: shows all parsed items in a color-coded organized list.

· Prescription Log Allow Authorize and Default Status Options: decide who is permitted to Authorize a Prescription Log entry, and what the default Status setting should be for each user.

· Procedure Code Background File in HL7 Format: can export CPT codes in HL7 format for other programs to import.

· Rule Reminder Recognizes Activity: can specify to look only for patients that are Active, Inactive, Moved, Collection, etc.

 

· Security Auto-Logoff Interval Option: automatically activates the Screen Saver after a fixed period of program inactivity.

· Security New Passwords Every Option: forces you to assign new passwords at fixed intervals.

· Simple Screen Setup: shows screen in a simple design which is less confusing for novices.

· Spelling Checker Editor: lets you edit auxiliary spelling words.

· Template Append Command: appends chosen Template to the end of the document.

· Visiter Viewer Delete: can delete visit which was stored on the wrong patient.

Version 4.0 has many other new features and enhancements. See the User's Manual for further details.

JULY QUARTERLY UPDATE RELEASED

Along with version 4.0, we are also releasing the Julyy, 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 over 5000 drug interactions with over 1800 references, over 10,300 Alerts, nearly 9500 Web Links, and nearly 1100 Brochures, including new or revised Brochures on aspiration pneumonia, eosinophilic gastroenteritis, interstitial cystitis, intracerebral hemorrhage, keloid, keratoacanthoma, malignant hyperthermia, narcolepsy, bivalirudin, caspofungin, esomeprazole, formoterol, lopinavir-ritonavir, and many others.

HOW CAN I GET THE NEW VERSION?

The July, 2001 Quarterly Update and version 4.0 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.

SEND US YOUR TIPS

If you have tips, shortcuts, questions, or suggestions for future newsletter topics, please send them to us at:

Welford Medical Computing, Inc.

3779 Hermitage Trail

Rockford, IL 61114

or

MEDCOM Information Systems, Inc.

2117 Stonington Avenue

Hoffman Estates, IL 60195

http://medcom@emirj.com