Happy New Year everyone

Version 3.3 in now in final system testing and new features in this version will be listed each week until your upgrades begin. As well as Integrated EFTPOS and Integration with Xero and MYOB there is over 100 customer requested enhancements in this version.

1. Free text SMS now able to be sent from the Pathology/Radiology/Incoming Documents review area in the clinical module.


2.When writing a letter that uses referral details the details will automatically be selected if the patient has only one current referral recorded.


3.The patients transaction view aged balances will now take unallocated credit into account.


4. Multiple users can now use the Recall Processing screen and work with different recall types. When opening the screen, the user must select a recall type to filter by and then a lock will be put on that specific recall type. Users can open the recall processing screen and select a different recall type to display. If a recall type is locked, or a user has all recall types selected, no other recall types can be shown for another user. A lock message will display when the user attempts to select a recall
type that is currently being used by someone else.


5. The age of a patient shown in the clinical banner will only show in months if the patient is under 2 years old, previously it was displayed in months for children under the age of 3.

AAPM & PMAANZ 2015 Joint Conference – Hobart this week

Carla and Cameron look forward to meeting you at the AAPM and PMAANZ Joint Conference in Hobart this week when you drop by our stand.

We are keen to demonstrate the new improved features in the upcoming 3.3 version of Stat as well as introducing you to our partners and we are raffling some award winning wine!!

New features in the upcoming Stat version include:

Integrated EFTPOS using Tyro – www.tyro.com.au
Integration with Xero / MYOB via the Surgical Partners gateway www.surgicalpartners.com.au
Comprehensive Obstetric module designed in liaison with industry specialists
Medicare latest client adaptor – Stat now have the latest Notice of Integration (NOI) and are now certified for Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Oncology claiming.
Assist Fees now bill the following way as advised by Department of Human Services. When ECLIPSE claims with assistant item numbers are to be claimed, Stat will now
artificially split the invoice into two before sending the claim, and then join the response from Medicare back together. This splitting and re-joining will be
transparent to the user and we have been advised by the department “all private health insurers should accept and process claims for assist fee items” that are sent in this manner.
Changes to the Payment Advice area – previously known as the Remittance Advice – user definable area with many different payment options. This will be available on
Invoices, Quotes/Estimates and Statements.
Ability to record overseas addresses
Changes to Banking Process slips to show payment breakdown more clearly
Expanders and scroll bars added to all clinical tools for users with low resolution screens
Improvements to the draft document workflow and screens
Waiting Room grid improvement as well as appointment type display in the grid
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Stat provides integrated SMS in partnership with SMS Central www.smscentral.com.au/

Stat allows practices to send SMS to remind patients of future appointments, if new referrals are required for future appointments (specialist practices), recalls and reminders, patient reporting and also ad hoc SMS per patient. A valuable tool in improving practice efficiencies the SMS feature enables practices to send a single SMS or send bulk SMS to patients.

In the event the SMS is an appointment reminder Stat can receive a response which will automatically confirm the appointment in the appointment book.
SMS responses can be viewed by patient under the Patient Debtor screen/Options/View SMS log whilst the entire log of SMS sent and unexpected responses can be viewed under Tasks/SMS

Practices can register for either Fixed number or a Shared number:

Fixed Number: SMS are sent from the same dedicated phone number every time. Patients will recognise the number belongs to the Practice and can save it to their phone contacts for future reference. There is an initial setup fee for this service and an ongoing monthly fee.

Shared Number: SMS are sent from randomly generated phone numbers controlled by SMS Central. The number is not specific to a practice and can change each time a SMS is sent. This service incurs no fee and is the most commonly chosen option for our clients.

Our partner, SMS Central prides itself on reliable and customer focused messaging solutions and ensuring to deliver Australia’s most reliable business messaging platform.
To find out more about SMS Central, www.smscentral.com.au/

DocAppointments (a 1stAvailable.com.au product) is the first Australian fully-integrated, automatic and real time online appointment booking system.
Quick and easy to use: integrates with your Stat Health practice management software, so there’s nothing new to learn in order to offer online appointments to your patients. Designed to improve Practice efficiencies, and available on computer, iPhone and Android phones.

Patients can make appointments with your Practice 24/7 with the Doctor of their choice at your Practice, easing the pressure on your reception and your phone system.
In fully-automatic mode, all vacant appointments are available online with no intervention necessary from your reception staff. Patients receive an email confirmation and, if the appointment was made on an iPhone or Android smartphone, the patient also receives a calendar reminder one-day prior and one-hour prior to their appointment (at no extra cost to you).

Pricing and FAQs:
For more FAQs please visit our website: http://docappointments.com.au/FAQs.html
To signup your Practice and start offering your patients online appointments today, please visit this web page: http://docappointments.com.au/practice-signup.html

Demo the system:
You can download DocAppointments from the Apple iTunes store or Google play, or test the system online at this portal: https://secure.docappointment.com.au/test

Contact us:
Please contact the 1stAvailable team with any questions you might have about DocAppointments on 1300 266 517 email sales@1stavailable.com.au or visit DocAppointments.com.au. We look forward to hearing from you and helping your Practice to be more efficient.

Stat Health are proud to be exhibitors at the upcoming AAPM & PMAANZ 2015 Joint Conference in Hobart on the 21-23rd of October 2015.

This conference has a full wide-ranging program designed to challenge, inspire and invigorate you and has confirmed speakers which include Turia Pitt, Jason Fox, Natalie Jackson, Barbara Jaques, Tim Corbett, Holly Ransom, Matthew Evans (the Tasmanian Gourmet Farmer) and Craig Davis as well as a series of different workshops to further enhance your conference experience.

Carla Doolan and Cameron Jaffrey will be manning the Stat Health booth and will be able to demonstrate version 3.3 of Stat and its many new features which include:

• Integrated EFTPOS – using Tyro
• Integration via the Surgical Partners gateway with Xero and MYOB accounting packages
• Comprehensive Obstetric module designed with industry specialists
• Medicare latest client adaptor – we passed our Notice of Integration (NOI) in September
• Assist fee billing now available
• Over 150 client requests have been added to the program

Thursday evening the 22nd  October 2015 all Stat Health clients who are attending the conference are invited to a help celebrate the Partners in Practice – Stat Health Systems (Aust), Surgical Partners, Tyro and William Buck at the Henry James Art Hotel in Hobart 6-7.30 pm. Personal invitations will be sent to you prior to the event.

Stat will also raffle some of Tasmania’s finest wines so please drop by our stand and check out our exciting new version and hear more about our partnerships with Surgical Partners, Tyro and 1st Available. We look forward to seeing you there.