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Avatar OE 2022 Monthly Release 2022.01.01 Details


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  • Multiple Reasons - Home Medications
    In the Order Entry Console (Home Medications section), an issue is resolved to display orders if any of the client's Home Medications contain multiple 'Reason Codes'. The order originates in the 'Orders This Episode' section with multiple 'Reason Codes' and is then "added to the Scratchpad" during Discharge Med Reconciliation.
Included Updates
None
Product Update Form Description
In the Order Entry Console (Home Medications section), an issue is resolved where no orders are displayed if any of the client's Home Medications contain multiple 'Reason Codes'. At present, this can happen only if an order from the Orders This Episode section has multiple 'Reason Codes' and that order is then "added to the Scratchpad" during Discharge Med Reconciliation.

Topics
• NX • Order Entry Console
  • Admission Med Reconciliation - Holding in Pending Status - Edit Pending Reconciliation
    The Order Entry Console (Admission Med Reconciliation section) is enhanced to support a new 'Edit Pending Reconciliation' button and the 'Hold in Pending Status' button.
  • Suppress Pharmacy for the 'Discharge Medications Report' when 'Output' is set to "None".
    A change is made to suppress Pharmacy details on the 'Discharge Medications Report' when 'Output' is set to "None" on the 'Final Review' dialog.
Included Updates
None
Product Update Form Description
The following enhancements are introduced: 1) In the Order Entry Console (Discharge Med Reconciliation section), the 'Discharge Medications Report' is updated to suppress the "Pharmacy" line for any prescription for which "None" was selected as the 'Output' on the 'Final Review' dialog. 2) The 'OrderEntry.med_rec_dis_scr_pad' table is updated to include a 'pharmacy_output' column. 3) The Order Entry Console (Admission Med Reconciliation section) is enhanced to support a new 'Edit Pending Reconciliation' button. Note: A myAvatar Client Update or upgrade must also be installed in order to make use of this functionality.

Topics
• Admission Med Reconciliation • NX • Order Entry Console • Discharge Med Reconciliation
  • Physician Order Validation - 'Validate Selected Orders Using Default Values'
    An issue is resolved to show no orders in the 'Details of Selected Orders' field after validating an order.
  • Physician Order Validation - 'Enable Team Filter'
    The 'Physician Order Validation' form is enhanced to support the ability for users to filter orders on 'Team' / 'Team member' as 'Responsible Practitioner'.
Included Updates
None
Product Update Form Description
The 'Physician Order Validation' form is enhanced to support the ability for users to filter orders on 'Team' / 'Team' member as 'Responsible Practitioner'. This functionality is enabled via the registry setting 'Enable Team filter in 'Physician Order Validation' form'. In addition, an issue is resolved in the 'Physician Order Validation' form where the selected client(s), order(s) and 'Details of Selected Orders' are retained on the form after clicking the 'Validate Selected Orders Using Default Values' button.

Topics
• NX • Physician Order Validation • Registry Settings
  • Home Medications - Client Reported
    In the Order Entry Console (Home Medications, Admission Med Reconciliation, and Discharge Med Reconciliation sections), the phrase "Client Reported" and the abbreviation "CR" are replaced with "Reported".
  • Home Medications - Reported Source Text
    The 'Reported Source Text' field is added to the Order Entry Console (Home Medications section) for use with "Reported" medications. The value from the 'Reported Source Text' field is displayed in the 'Order Details' column of the lists of a client's existing Home Medications in the Order Entry Console (Home Medications, Admission Med Reconciliation, and Discharge Med Reconciliation sections).
Included Updates
3, 5, 6, 7, 8
Product Update Form Description
The following enhancements are introduced: 1) The 'Reported Source Text' field is added to the Order Entry Console (Home Medications section) for use with "Client Reported" medications. The 'Reported Source Text' field will be required when using a selection for the 'Reported Source' prompt that is defined with the extended attribute 'Require Reported Source Text' set to "Yes". The value from the 'Reported Source Text' field is displayed in the 'Order Details' column of the lists of a client's existing Home Medications in the Order Entry Console (Home Medications, Admission Med Reconciliation, and Discharge Med Reconciliation sections). 2) In the Order Entry Console (Home Medications, Admission Med Reconciliation, and Discharge Med Reconciliation sections), the phrase "Client Reported" and the abbreviation "CR" are replaced with "Reported". Note: A myAvatar Client Update or upgrade must also be installed to enable the functionality included in this Update. Also, note that these enhancements are available only in myAvatar NX.

Topics
• Order Entry Console • Discharge Med Reconciliation
  • OE NX - Lab Orders Outbound
    Support is added for displaying and printing lab order requisition forms and ABN documents (Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage for Medicare beneficiaries).
  • OE NX - Lab Orders Outbound
    Support is added for multi-select and date types of responses for Compendium AOEs for external lab vendors.
Included Updates
3, 5, 6, 8, 11
Product Update Form Description
The following enhancements are introduced in the Order Entry Console (Orders This Episode section) in support of interfaces with external lab vendors: 1) Support is added for displaying and printing lab order requisition forms and ABN documents (Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage for Medicare beneficiaries). 2) Support is added for multi-select and date types of responses for Compendium AOEs for external lab vendors. Note: Avatar CareFabric 2022 Update 28 and a myAvatar Client Update or upgrade must also be installed for full functionality. Also note that these enhancements are available only in myAvatar NX.

Topics
• NX • Ask on Order Entry questions
  • OE NX - NPO (Nothing by Mouth) after Midnight to Discontinue Orders
    A change is made to allow NPO orders to start at a specified future hour via the 'Future Start Time' field in the 'Order Code Setup' form. Additionally, any Order Types set to automatically discontinue via an NPO will have their 'DC Effective Date/Time' set to the NPO order's 'Start Date/Time'.
Included Updates
3, 5, 6, 8, 11, 24
Product Update Form Description
The 'Future Start Time' field is added to the 'Order Code Setup' form. In the Order Entry Console (Orders This Episode section), a new order that uses an 'Order Code' that is defined with a 'Future Start Time' will have its 'Start Date' and 'Start Time' automatically default to the next occurrence of the indicated 'Future Start Time' (relative to the current time). If the 'Order Code' being used for the new order is defined with 'Automatic Discontinue of Order Types', then any existing orders that are selected to be automatically DC'd will have their 'DC Effective Date/Time' set to the new order's 'Start Date/Time'. Note: A myAvatar Client Update or upgrade must also be installed to make use of this functionality in the Order Entry Console. Also note that this functionality in the Order Entry Console is available only in myAvatar NX.

Topics
• Order Entry Console • NX
  • OE NX - HL7 Connection Monitor
    In the Order Entry Console (Orders This Episode section), an issue is resolved where an HL7 message to convey an order to a pharmacy, lab, or other system might not be generated when the 'Activate' button is used for "Pre-Admit Orders". This issue occurs when a "Pre-Admit Order" required Validation and was Validated before being "activated".
Included Updates
None
Product Update Form Description
In the Order Entry Console (Orders This Episode section), an issue is resolved where an HL7 message to convey an order to a pharmacy, lab, or other system might not be generated when the 'Activate' button is used for "Pre-Admit Orders". This issue occurs when a "Pre-Admit Order" required Validation and was Validated before being "activated".
Topics
• Order Entry Console • NX