Optisoft.NET Release Notes

Overview

Below is a list of Optisoft.NET versions and all the major changes and bug fixes contained within each release. For further information please call the support desk on 0345 230 3450.

Optisoft.NET v1.0.18166

• Throughout the software, drop down list will now expand when clicking anywhere on the control.
• Filtering in the Search popup has been improved.
• Incorrect SMS account levels being displayed has been fixed. (Hosted).
• When switching branches in the Patient Modules, the Active Patient will now automatically clear. (Hosted).
• Deleted Email Templates will no longer appear in Patients Email.
• Patients will now be ‘slotted in’ to the next appropriate Recall Band, should the Recall Start Date be back dated.
• The speed of saving User accounts has been improved. (Hosted).
• Appointment Notes can now be found in the Appointment Tab in the Patient module.
• Surgery details will now pass through to the GOS forms when a GP is not selected.
• School/University/College address can now be added to Patient Records.
• Deleted Contacts and Groups will now longer show in the search popup.
• An issue when tabbing from Postcode to DOB, has been resolved.
• VA fields have been added to the CL Specification screen.
• Patient Documents will now save back to the Patient Record without the need for printing.
• Design Improvements to the Family screen have been made.
• A ‘Select All’ tick box has been added to the Users list in the ToDo screen.
• Patient Preferences have been excluded from Patient Maintenance Security.
• Merging more than one Group/Contact into a single document, will now work as intended.
• A printable list of Recalls can now be generated in the Recall module.
• When switching branches in the Recall Module, the Recall Graph will now refresh accordingly. (Hosted).
• Custom Appointment Events will now show on the Appointment Schedule Report.
• A bug in Find Next Appointment, when Appointment Events are included in Templates, has been resolved.
• The original booking date of each appointment will be displayed in Appointment History.
• Patient Notes can now be found in the Appointment Booking screen.
• Merge Codes have been created for the 2nd Part Start, End and Duration times of an Appointment.
• Diary Scheduling has been given its own setting in Appointment Maintenance Security.
• The Spellchecker in the Template Editor will now work on Workstation PC’s.
• An issue in the Data Generator involving Age and Email being on the same report, has been fixed.

Optisoft.NET v1.0.18123

• Age has been added to the Patient Info strip at the top of the Patient Record.
• The Salutation field on the Patient Record will update accordingly when the Patient's Surname is changed.
• Minor design alterations to Spectacle Rx Screen to ensure labels don’t get cut off.
• Fix for Email Signature to stop them from being removed when selecting a Template.
• Fix for Patient Recall History reloading deleted Patient Preferences has been resolved.
• Positive prescription values will now display the ‘+’ symbol, when printed or exported from the software.
• An error caused when adding a new ToDo Description has been resolved.
• When printing a Patient Document, the user now has the choice of sending the document straight to the printer (Print Button) or displaying the merged document on screen (Preview Button).
• The Patients Reference Number will now merge fully, when a template is produced for Patient Printing.
• Email SMS Account Maintenance is now accessible from the Email SMS Module.
• Events will now show on the Appointment Schedule Report.
• A fix has been applied to Find Next Appointment to stop it from using the wrong opening times.
• Appointment Types are now ordered correctly in Find Next Appointment.
• Appointment Types are now ordered correctly in Appointment Template Maintenance.
• A ‘Select All’ option has been added to the Staff list in Appointment Templates Maintenance.
• An error saving margin changes in a template, when that is the only thing to save, has been resolved.
• The character limit on the English GOS 2 Comments section has been increased to 70.
• The ‘Date Of This Prescription’ field, will now be populated accordingly, on the English GOS 2 form.

Optisoft.NET v1.0.18061

• Initial loading speed of the software has been improved.
• An Error while changing Branches multiple times has been resolved.
• Patient Recall History will stop recording duplicate processing runs.
• A4 Labels can now be used as part of Letter processing in the Recall module
• A Recall Export option has been added to the Recall module

Optisoft.NET v1.0.18031

• An error caused by using the up and down arrow keys on the Search popup window, has been resolved.
• An error caused by changing branches multiple times, has been fixed.
• Small cosmetic changes have been made to the layout of the software.
• The Patient Print popup will now only display documents from the current branch.
• An issue with some printers not printing documents sent to through by .NET, has been resolved.
• An error that caused the New SMS button to be disabled on the Patient Email/SMS tab, has now been resolved.
• The user can now delete Staff members from the system, even when they are in use on Patient Records.
• The user can now delete Groups (Surgery) from the system, even when they are in use on Patient Records.
• The user can now delete Group Contacts (GP) from the system, even when they are in use on Patient Records.
• An issue where the software would not respond, when scanning or importing documents, has been resolved.
• CL Add values can now be maintained by the user.
• Visions, VA, NVA and IVA fields can now be maintained in the software.
• The last prescription date will now be passed through to the GOS forms, and populate the ‘Date of last sight test’ field on the GOS 1, 4, 5 & 6 forms.
• The Welsh GOS 2 form has been updated so the ‘First name’ appears in the correct position.
• The ability to change the available branches per Analysis Code is now possible.
• A fatal error caused by typing a Recall Enclosure Rule Name, has been resolved.
• The refresh in the Appointment module will stop jumping back to the first available diary.
• The Week View in the Appointment Module should now always display from Mon-Sun.
• The ability to add and update Appointment Notifications to Appointment Status’s is now possible.
• Updating the Appointment Status through the right click menu will now update any relevant Appointment Notification correctly.
• An error caused by viewing the Appointment tooltip, has been rectified.
• A ‘Find Next Appointment’ search feature has been added to the Appointment module.

Optisoft.NET v1.0.17335

• The software will now remember the last user name entered.
• An error caused by moving items up and down lists and editing their name in the same action, has been fixed.
• An issue with automatic Postcodes has been resolved.
• Icons on the Activity Pane are now Enabled/Disabled at the correct time.
• Contacts can no longer be edited so that they don't have a contact type.
• Old SMS's sent within Optisoft Enterprise can now be viewed in the Patient Document tab.
• Old Microsoft Word templates can now be viewed in the Patient Document tab.
• Deleted Templates no longer show in Patients SMS.
• Saved Walk-In entries now appear in both Patient Spectacles and CL Rx.
• Rx values can now be deleted, even when in use.
• When typing a 2 digit year, the Patient Date of Birth field now selects the expected 4 digit year.
• Capital letters are now retained when editing Analysis Codes.
• An error caused when clicking the onscreen Analysis Code Maintenance button, has been fixed.
• An error that prevented the export of the grid in the Recall Run Tab, has been fixed.
• An issue with auto save when editing information in Recall Band Maintenance, has been resolved.
• You can now click New Note on an Appointment without having to save it first.
• The Appointments module will now show a maximum of 4 Diaries instead of 3.
• Unavailable days and time slots have been made more obvious in the Appointments module.
• Diary Name and the Date labels have been made bigger in the Appointments module.
• Speed improvements to the way in which Templates are loaded has been applied.
• Total number of results has been added to the Data Generator.

Optisoft.NET v1.0.17299

• Multiple Errors caused by resizing or reordering columns within data grids have been resolved.
• Double clicking on the scroll bar within the search results popup no longer loads a record.
• The user can now search for a Patient using the following format - Surname + Forename.
• An issue in Analysis Code Maintenance where a 'Name' code was automatically being saved, has been resolved.
• The columns within the patient search popup have been reordered with Reference Number being added.
• A small white line has been removed from the search popup.
• The remaining credits shown when creating an SMS message are now accurate.
• Printing a GOS form for a patient now saves a copy of the form in the Patients Documents tab.
• When printing a document for a patient the user can now double click on a document to initiate the print routine.
• Speed improvements in displaying the Patient Print popup have been applied.
• An error caused when changing the Surname field to Maiden in Patients, has been resolved.
• The order of the template types has been changed when trying to print a template for a patient.
• An issue where a printed template was overwriting the original template format has been resolved.
• Throughout the software an issue has been resolved where Bold, Italic or Underlined could not be turned off when writing a Note.
• A saved staff member is now automatically displayed in the search grid in Contact Maintenance.
• A Contact can no longer be edited to have no Type.
• Rx Values can now be edited and deleted even when in use on patient records.
• The Delete ToDo icon in the Activity Pane now prompts the user for confirmation.
• Improvements to the appointment booking process have been applied.
• The user can now specify whether a template should auto print rather than being displayed before printing.
• The name of the template being edited has been added to Template Maintenance.
• Contact Number fields now appear in the list of merge fields in Templates Maintenance.
• Numerous improvements to the Template Editor have been applied.
• A fatal error, when using AND & OR together, in the Data Generator has been resolved.
• Security has been updated throughout the software.

Optisoft.NET v1.0.17208

• Patient Print Popup has been increased in size.
• Introduction of OptiPost into Optisoft.NET
• Text Editor now has the ability to handle Text Boxes. Vertical Ruler instated.
• Bug fix for future ToDo's not showing correctly.
• Bug Fix for an error that occurred in Diary Scheduling

Optisoft.NET v1.0.17187

• Prevent changing the patient on a previously saved appointment
• Reprinting historical recalls now merges the correct information
• Correction to Appointment suppression
• Issue found with Email signatures has now been corrected

Optisoft.NET v1.0.17171

• Patient Search will now order it's results in alphabetical order on the Surname field.
• Patient Mobile field can now be set to recommended.
• Redesign for Contact, Group and Group Contact screens.
• Contact Salutation is now auto selected.
• Contact and Contact Group now have postcode addressing.
• SMS to landline fallback has been removed.
• Appointment booking screen now contains a Historical list of the Active Patients appointments.
• Appointment Notifications can now longer be added to patients that lack the necessary information needed to send them.
• Appointment Schedule report will no longer show cancelled appointments.
• Multiple minor design changes to Lookup Maintenance.
• Added compression to the Backup Utility.
• Error with Group Contact not saving or displaying properly has been resolved.
• Error when leaving the software on overnight has been resolved.