General User's Discussion

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Suggestion: Change to Patient Breed Details

Currently we use 

BREED as a field on a patient: 
I am suggesting we change to 2 Fields
Primary Breed
Secondary Breed (or Cross Breed)

For pure bred dogs the secondary would be blank

For Cross bred of unknown the secondary would be a default - mixed.
 

Why
The breed list is out of Control - and honestly this would simplify and improve data. 
We would no longer need mutiple entries and wording for the same breed 

jxpath would need updating to not break reporting.

Client contact details summary report

Just wondering if such a report exists? This is in the context of the crusade against late cancellations/rescheduling and/or missed appointments and procedures. 

We intend to phone the client and check contact details are correct and up to date with the primary contact correct, and email them to confirm details - "just in case our reminders didn't get thru to you".

Online bookings - Pawsapp

Hi OpenVPMS community,

I was looking at an online booking platform called Pawsapp. They are not currently integrating with OpenVPMS but are looking into that option. I would like another online booking option apart from Petyeti and Vetstoria. Pawsapp are based in Melbourne and just starting up. I would love the option to support a small Australian company but wondering how I can push that along. Is there a project that needs to be donated to or is it just a matter of behind the scenes negotiations ?

Thanks,

Stephen R

Multiple Idexx Investigations for one patient

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone has a solution or how you handle multiple Idexx inhouse investigations for the one patient.

When a patient has:

* Biochemistry Clip

* Additional single biochemistry slide

* Hematology

These are all invoiced in a template (or separately), which creates three investigations.

External Edit - JLNP files

I recently had to replace a workstation (the one I actually use dtd) 

One thing I didnt do straight away was get the External Edit setup.  

So when I eventually realized I needed it I downloaded OpenWebstart and ran it.  

Problem: the file would download and I could run it once with openwebstart and it would open Libreoffice as a webdav link and everything but I had to associate the file with OWS everytime.  

Reason: The download did not have a file type extension .  It was simply called 

Concept: Mixed Workflow display screen

Our practices are now commonly using a 3rd appointment column to display pending notes and followup for vets and nurse - using a custom appointment type.

The worklists almost never get a look in

People want a one stop view so they get a good picture of the daily work.

SMS to clients

We have x2 clients that do not receive text messages that we know of. All settings correct, preferred, sms allowed ticked? Could there be another reason they arent sending?

Appointment Status

Hi, have noticed with new upgrade when appointment is "cancelled" or "checked in" we can no longer change back to “pending” if needed.

How do we do this?

Discounts on estimates

Hello all, I feel that we are now able to do discounts on estimates, but when I do the box comes up - Error

 

Failed to validate High Unit Price of Estimate Item: Value must be >= 0.0

 

we are running version 2.4 alpha 11

 

Thank you

 

Anna

Concept: Dynamic Report Buttons

Bit of the thought bubble - we have certain reports we use daily or atleast frequently in certain contexts.  

THey dont really need to be a form on a patient history but often that is the only way we can generate them.  

My idea:

Create an administrative interface /customisation that allows individual practices to add dynamic buttons to certain context windows -  

The parameters would be:

1. Context the button appears in

2. Display Name -  the name to render

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