This week, probably Wednesday, we will be releasing our new clinical laptop software that has been in the works for several months. The backbone of the current clinical software was not designed to handle the load of work and the number of input screens needed as the demands for information & functionality grew over the past five to six years. Unfortunately, we have not been able to meet the needs for additional input screens for Hospice and other areas, until this new clinical software was rewritten.
We have tried to make the new clinical software input screens look as much as possible like the input screens of the old clinical. What has mostly changed are the interface buttons used to access and exit different sections of assessments and activities. The biggest change will be in the patient screen where you will see a notebook tab at the top of the screen labeled “Activities.” All activities for a patient will be added and accessed from this screen instead of different buttons on the right side of the patient screen for the different types of activities. We don’t think these changes will be hard to grasp.
Once inside an assessment, the input screens will work the same as they would if you were doing a comprehensive assessment in the main office software. These new clinical software screens have been in place for several months in the main office software with very few problems.
With the new clinical software in place we plan to finish several Hospice screens and printouts hopefully by the end of May. Once Hospice is done, we will be begin work on several other new activities that agencies have been requesting.
We thank you in advance for patience and consideration during this time of transition. Thanks.