General Features
With AltaPoint Version 7, the software is compatable with Windows, Mac, and Linux. With the software you can easyily backup data without making others exit the program. Plus the program dose not require exclusive use of the data files to perform a backup. Now you have the ability to perform an inventory update, update a fee schedule and other functions without making others exit the program. Another Enhancement is the multi-user features allowing concurrent editing of the same record with smart field updating.
With all the features there are even more. Now you have new edit buttons on record screens that prevent accidental editing of forms, and new accept buttons throughou the edit forms making it more obvious in the program when you are saving changes. Now you also have the power to mark any patient, guarantor, procedure code or address file record, as "inactive," The code will not appear in the search list or as you scroll through the details unless you choose to see the inactive records. This feature is very important for the referential integrity of the system. Codes that have been created and used in the system cannot be deleted, but can now be marked "inactive".
Plus now under the utillities menu option V7 now has a record statistics option that lists the number of patients, number of bills, and the number of billing service lines currently in the system. Now also, you have unlimited length of text fields, including code name and name fields, and spell correction from any field.
Appointments
Unlimited Appointment Templates can be created by provider using custom colors and time frames. In Appointment Templates you can choose Visit Types that force the use of a selected visit type when scheduling appointments. In Templates you can block days and times so that appointments cannot be scheduled. The “Appointment Reason” field is now viewable directly from the Appointment window in the daily view. You can now select a preferred phone number in patient file and it will become the default for that patient in the appointment screen. You can now search for a free appointment by Visit Type. Now set a Concurrency Limit during a search if you want to book more than one appointment per time slot. New Tabular format in the Appointment Detail. This fuction was formerly handled by buttons in Detail screen. Use Tabs for Repeat Appointments, Multi Schedule, and Notes. Reasons are all located on specific tabs.
Reports
The Day Sheet, Transaction Journal, Practice Analysis, Insurance Payment Analysis and Patient Encounter Form (EMR only) are now fully customizable through the Design Custom Forms screen. The Day Sheet, Transaction Journal and Practice Analysis can now be sorted by any field in the billing detail information and are displayed in ascending or descending order. Import and Export Columnar, and Form based reports. Export the results of SQL window queries to a comma-delimited file for use in other programs. In all, this is an excellent reporting tool.
Report Writer
Improved WYSIWYG report writer with cross-hair guidelines, snap-to thresholds, nudging, auto-spacing, section masking and locking. New “Smart” data field relationships in report creation so that you do not have to understand or specify the relationships. Now, new Cross-hair grid guidelines to help position fields on the form view of the report writer screen.
Now you can Align Objects by “nudging” in report writer, there are new Auto Spacing options in the report writer, new mathematical calculation capabilities for columnar reports, and virtually unlimited “Undo” capability in the WYSIWYG report writer.
Claims
With claims you can sort claims batches using any combination of fields (up to three levels), “Maximum Claims to Process" option when batching claims, the Batch Payments feature is now easier, more user-friendly and more powerful than ever, and auto bill Secondary Insurance and or Patient after the Primary has paid.