1. Archie Dennis archied@softcomputer.com
4.0.6 New Features
Archie Dennis

2. HELP!
Help menu has been moved to a Web Based help system.

3. Tube Type The Container and Test Setup options can now
provide Units of Measure field where a lengthy
measuring unit in unabbreviated form can be
defined. The field will become a dynamic drop down
defined in SSM character limit.
e.g. milligram/deciliter versus mg/dl  or
 IU/L versus International Unit/Liter
Displaying measuring units in unabbreviated form can be more clear if the unit is not internationally
recognized. Up to 80 characters
It can be more clear if the units are not internationally known.

4. Labels Prompt Test results can now print on Collection labels.
Layout change determines if results print on separate label or collection label.

5. Order Entry Dead Patients can now be admitted!
Deceased times can now be prior to the Admit times
Useful for autopsies
PCC-42111

6. Phlebotomy Phlebotomy now has the ability to send both
ordering and scheduled collection date and time
for the order to the SoftID system.
This will help determind which Stats to collect
First.

7. Order Entry
Order Entry is able to modify the specimen collection date by individual specimen or by the entire order when it is necessary to use a different date than the order collection date.
Reschedule functionality has been added to Order Entry.
Need screenshots

8. Instrument - Interface
SSM now controls default of "How to Display" and "What to Display" fields in Instrument Menu filter.
Replaces hosparams in_def_res_filter and int_def_how_res_filter
PCC-40989
For 4.0.3.x:  Add hosparam "int_def_how_res_filter" with the following settings: "O" - sets to "By Order" value;  "S" - sets to "By Sequence" value. Default setting is "S".

9. Order Entry
Send to HISSend Batch of Orders, now an Option in Security that can be restricted.
PCC-42111

10. Order Entry-Audit Trail
Send to HIS option can now be captured by the Audit Trail viewer

11. Order Entry-Audit Trail
You will RSHIS- Resend to HIS

12. Order Entry Dead Patients can now be admitted!
Deceased times can now be prior to the Admit times
Useful for autopsies
PCC-42111

13. Order Entry TOB field in OE Possibly available in calculations
PCC-42111

14. Order Entry
TADD tag has option to no longer be added to RBS or Values tab reflexed tests.

15. Order Entry Internal Notes tab in the Comment windows for Order Entry.
The question mark is no longer needed. YEAHHH !!

16. Order Entry Ordering Clinic can be sent to SoftGene if the
field is available in the SoftGene environment.
PCC-42111

17. Resulting
The system now provides the ability to send additional messages to the Result server in order to update Result flagging and Delta checking for percent and absolute when any changes are made to a test result or to specimen collection information.

18. Result Entry Results field can now display comma’s in numeric results

19. Result Entry - Commas

20. Result Entry Collection and Receiving Date optional in Pending Log.
Prevents Tests from wrapping

21. Results SoftLab now has the ability to hold verification
of results until a specimen has been collected
and received. Check flag 59 in test setup.

22. Results SoftLab now has the ability to resend both Lab
and Micro results to the HIS at the same time.

23. Result Entry-Diff Pad
Settings/Definitions determines the number of days to look back for previous results displayed on Diffpad.
Previous results have also been set to display previous results even when they were previously 0
PCC-37846

24. Setup – Test Maintenance
The system now provides the ability to work
with 1000 environments.
PCC-34211

25. Test Setup Test Setup Search expanded to include any
application that a test
code is part of, such as
RBS , Calculations,
Calculations in Comments,
QC, etc..
It will help with trouble shooting problems, making changes in setup, aiding new LIS user who was not part of original set up.

26. Test Setup-RBS Rules

27. Test Setup-Instruments

28. Test Setup-Formats

29. Cancellation-OE
Red X/x will display for both cancelled orders and test. No more X display.

30. Cancellation-Query

31. Reports
The Tests per Month report now provides the ability to search for tests performed by date or month range.

32. Specimen Tracking Specimen Tracking and Newshift now have
a new default setting in hosparam:
st_list_timeout “7”
It will now be 7 days before Newshift
removes specimens from tracking list.

33. Specimen Tracking
The system has been enhanced to allow the user to fax the Specimen Tracking List.
This change provides the benefit of being able to print the Specimen Tracking List using an alternate method when the local printers are
down.

34. Phlebotomy Options Phlebotomy > Label Printing >Canned Message
Has the ability to accept 80 characters per line
without wrapping for up to 10 lines for free-text
labels.
This feature will provide more flexibility when entering free-text to be printed on Phlebotomy labels with Canned
Messages.

35. Ref Lab Manifest The Reference Lab manifest now has the
ability to display the collection date and time
of the PC/terminal from which it was printed.
Display based on user time zone.
*This function is controlled by the report
Layout.
PCC-31755

36. Reference Lab Manifest
The Reference Lab Manifest is enhanced to do the 
following:
Print the information from the Comment Box of the Formulary.
Print the requesting physician's address, telephone number 
and fax number
Print up to 4 "Report to" physicians or Ward/Clinic names, 
addresses, telephone numbers, and fax numbers.
Print one order per page.
Print a separate page between each specimen category even 
if it is the same patient. For example, if the same patient had a frozen and a refrigerated specimen there would be a separate page for each.
PCC-32104

37. Ref Lab Manifest
Different Manifests can be printed by storage requirements
i.e.- Frozen, Ambient, Refrigerated
rflab_specimens
Labels specimen storage type by last character in Specimen Tube Type ID.
Setting of “F,FRO,R,REF,A,AMB” would create three manifests for Specimen Tube types ending with F, R, and A.
PCC-31755

38. Group Test Modifications
Inactivating Group Test components
Never uncheck active flag at the test level for individual test. Any group test that the individual test is contained within will also become inactive.
DO NOT delete test from a group test, as they will be removed from any previous orders.

39. Group Test Modifications
To inactivate Group Test components
Enter a Dot “.” as default result
Change Container to NULL
Enter check mark for the following flags:
15 – Autoresult(with default)
13a – Autoverify only if result is default
25 – test does not need to be called
34 – Do not send to HIS
Remove check mark from flag 9

40. Group Test Modifications
SCC will run a script to apply all necessary changes
needed in Group test modifications for clients
upgrading from previous versions to 4.0.4/ This
script will also remove billing codes. This procedure is
only valid for Oracle clients.

41. Group Test Modifications
SCC can run a utility that will perform all
the steps needed to include removing
billing codes from the tests that no longer
are needed.

42. Instrument Menu
New Column for Previous Result Time

43. Instrument Menu
SoftLab Interfaces was enhanced to prevent auto update of the order list in Instrument Menu. Update will only happen when filter is set to “Not Posted”
Set to “All” stops
Refreshing.
PCC 44672

44. Query - OSM
Order Status Monitor TAT tab now displays Collection Priority for the Collection Status filter and the Execution Priority for the Processing Status filter
PCC-36551
GUI_TAT_monitor_grid ‘P’

45. Query - OSM
In the TAT Monitor tab, under the Collection Status, Timed specimens will no longer display negative TAT times for future order numbers .

46. Call From Query
PCC-11848
User can perform the call from Query!

47. Workstation Redirection
The Workstation Redirection Utility now displays a
single order field. The system will display a warning
message if an incorrect order number is entered.
Date range fields are now Security controlled and enabled only for
users with access to "8571 Utilities - Workstation Redirection – Date
Range" security option.
PCC-33985

48. Pending Orders Report – New Statuses
PCC-14885
The Pending Orders Report now provides the ability to indicate specimen status. The report can display the following two statuses:
1)Not Collected - ordered, but not collected or received.
2)Not Received - ordered and collected, but not received.

49. Ref Lab Manifest – New Fields
Reference Lab Manifest now provides the ability to show the following:
Insurance name
Insurance policy number
Doctor NPI
UPIN
Test Level diagnosis code
Stay level Insurances from the BINS tag, created by OEHIS.
PCC-24248/PCC-17173
REF_diff_manifest "Y" Customize the manifest to add fields for: Insurance
hosparam rflab_insurances  to "*".
rflab_insurances
* IN1 segment to contain insurance information corresponding to all insurances for each patient.

50. Ref Lab Manifest Sample
License# can be printed on the reference lab manifest by
UPIN# can be printed on the reference lab manifest by
NPI# can be printed on the reference lab manifest by
Billing Area/Provider# from Doctor setup can be printed on the reference lab manifest by
First test level diagnosis code can be printed on the reference lab manifest by
First insurance code can be printed on the reference lab manifest by and hosparam rflab_insurances set to "*".
The insurance number from the first insurance can be printed on the reference lab manifest by and hosparam rflab_insurances set to "*".
Stay level insurances that are stored in the !BINS tag can be printed on the reference lab manifest by the following variables:
@billinsur1 = p_billinsur1,
@billinsur2 = p_billinsur2,
@billinsur3 = p_billinsur3,

51. Report and Query Format
The ability to drag and drop chapters and subchapter without using shift key.

52. "HIS patient" and "HIS stay" flags to display the as an icon on the OE and PM screens
GUI_OE_HIS_statuses_to_mark has 3 new setting options.
#1. “P” – Display a green exclamation point in the Patient pane of Order Entry and Patient Maintenance to indicate that the patient is marked as HIS created.
#2. “R” – Display a red exclamation point in the Stay pane of Order Entry and Patient Maintenance to indicate that the stay is marked as HIS deleted.
#3. “S” - Display a green exclamation point in the Stay pane of Order Entry and Patient Maintenance to indicate that the stay is marked as HIS created.
PCC-32153

53. HIS Flags in Order Entry

54. HIS Icon in Order Entry when GUI_OE_HIS_statuses_to_mark = “R” and stay marked is deleted in HIS:

55. HIS Icon in Patient Maintenance when GUI_OE_HIS_statuses_to_mark = “R” and stay marked is deleted in HIS:

56. Reports
ROE Reports will not display tests that have been marked in setup with the Flag 22 'Do Not Report'.

57. Reports Abnormal result reports can now be restricted
basesd on Permission Class setup.
*Set hosparam SecurityRestrictions to “r” for each
permission class that will be used for restricting
access to patient data.
Needed to comply with
HIPAA

58. Time Between Orders Expanded
PCC Limitation was to 9999 hours (1.14 years)

59. The End

60. QUIZ TIME !!! Units of Measure can be displayed in an
TRUE OR FALSE
Units of Measure can be displayed in an
unabbreviated form. The field will be defined
via a hosparam.
False: Settings/Definitions

61. QUIZ TIME !!! To inactivate Group Test components which
will not apply:
9- Can be individually ordered
15 – Autoresult(with default)
13a – Autoverify only if result is default
25 – Test does not need to be called
34 – Do not send to HIS

62. QUIZ TIME !!! What filtering option stops Order List refreshing
in Instrument Menu?
How to display: By order
What to display: Not posted
None of the above
C :None of the above
Answer: What to display: ALL

63. Questions !!!

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