Bluechip V4.3 Release Notes

The following information outlines the enhancements, modifications, and fixes contained in the Bluechip 4.3 update.

New Features

  • MBS, DVA (RMFS), and Health Fees are now updated automatically.
  • You can now create custom appointment types.

Improvements to Existing Features

  • The Appointment Booking Audit is now updated every time an appointment is added, edited, or deleted.
  • In the word processing templates, the Gender list now includes the Intersex/Other and Not Stated options.
  • In the SMS Recall window, the From and To date fields now have calendar pickers. To enter dates in these fields quickly, click a calendar picker, then click the date.
  • In the Help menu:

Bug Fixes

  • In the Appointment Book:
    • If you set up an appointment without selecting a preference, Bluechip display free slots that match the selected practitioner, appointment length, and start date.
    • In the Practitioner Setup window, the Appointment Types list now displays the same colours for appointment types as the calendar.
    • If you reschedule an appointment and click Time or Calendar, no error message is displayed.
    • The original Appointment Book and Daily Planner now display the same patient details as the Outlook-style Appointment Book and multi-recurring appointment.
    • If Bluechip is set up to use the Outlook-style Appointment Book and you edit an appointment, that appointment is displayed in the Outlook-style Appointment Book, not the Original Appointment Book.
    • In the Edit Appointment window, if you select a different practitioner, you must also select the appointment type. This activates the Finish button so you can save the edited appointment. The Priority is set automatically.
    • Rescheduled appointments now display the correct appointment type.
  • In Today’s Patient, if you try to add a patient for practitioner who has no appointment types set up, Bluechip displays a message that no appointment types are set up for the practitioner.
  • In the Recalls window, the To date cannot be earlier than the From date.
  • When printing addresses on envelopes, the third line of the address is now printed.
  • If Include Deactivated Practitioners is set when you print a report, the report now includes deactivated practitioners.

Technical Updates

  • The Integration Message Broker and Adobe Acrobat Reader have been deprecated and removed from the installer.
  • The installer now installs the ManageEzy components.