More Clinical Audits

Some more updated Clinical Audits have been added to the downloads section of the INPS website:

In Practice Systems 
                 Genito-Urinary Disease
                           Prostatic Disease (Version 5, 22/04/2008)

                 Local Delivery Plans for Smoking and Obesity
                           Various LDP Returns (Version 1, 02/04/2008)

                 Endocrine/Metabolic Disease
                           Diabetes and HbA1c Testing (Version 1, 02/04/2008)

DLM 259 Release

We will shortly be realeasing DLM 259. This upgrade is required for the 2008-A Upgrade to NCRS Spine that is due to take place at the end of May

Tape Verification Service

If the worst happens, would your back-up tape provide a full restore? The Tape Verification Service from INPS provides assurance that, in the unfortunate event of a full system failure, your Vision system could be successfully restored.

Key Features

• Full tape catalogue
• Complete Vision directory is restored
• Capitation report
• Full verification report provided
• Return of tape by courier included

Key Benefits

• Have confidence in the quality of your practice back-ups
• A key part of the practice disaster recovery plan

Summary of Vision Integrity Checks

• Data restorability:
  - The core Vision data
  - Attachments, scanned documents, photographs, etc.
  - Correspondence, referral letters, etc.
  - Templates for practice letters
• Vision Access:
  - Consultation Manager
  - Registration
  - Appointments
  - Patient groups

For pricing and to download a brochure, see here.

INPS at HC2008

INPS will be exhibiting at the Healthcare Computing 2008 conference in Harrogate from 21st to 23rd April.

Come and talk to us on stand A75 to find out why Vision is the system of choice for practices, health boards and PCTs across the UK.

For further details about HC2008 and to register as a delegate or visitor, please click here
(http://www.healthcare-computing.co.uk/hc2008/HC2008_registrationform.htm)

Tip of the Day: Viewing Deleted Records

To view records which have been deleted from a patients record:

Open Consultation Manager, and select the patient in question.

Click Consultation > Options > Show Deleted Records

The display line at the top of the screen will turn red to indicate Vision is running in “Show Deleted Records” mode.

Click on List. Those categories which are greyed out will have no deleted records within them.

Click on a category to select it; the deleted information will be displayed

You can right click on the result and use Audit Trail to establish who created, amended and deleted the result

To go back to normal viewing mode, Click Consultation > Options > Show Deleted Records again.

Updated Northern Irish DES Audits

The following audit is available for download from the INPS website:

Northern Ireland - Directed Enhanced Services (updated 04/04/08)
     All audits (Version 8.7, 04/04/2008)

Click here to download the NI DES User Guide in Word format.

Choose and Book: Release 4.0

Release 4.0 of Choose and Book is due to be made available from 12th April 2008.

For details on the changes contained within this release, see the following link (NHSnet connection required): 

http://nww.chooseandbook.nhs.uk/staff/future/Release%204.0/index_html

QMAS 2008/9 Reporting

Due to the up-coming changes to the QOF framework for 2008/9, QMAS is now in “Switch Off”.

“Switch Off” refers to a state where QMAS will not report on achievement for 2008/09. This will be in place until the changes to the 2008/9 QOF framework are applied. From 1st April 2008, any clinical submission made to QMAS with a Report-Reference Date of 1st April 2009 will be rejected by QMAS, triggering an acknowledgment of 0021 “QMAS cannot accept submissions for the practice at this time. Please contact your QOF Lead or GPSS”.

The receipt of this Acknowledgement should NOT trigger an automatic resend to QMAS, as QMAS will continue to reject with codes 0021 until QMAS has been upgraded to reflect the changes announced by the Department of Health. Once upgraded, QMAS will once again be able to report on achievement for 2008/09 (”Switch On”).

Please note that “Switch Off” will not effect End of Year submissions for 2007/08.

For more information, please see this bulletin regarding the QOF changes for 2008/9.