ASCEND -- RELEASED VERSION NOTES:
Version 5.3.45 (09/21/2007) BETA VERSION - View All Updates
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Items are grouped by Enhancements, then Fixes, sorted by Customer Service Request number (CSR #)
| New Features and Enhancements | |
| CSR# | Description |
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1117 and 1213 |
Rx Number is no longer used for Inpatient Order Types
Rx Number will no longer display next to the patient name at the top of the order entry window. The Orders "OrderRef" will display instead. "OrderRef" is a unique identifier.
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| 1130 | Pricing Rules will be run automatically whenever a new inventory item is created. |
| 1163 | CURES - Export Narcotics Reporting
Allows the user to select the 'Exporting Facility' from a list of available facilities. The Exporting facility determines the format of the Narcotics Export file (based on the state in which the Exporting facility is located). The user also has the opportunity to select any or all of the available facilities from which to export data. Additionally, the user can now select from any or all of the available Rx Counters from which to export data. |
| 1174 | If default printer no longer available, Ascend will still display the printer name. This enhancement is for troubleshooting purposes. |
| 1179 | MAR Report: The MAR will sort patients by Patient Care Area/Room/Bed order. The Utilities / Patient Care Areas screen defines the order that the MAR will sort. Each Hospital, Area and Room are ranked from top down. |
| 1196 | Multi-Facilities: Options:
When creating a new facility, you now have the ability to copy the
Utilities / Options from another facility.
Your prompt will say: Would you like to use an existing facility as the template for this new facility's defaults? If you click <Yes>, you will be prompted to choose a facility from the list of all facilities (that you have access to). |
| 1197 | Sort of the order profile should be persistent |
| 1204 | IV Label Batch: Connect automatically to batch times
Ascend will match on a scheduled job named "Batch IV Labels" on the Batch IV Labels screen. If the job exists, it should automatically select the job when in Batch IV Mode. More Info... |
| 1217 | Clinical Interventions Tab
- Display now has Reference to Order. The new column Rx/Order was
added to the display.
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| 1235 | Simplify Applying a Credit to Scheduled Dose |
| 1236 | Menu item/Tool Bar shortcut to Charge/Credit
has been added.
There is a new Tool Bar icon, the +/- symbol, there is also a new menu item.
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| 1238 | Inventory: Create User Friendly Method for Calculating FDB Billing Units
There is now a button next to the FDB Billing Units that brings up the Inventory Units Calculator.
Enter the Strength or Per of one unit strength. The Units Multiplier will be calculated automatically. In this example, one unit would be 5 ml, so type a 5 in the 1 Unit Per field
The calculation is carried out. Click OK, the FDB Billing Units are filled in.
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| Fixes | |
| CSR # | Description |
| 1104 | Inventory Options: Required Fields Not Working. The system was saving without prompting to enter required fields. This has been fixed. |
| 1107 | Other medications is not always reporting drug-drug interactions - has been fixed. |
| 1148 | Order Screen, banner should say Description, not Dose Qty.
This has been fixed. Depending upon the Item View, the banner says
either Dose Description, Inventory Description, or Order Description.
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| 1156 | Add Diagnosis - nothing coming up in the list - has been fixed. |
| 1172 | Print order forms uses report from Custom folder and not Orders folder |
| 1194 | Order Entry: Charge / Credit now sorts chronologically. |
| 1199 | Stop Order Notices Report: Error 5 - has been fixed. |
| 1209 | FillQuantity and OrderedQuantity are being populated on Inpatient Orders - has been fixed. |
| 1218 | Clinical Interventions Tab - Columns now sort |
| 1223 | Search by field in inventory does not sort the inventory list - has been fixed. |
| 1228 | Charge method of Floor Stock should be set automatically - has been fixed. |
| 1229 | View only permissions in inventory should not allow add/edits - has been fixed. |
| 1230 | Starter doses prompt should not show on Floor Stock charges - has been fixed. |
| 1231 | Editing the number of starter doses changing charge method to manual - has been fixed. |
| 1233 | Facilities : New and Edit, fields do not save: State, Phone, more... - has been fixed. |
| 1237 | Inventory: Order Entry Strength and Per fields do not save - has been fixed |