New Features as of 10-20-10

New Features in ICANotes:

As ICANotes prepare for certification, development is occurring rapidly, and you may be noticing new features. Here are some of them:

1. Diagnoses may now be categorized as Active, Inactive, Chronic or Resolved. Explanations of what these categories mean are contained in the ? above the column. Note that a Resolved problem is a cured problem and that problem will not be carried forward to subsequent notes.
2. There have been a number of changes to our Logs. First of all, more items are being logged. Diagnoses are now being logged, and the diagnoses log can be screened so that you can, for example, see just the active diagnoses. Test results and reports of adverse drug reactions are also being logged.
3. AIMS results are also being logged. In addition, when the AIMS is complete it will be copied into the MSE. Also, if you wish you can go right from the completed AIMS to the Reminder Screen where it can be set to remind you when to do subsequent AIMS.
4. The Reminder Screen has been enhanced so that you can now set recurrent reminders. For example, you can set Reminder to do an AIMS every three months until a certain date.
5. On the Preview Screen, after compiling your note, there is a new button called “Create a Clinical Summary.” The Clinical Summary contains the patient's latest diagnoses, medication orders, allergies and adverse drug reactions, and most recent lab results. This summary can be printed and given to the patient or (soon) sent to another clinician or sent to a medical repository like Google Health or Microsoft HealthVault. There, it can be accessed in an emergency or at any time by the patient.
6. If you order Clozaril you will see a new category of message. This message does not alert you to a potential adverse drug reaction or a dangerous interaction. Instead, it provides clinical information about how to monitor patients receiving Clozaril.

Other imminent changes include the logging and graphing of vital signs.

The ICANotes Team