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Integrations
Extend the functionality of Bluechip by integrating other applications or services.
Day Surgery
Day Surgery can be used as a stand-alone application or together with Bluechip to manage specialist surgeries and day hospitals.
Updating the Day Surgery Module
Update Day Surgery so you can complete your statutory reporting for the following financial year.
Installing Minor Updates
Install a minor update to the Day Surgery module.

Integrations
Extend the functionality of Bluechip by integrating other applications or services.
- Day Surgery
  Day Surgery can be used as a stand-alone application or together with Bluechip to manage specialist surgeries and day hospitals.
  - Why a Day Surgery Module?
  - Installing Day Surgery
    Day Surgery module can be used as a stand-alone application.
  - Installing Day Surgery with Bluechip
    The Day Surgery module can be used in conjunction with Bluechip.
  - Updating the Day Surgery Module
    Update Day Surgery so you can complete your statutory reporting for the following financial year.
    - File Names and Folder Names for Day Surgery Updates
      Folder names and database file names for Day Surgery by state.
    - Installing Minor Updates
      Install a minor update to the Day Surgery module.
    - Installing Major Updates
      Install a major update to the Day Surgery module.
    - Historical Day Surgery Updates by State
      Links to earlier Day Surgery updates for each state.
  - About Day Surgery Price Lists within Bluechip
  - Creating the Day Surgery Service Item List within Bluechip
  - Copying Service Item Lists
  - Creating an Episode for a New Patient
  - Creating an Episode for an Existing Patient
  - Reopening an Episode
  - Reopening an Episode – Billing
  - Completion of the Episode – Diagnoses Tab
  - Completion of the Episode – Ext Causes
  - Completion of the Episode - Procedures
    The Procedures tab allows entry of the procedures actually performed by the Day Surgery to be used for reporting purposes to the relevant governing body.
  - Completion of the Episode – Notes
  - Exporting for Reporting Purposes
  - Appendix A – Non MBS Items
  - Appendix B – Termination of Pregnancy (WA Only)
  - Appendix C – Financial Tab (VIC only)
    The Financial Tab only appears in the Victorian version of Day Surgery to meet that state's data collection requirements.
  - Appendix D – Drugs Tab
  - Appendix E - Other (VIC only)
    The Other tab is applicable for the Victorian version of Day Surgery as part of their reporting process.
  - Appendix F – Advanced Options
  - Appendix G – Cancer Registry (NSW Only)
  - Appendix H – Miscellaneous
- Clinical
  From Bluechip 2.5, practices that use Bluechip with Clinical will be able to take advantage of enhanced connectivity between the two applications.
- Surgical Partners
  Integrate Bluechip with Surgical Partners' Integration platform to assist with finances and billing.
- Endoscribe
- Scribes

Installing Minor Updates

Install a minor update to the Day Surgery module.

Before you begin

To determine whether an update is major or minor, check whether the archive (.zip) of updated files contains DS Updater.exe. If this file is present, the update is a major update. Minor updates do not include DS Updater.exe within the .zip file. If in doubt, check your current version of Day Surgery via Add-ins > Advanced > About, then contact Customer Support for advice before updating.

Procedure

Back up your databases:

Browse to the location of your Day Surgery installation, for example, C:\DSx\.
Create a new folder called Backup_YYYY_MM_DD where Y = Year, M = Month, D = Day.
Copy the three existing Day Surgery database files, for example, DS Data.mde, DS Episodes.mde, and DS.mdb.
Paste the files into the Backup folder.
Download and apply the updates:
1. Download the update for your state from https://www.medicaldirector.com/support/product-updates/bluechip/bluechip-day-surgery-updates.
2. Save the update file to a suitable location on your computer.
3. Extract the archive file to a suitable location such as Downloads.
4. Browse to the extracted files and copy the new DSx.mdb file.
5. Browse to your Day Surgery folder and paste the new files.
6. If prompted, select Yes to overwrite existing files.
7. Right-click each file and select Properties. Ensure that Read-only is not set.
In the Day Surgery folder, double-click the DSx.mde file for your state.
If prompted to create a new episode, click No.
Relink the database. Within Access, click Add-Ins > Advanced > Relink Databases > DS Episodes.
When prompted, navigate to the DSx folder that has the DS Episodes.mde file and select it. A message should be displayed that the link was made successfully.
Within Access, click Add-Ins > Advanced > Relink Databases > DS Data.
When prompted, navigate to the DSx folder that has the DS Data.mde and select it. A message should be displayed that the link was made successfully.
To check that the linking was successful, within Access, select Advanced > Relink Databases > Show Links. A message should be displayed with the path to the folder you relinked to.

Results

You can now complete your statutory reporting for the following year.