Previous Releases

Previous Releases

Vision 3 release DLM 910 contains the following new features and improvements for Consultation Manager:

LibreOffice

  • Vision products can integrate with both LibreOffice and Microsoft.

Patches

A number of patches have been added to this release.

See Patches for a full list of the patches.

 

  • Immunisations:

    • New additions to the available list in the Immunisation Structured Data Area (SDA):

      • RSV monoclonal antibody - This single stage prophylactic medication for infants is now available for selection.

      • Dengue - Stages 1 and 2 can now be selected.

    • Age Warnings - Upper and lower age warnings no longer display when adding immunisation records.

    • The following immunisations have been updated:

      • Cholera:

        • Stage 2 and Booster - Immunisation due alert updated.

        • Stage 1, 2 and Booster - Default Method is updated to Oral.

      • Hepatitis A+B (Twinrix):

        • Stage 2 - Immunisation due alert updated.

      • Varicella (chickenpox):

        • Stage 1 - Immunisation due alert updated.

      • Yellow Fever:

        • Stage 0 - Immunisation due alert removed.

      • Shingles (zostavax):

        • Stage 0 - Clinical term updated to 65FY300 Administr live attenuated Human alphaherpesvirus 3 vaccine.

          Note - Existing Shingles (zostavax) Stage 0 immunisations are updated to clinical term 65FY300 Administr live attenuated Human alphaherpesvirus 3 vaccine as part of this release.

      • Smallpox - Reinstated to the Active immunisation list:

        • Stage 2 - Now displays as Booster (B) for immunisations recorded after this release.

    • Bug Fixes

      • GP2GP Immunisations - The issue with immunisation stages not transferring with GP2GP transfers has now been resolved.

      • CMS Pharmacy Printing - The issue with preferred and registered pharmacies overprinting each other on CMS prescriptions has now been resolved.

      • ECS Extracts - ECS extracts are now triggered when a repeat is issued.

      Drug Search Improvements

    We have updated the drug search following user feedback and to address a recognised clinical safety concern.

    Previously when searching for drugs within the Vision3 therapy (prescribing) form, in some instances Vision automatically pre-populated incorrect volume / presentation of product in theDrug field of the form which increased the risk of prescribing errors, for example, searching for “enox 40” previously returned “Enoxaparin sodium 100mg/1ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes”.

We have now made the following changes to the drug search functionality to include smarter logic which helps return more relevant, expected results, based on what is most commonly searched and prescribed:

  • All words in your search must now match text in the drug name, this improves accuracy and removes guesswork.

  • Numbers are now matched exactly. For example, to find a 1.05mg tablet of a given product, you must include the full number of the strength (i.e. 1.05).

  • You can type larger numbers with or without commas, for example “1,000” and “1000” will both be handled in the same way by the search logic.

Vision 3 release DLM 890 contains the following new features and improvements for Consultation Manager:

  • Immunisations - As part of a clinical consistency review of Vision 3 and Vision Anywhere, we have updated any historic compound/combined immunisation data initially recorded in Vision Anywhere and written back to the patient record as one item. This data is now split out into its constituent immunisations, for example an MMR initially recorded in Vision Anywhere and written back to the patient record as one entry, is now split into three entries, Measles, Mumps and Rubella.

  • Firearms and Shotgun Certificate - When you record a Firearms and Shotgun Certificate on a patient record, a Firearm Status notification displays in the Alert Pane:

    The following clinical terms trigger the warning:

    • 9D8.. Shotgun application cert

    • 9D81. Shotgun applic cert-not paid

    • 9D82. Shotgun applic cert-fee paid

    • 9D8Z. Shotgun applic cert NOS

    • 9DP.. Has firearm certificate

    • 9DP0.. Has shotgun certificate

    • You can select the Firearm Status in the Alert Pane to display all firearms related details in the Filter tab, including the following terms:

    • 9DT.. No longer has firearm certificate

    • 9DV.. No longer has shotgun certificate

  • Guidelines - You can now search for Guidelines by the Guideline Description. A new By Description option displays in:

    • Guidelines - Select Guideline:

    • Consultation Manager Setup - Startup - Views Displayed When a Patient is Selected - Guidelines - Edit:

      Note - Full words are not required, for example, pox may return Smallpox, Monkeypox and Chickenpox.

  • Date selections - The issue of '$$' automatically being inserted when setting or updating a date within a Guideline has been addressed.

  • Medication Review Structured Data Area (SDA) - Clinical term 8B3S200 Structured Medication Review now defaults to, and can be selected from the Medication Review SDA.

  • Methotrexate Prescriptions - The following has been updated:

    • To comply with a recent MHRA Drug Safety Update (DSU), for one dose a week prescriptions you should now include a day of the week for the patient to take their medication on.

      When you prescribe a methotrexate item, and select OK, the Methotrexate - Select Day of Week screen displays:

      Either:

      • Select a day to append to the Dosage and select OK. The day selected is added to your dosage, for example 'ON WEDNESDAY':

        Or,

      • Select Skip to bypass adding a day. The 'A day of the week for intake has not been specified for this drug. Do you wish to continue?' warning displays if you do not enter a day in the dosage, select Yes to continue or No to select a day:

    • The issue of Dosage reverting to default when updating Methotrexate prescriptions is addressed.

  • Therapy - Exact Drug Warning - When searching for a drug name, if an exact drug cannot be found the following message displays:

    Select OK and check the item selected is the correct one.

    See Using the Select Drug Screen for details on searching for drugs.

  • Units of Measure - The following default units of measure are updated:

    • Head circumference centile and Jugular Venous Pressure are now cm instead of cms.

    • Infant details - Mother is now kg instead of kgs.

England only

  • e-Referrals - As per NHS England instruction, you can no longer upload .HTML or .HTM files to the e-Referrals Service. Vision 3 therefore no longer allows the attachment of .HTML or .HTM files. Should you try to upload files of this type the following message displays, select OK to close:

Northern Ireland only

  • GP2GP - You may see (Offline) after a patient’s demographic details at the top of the Consultation Manager screen:

    This is expected functionality due to updates in Vision 3 in readiness for GP2GP.