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.

Updates in Bluechip 4.3.2.20

  • Fixed the bug causing long invoice item descriptions and special characters to populate stray text and incorrect fees in the CBMS and CHARGE fields of the Day Surgery module during patient episode creation. Invoice item descriptions are now restricted to 96 characters.