Premvet 5 - Release Notes

Examples:

       # Do NOT run is animal has been seen in last 30 days
       [goto quit if &lastseen < 30 ]

       # Do not run if Farm record
       [goto quit if &rtype == FC ]

       # Only run if Insured contains PetPlan
       [goto insured if &insured ~ PetPlan ]

The [group xxx ] is used to limit the report to only running if the user is a member of group. It can handle multiple groups by [group xx || yy || zz ] etc. as there can be up to 9 groups it has been simplified by using the ! symbol for NOT. You can limit to everyone except vets by [group ! vet].

[clinical1 xx yyyy] this is then same as [clinical except if the answer is blank the line will not be added. e.g.

       [] What is the diagnosis {[line]}
       [Clinical 400  Dx: ANSWER]

If the user simply returns on this line empty we get Dx: on a clinical line by itself. Replacing this with

       [] What is the diagnosis {[line]}
       [Clinical1 400  Dx: ANSWER]

Then the line will only be added if something was entered.

Automatic Protocol - pva018.pro - this will be called when 'T'ext option is used - it will REPLACE the Text box - you can use this to call a more structured system used a protocol. Two examples are included, soap.pro and pvstext.pro

Printing definition files - [condef file] will process the definition file 'file', the system will remember the answer to the 1st 10 questions, these are available in the def file as &var0, &var1, &var2, ... &var9

SMS

Animals marked as dead will NOT have text reminders generated for them.

On the diary, if there are word e.g. PTS, EUTH etc. indicating you will be putting the animal down. Add these to the params.txt. entry SMS_IGNORE = text1, text2, etc. if any of the words appear in the reason the text will NOT be sent.

Animals with multiple appointments e.g. 9.00am, 9.10am, 9:20am will only be sent ONE appointment (the 1st).

Definition Files

You may want a unique number in forms, Registration number, Script number, document number etc. There is a new dot command to allow you to do this.

.DN filename Filename is optional (default text/docno), this will store a number in it, each time .DN is used it will increment the number by 1.

The reserved word is &docno - You can use this to make sure your scripts have a unique number. e.g. here is a modified prescription:

      .DN script.no
      This is a repeat script (&docno)

      Drug:  &sname
      Dose:  &sdes

      Blah, Blah

      Script Number : &docno

Diary Usage and Number of No-Shows

The no-show report will export the number of diary slots, booked slots and number of no-shows to DataMajor. There is a new option on the 'Ad-Hoc' menu called 'Diary Usage'. Via this you can report on usage - you have the options:

• Select a date range

  If the dates are left blanks all dates will be included, leave the 1st date blank and enter X day (X month, X year) where X is the number of days (months, years) to look at.

• Select one or more diaries to look at

  If the diaries are left blank all will be included. If you enter a '?' a list of all diaries on file will be displayed. You can select multiple diaries by highlighting them and pressing the <Space-Bar>, you can enter a '/' and search based on text e.g. /vet to include all diaries with 'VET' in the name. The diary name highlight will always be selected.

  You can also enter the diary number e.g. 1 2 4 6 for diaries 1,2 4 and 6.

• The method of date/time grouping

  You can present the data in various formats:

  Day of the Month (1 to 31)
  Day of the Week (Sunday, Monday, ... Saturday)
  Month and Year
  Year
  Quarter (1-4)
  Month January, February, ... December
  Week (1-52)
  

  If you make a note of any marketing initiatives you run this can be use to see if you get an increase in capacity or a reduction of 'No shows'. The No-show report is enabled via an option on the Automation Manager and figures are NOT available prior to this update being installed.

Pop-Up Recalls

Pop-Up recalls - really good for reminding you of overdue weight checks, wormer/flea recalls - even the missing recall. Sites are using these options more and more - but is does come with a downside - staff who are not directly involved also get the reminders - in some cases it is important, others not so - yes the Vet may want to know the animal has never had flea treatment but not bothered about the flea recall.

By default all pop-up's apply to all users, there is a new option to restrict the pop-up(s) to groups of users. For this to work your users must be allocated to the . There are two type of pop-up:

• Recalls - any recall over 240 will pop up, there are no params.txt entries to enable them.

• No recall on file - this is done via a params.txt entry Pop_RecallA = x species you can have up to 26 of these Pop_RecallA ... Pop_RecallZ

The new setting is Pop_Group_XXX where XXX is either the recall number (240 and above) or a letter (A-Z). Then you add the group(s) you want this to apply to e.g.

You can separate the text with comma's if you prefer.

Admin Lock

In PDSA Mode - If a user has permissions to clear an Admin lock, rather than press Return to continue there is a Question - Do you want to continue. The default being No - if No record will be in Read-Only mode still. Users must enter 'Yes' to get past the lock.

Misc

• Colour Events 121 - 129 are set based on the surgery the work was done - this applies to displaying clinical records.

• New Style diaries - The general log file has been added to the Admin Menu to allow you to look at it. Admin Menu -> View Logfiles -> Diary (New).

• Stock Report (Set Minimum Quantities) - this is now in days rather than weeks. Will still base the average usage on a 3 month rolling period.