Security changes.  More Info...

1) Changed the layout of the Security screen

2) New "Reports & Labels" Security Tab

3) Checkboxes for limiting access to features changed to popups.  The 3 separate checkboxes have been changed to 1 popup with 3 values.

4) New users default all popups to "None".  Administrator defaults all popups to "Full"

5) "Position":  Can add new Positions.  This is done by typing the new position in the "Position" popup.  The system will ask to confirm that you wanted to add the new position to the list.  Can add the new position on the Security sreeen or the Report Security screen.

6) Report Security:  Can limit reports a user can see.  This tightens up access to patient records for HIPAA requirements.  Can limit by individual user or by entire "Position".  Select the user or position.  Click on the reports to limit.  The unavailable reports are highlighted.  These reports will not appear in the Reports window for the user or position.

7) Label Security: Can limit the batch labels a user is able to print.

Reports

1) New: Drug Utilization Detail More Info...

2) New: MAR 31 Day Blank, MAR 14 Day Blank

3) 14 Day MAR: Add lines between dosing times, a la 31 Day MAR

4) Formulary Classes: Now prints both Drug Description1 and Drug Description2.  Your setting for Utilities / Options / Order Entry "New Orders Use" will determine which will print first.  If "New Orders Use" = As Entered, it will print Drug Description1 first. (To be implemented in a future release.)

1) Report now has Options to modify the look of both the Admission and Discharge reports.  Utilities / Options / Continuum of Care.

2) Now sorts by MAR section, then Alphabetical by order description.

Drug Utilization Totals report:  

1) Added 'Totals' to the Report Title to distinguish it from vanilla Drug Utilization Report.  

2) User can now configure the report to display either Drug Description 1 or Drug Description 2.  Some customers have their generic names in Description 2, and have Description 2 chosen as the default for Order Ingredients. 

3) Numeric values, including Currency values, are now right justified in their columns rather than centered.  

4) Currency values will display dollar signs and only two places after the decimal point.  

5) Added column to display Billing Multiplier.  Placed this column between Acquisition Cost and Patient Charge.  

6) Added the ability to run the Report with or w/o Billing Multiplier rounding.  Although this doesn't change the price of the drug, it tells Ascend IP to round amounts to the nearest formulary unit (default) or billing unit, i.e. Billing Multiplier rounding.

Deleted Top 500 Drugs by Doses report because of new functionality with Drug Utilization Totals report.  

New Report: Drug Utilization Statistics shows the number of patients who received a particular drug during a specified period.

New Report: Active Order Statistics - tallies by Order Type and subtotals for PRN orders.  Can also report on number of Orders Written by a Doctor over a specified period.

Report:  Order Statistics: Added option to report on "Pharmacy Orders", "Pre-Admission Orders", or "ER/Misc/Floor Stock" orders exclusively.

AHFS and FDB Therapeutic Class reports:

1) Only reports on active formulary records, not archived or deleted

2) Corrected spelling of Therapeutic

3) Shows full class name instead of truncating.

Changed the way Ordering Doctor is assigned to Orders:  

1) Added new Order Entry option - 'Default Ordering Doctor from Admitting Doctor' -- yes/no, defaulted to yes.  

2) Added new Order Entry option - Require Ordering Doctor to complete order -- yes/no, defaulted to yes.  

3) Once an Ordering Doctor is chosen on an Order Entry form, AIP will retain that Doctor on each subsequent Order as long as the user stays with that patient and doesn't choose a new doctor.  

4) This also works for common orders, however, with Activate Common Orders, if anything causes the program to think the resulting order is incomplete during the process (not just physician); it will stop and require you to hit the 'next order' button from then on.

Doctors List:  

1) Added field for mobile phone number.  

2) Can search for doctor by last name, first name or ID.  

3) Added field, "CMS National Provider Identifier" for CURES reporting.

CURES Reporting:  More Info...  

1) Can now pick up Pyxis generated orders.   Please call Hann's On Software Customer Service for instructions.

2) Added new Export Narcotics Code format for Ohio.  

3) Added a facility DEA number for reporting.  Options / Facility / Facility DEA#

4) Added new Export Narcotics Code format for Utah.  More Info...  

Added new code to check SQL log file.  AIP can better determine if a warning message is appropriate because the old code couldn't tell if you had unrestricted log-file growth enabled on the SQL server.

Readmit Patient now copies Pre-Admission orders to new profile.

Options, Labels/IV's: Specify default number of copies for Admission, Unit Dose and IV labels.

Charging functions are now limited to 999 charges and -99 credits; it was decided that all charge/credit functions should be consistent in number of characters entered.

Full English descriptions:  SIG translation for Outpatient orders and Pre-Admission orders.

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Corrections: 

Note: Many of the corrections listed below were made in a previous version, but were not documented until the release of this version.