New Features - version 5.10

Update VetWare

New features

Major functionalities:

• Barcode search: The product catalog makes it easy to find a product by scanning the barcode.
• Estimate: The creation or display of an estimate is completely reorganized. Everything is done independently of the medical file. A button is available from the search screen or in the medical file, the elements are inserted in the estimate directly as we do to add them to the medical file.
• Laboratory integration:
  •    Antech: Integration of Antech (Biovet 2.0)
  •    Lab results synch automatically, even if the lab test screen is not open at the clinic.
• Message centre: Allows to see the messages that are sent and received (SMS, email and internal). It replaces the old "communications log" screen.
• Notification when receiving laboratory result: Each laboratory test result received and automatically inserted in a file will generate an internal message that is sent to the veterinarian assigned to the file. Double click on the message to view the related file.
• Option to force a selection on a drop-down menu for the selected services: For instances where a service has several pricing schedules, a new option has been added to the service catalogue to check whether the pricing schedule has been selected before adding to the file.
• Reminder: A product sale can automatically generate a reminder.
• Vaccine: The serial number and expiration date can be selected when you make the sale and will appear on the vaccination certificate.
• Insurance: Added a section to note the name of the insurance compagny and the insurance policy # for an animal.
• Reports:
  •    New ABC inventroy report
  •    New inventory report "Products list to receive" (ordered, but not receive)
• Multi-establishment: Activation of the orders allowing the management with different order point for each establishment

Improvements:

• Message centre:
  •    Communications can now be viewed for longer than a month.
  •    The columns in the Message centre client-selection window have been resized.
• Order: The product catalogue shows whether the product is already on order.
• Print attachments: Printing the medical file gives you the option to select all the attachments to print.
• Microchip: The animal's microchip number, if entered, is printed on the medical record
• Pop-up note:
  •    It is displayed from within the appointment book, when you open the edit-appointment window and from the visit list when you open the medical file.
  •    In addition to the search window, the note is now displayed in the reminder list, the visit list (when opening the file) and in the appointment book (when adding a new appointment).
  •    Displays animal breed and species
• Reminders:
  •    The reminder batches window now shows those linked only to a person (without being assigned to a patient).
  •    The reminder list window now includes a button creating a quick link to the message center (to send an e-mail or SMS)
  •    In the reminder list window, a link to open the customer search window has been added via the context menu on the reminder
• Register: In the prescription register, both the animal identification number and the visit number have been added.
• SMS:
  •    The SMS appointment confirmation shows the names of all the patients assigned to the appointment.
  •    The date format has been updated to a standard format (YYYY-MM-DD), enabling certain types of cell phone to create a reminder or event in the cell phone calendar
  •    A character counter has been added to the "Animail" window and the appointment confirmation window
• Email:
  •    In the message centre, it is now possible to use a “Freeform message” template to send an email. The “Freform message” template can be configured in the “Animail” window and does not require any HTML code
  •    When sending appointment confirmations by email, it is now possible to select the template of your choice before sending
• Laboratory test: In a new column, the laboratory test window shows the name of the veterinarian assigned when you sell a laboratory request.
• QR code: On both invoice type (letter and coupon), a QR code can be added as an option with a link to a website
• Medical record: Warning if another user is present in a visit to avoid losing data
• Deposit: Renamed the “Delete” button to “Refund” for less confusion
• Prescription:
  •    The prescription report now displays prescriptions “filled elsewhere” as well as the history
  •    Controlled substance prescription renewal: The lot number must be added manually before applying the renewal
• Products catalog: In the search window result section, the “Revenue Category” column has been removed allowing more space to view longer product description
• Establishment name: The establishment name can now be changed directly in the software, in the general options
• Training: A link “Training documents” and “Training videos” have been added in the software

Fixed bugs:

• Supplier code: A warning message now appears when a new product’s supplier code is the same as that of an existing product
• History: The "Search" button in the sales transactions history no longer clears the selection criteria.
• Laboratory: Internal laboratory requests are now grouped together, even if they are charged from different services within the same group.
• Regional settings: A change in the regional settings no longer forces the application to close
• Dosage: In the product catalogue, a label’s text is saved when you move to the next product
• Communication preferences: You can no longer send an email to a client when their communication preferences indicate that they do not wish to receive them.
• Reminder:
  •    By setting the status of a vaccine reminder to "Cancelled", the vaccination is no longer deleted
  •    Recall window date sorting options corrected
  •    In certain situations, the booster list window no longer allowed you to modify search dates
  •    Recall batch generation no longer counts 100% of animals when selecting or excluding a product or service whose description begins with a space, or when excluding an OTC product
  •    A reminder associated with a customer that has been deleted can now be restored
  •    The function for spreading a batch of reminders over more than one day is now functional
  •    An error occurred when generating a recall batch if all products had been selected
  •    A single customer could end up in different recall batches once the original batch had been split
• Message centre:
  •    In rare situations, the window for sending an SMS will no longer open if the customer does not have a cell phone number
  •    The SMS window is fully displayed when deleted messages are selected in the message center window
  •    100-character limit for the subject of e-mail messages to avoid errors
  •    Duplicate SMS messages received have been corrected
  •    The various templates (e-mail and SMS) are now arranged in alphabetical order in the drop-down menu
• Delete visit: A visit can now be deleted even if a lab result has been added and deleted beforehand
• Medical record:
  •    The warning message of a prescription is now visible when printing the medical record
  •    The user’s “Initials” field was blocked at 3 characters, as it was causing an error
  •    The age of an animal continued to advance in time, even though the animal was deceased
• Windows layout: The layout of several windows has been redone, as it was not adjusted properly when the window was enlarged
• Invoice: In some situations, items printed on the invoice were not displayed in the client’s language
• Products catalog: 
  •    Searching could make the “Results/Search” section completely disappear
  •    Deleting the revenue category made a product impossible to find later
  •    It was possible to save a product without Qty/Format
• Groups catalog: The “Search result” section was not refreshed when the search was reset
  Multi-establishment: The order point can now be different form one establishment to another