Bp Premier Spectra SP1 Release Notes

Australian Immunisation Register

The Add/Edit Immunisation screen has been updated to include the Vaccine Type changes mandated by the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) that will take effect on 01 March 2025:

• State Program and Private has been removed.
• Other has been introduced and is to be used instead of State Program and Private.

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Australian Immunisation Register

The Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) has removed the requirement to specify the Serial Number when recording COVID-19 vaccination encounters. The Serial No: field has been removed from the Add/Edit Immunisation screen.

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Patient Record

The label for BSL (Blood sugar level) in the following screens has been updated to BGL (Blood glucose level).

• Patient record > Clinical > Observations.
• Patient record > Today's notes > General.
• Patient record > Observations > Graph.
• Patient record > Enhanced Primary Care > Diabetes cycle of care.

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Patient Demographics

English will now be positioned at the top of the Preferred Language list, followed by the top ten languages recorded by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, and then an alphabetical listing of all other languages.

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ePrescribing

A new option for eScript tokens, Email (Pharmacy), has been added to the Patient Demographics screen, allowing you to set the patient's preferred method for receiving their eScript Tokens.

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ePrescribing

A new option for eScript tokens, Email (Pharmacy), has been added to Current Rx to allow for the direct sending of eScript tokens to the patient's preferred pharmacy.

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ePrescribing

A new option for eScript tokens, Email (Pharmacy), has been added to the Resend or Reprint Token screen, allowing eScript tokens to be resent to the patient's preferred pharmacy.

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ePrescribing

eScript tokens sent via Email (Pharmacy) will include the patient's consent as an Action in Today's Notes. The action will detail the eScript delivery address (email address) and the corresponding drug and dosage information.

A contact note will be recorded for each eScript sent via Email (default), Email (other), or Email (Pharmacy).

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ePrescribing

Enhancements have been implemented on the Past Prescriptions screen to improve visibility on the method used for sending eScript tokens.

The eScript column in Past Prescriptions has been updated; Existing and historical prescriptions sent via eScript will now display the eScript token method used: SMS, SMS (Other), Paper, Email, Email (Other), MySL, or App, instead of the previous Yes/No format.

The eScript column in Past Prescriptions has been updated to display the eScript token method used for new or represcribed prescriptions sent via eScript: SMS, SMS (Other), Paper, Email, Email (Other), Email (Pharmacy), MySL, or App.

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ePrescribing

A new column, eScript address, has been added to the Past Prescriptions screen in the patient record to display the email address or mobile number to which new or represcribed eScript tokens were sent.

The eScript Address column will display the following:

• The mobile phone number for eScript tokens sent via SMS and SMS (Other).
• The email address for eScript tokens sent via Email, Email (Other), and Email (Pharmacy).

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Bp Email

Investigation Reports can now be emailed directly to patients as PDF file attachments from the Investigation Report screen in the Patient Record.

The following document and image file formats may be emailed directly from Patient Record > Investigation Reports:

• Documents: PDF, RTF, DOC, DOCX and TXT.
• Images: JPG, JPEG, TIF, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF and MTIF.

Investigation Reports will be delivered as a PDF attachment and secured with a PIN. The PIN is mandatory and cannot be removed.

Only one investigation report can be emailed to the patient at a time.

An Action will be created in Today's notes to show that the Email has been sent, and a Contact Note will be generated for all Investigation Reports sent via Email.

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Cervical Screening

Enhancements have been introduced to the Cervical Screening Result screen in the patient record to accommodate the recording of results from Cervical Screening tests that were Self-collected by participants.

When adding a Cervical Screening result to the patient record by selecting Cervical Screening > Add, a new Self collection tick box will be available in the Cervical Screening Results window.

A new option, Self-collected by patient, has been added to the Performed by: drop down list.

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Cervical Screening

The Cervical Screening window in the patient record has been enhanced to include an additional column, Self-collection, that displays whether a cervical screening participant opted to collect their own Cervical Screening Test sample.

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Database Search

The Database Search for Cervical Screening has been updated to include the latest updates from the National Cervical Screening Program and the new enhancements for recording Self-collection in the Cervical Screening Results screen in Spectra SP1.

The search criteria for Last Screening has been updated to incorporate a single drop down menu, Last Screening Test Over:, which allows searches for results from 1 year to 10 years.

The search criteria for additional parameters have been updated to the following:

• HPV Test Only has been updated to HPV test/CST
• When selecting HPV test/CST, the option for Cytology results will be replaced with LBC Results
• A new search criterion, Risk Category, has been added
• The search criteria for Performed By has been updated to include Self-collected by patient.

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Bp Browser

Enhancements have been made in the Bp Browser to improve performance when opening and closing Bp Browser windows; memory is now deallocated more efficiently.

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Database Connections

A resolution has been implemented to improve the handling of errors that occur due to Network connectivity issues between a workstation and the Bp Premier database server.

Users will now be alerted when the following occurs:

• 'The connection to the server has been lost! Check that the server is running and that your network connection is okay. Then press ‘Retry’ to attempt to re-establish the connection'. Users can press Retry to try to re-establish the connection to the Bp Premier database, or they can opt to Close Bp Premier.
• 'A potential connection issue was detected, and some of your recent changes may not have been saved. If you close the application now, any unsaved data may be lost. Do you want to proceed?'. Users have the option to select No, go back & Retry to try to re-establish the connection to the Bp Premier database, or they can opt for Yes, Close Bp Premier.

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Database Connections

To further support the management of errors that arise from Network connectivity issues between a workstation and the Bp Premier database server, additional logging will be implemented for Auditing purposes.

• When the client machine loses connection to the database server, the Error Handler window will display, and an entry will be logged in the database for auditing purposes.
• When the client machine loses connection to the database on the server, the Error Handler window appears. Clicking the Retry, Cancel, or Close button in the Error Handler window results in an entry being recorded in the database.
• When the client machine loses connection to the database server and the Retry button is clicked upon successful reconnection, an entry is logged in the database for auditing purposes.

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Patient Education Material

Resolved an issue where searching for leaflets in Patient Education Material would result in a fatal call stack error.

Callstack Indicator:

• CTREEVIEW:EXPAND Line: 27
• PATIENTEDUCATIONWINDOW:SEARCH Line: 47
• PATIENTEDUCATIONWINDOW:FILE_SEARCH Line: 9

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Waiting Room

Resolved an issue where updating an Appointment status via the Legend in the Waiting Room resulted in the appointment being incorrectly moved and assigned to the wrong user.

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