2017 Enhancement Release Notes
November 28, 2017
•Faxing - A new feature in User Management lets you specify a user's default fax coversheet.
•Form Management - This feature has been expanded to create and send internal practice forms (previously forms were specific to the Patient Portal).
•Internal Forms - This new feature lets the practice send previously defined forms (blank or completed) via Message Compose.
•Blast Messages - For Pharmacy Connect the message length has been increased to 280 characters.
•Blast Messages - Blast messages with custom templates can now be set to automatically repeat (previously limited to the system templates).
•Edit Attachment - A new tool has been added to let you add a signature and date/time with one click when editing an attachment.
•Delete All - The Spam and Trash folders have a new button that lets you delete all messages at once.
•User Management - A search box has been added to let you quickly find a user to view/update.
•Practice Fusion - When the Payments module is added to a practice, all users are automatically enabled to bill credit cards and view billing reports.
November 10, 2017
•Faxing - A new feature has been added to fax items in the Sent folder to let you resend the same fax to the same recipient.
•Tags - You can now define up to 39 tags to organize your folder items!
October 27, 2017
•Reminder Rules - Active/Inactive labels have been added to clarify the status of each reminder rule. Rule settings are now saved without needing to turn on the rule.
•Patient Portal Birthdate Validation - Users are required to enter their birthdate during the login process if their name and/or birthdate has changed since the last sync.
•Patient Portal Birthdate Validation - A patient's portal account will be locked after five attempts to enter a matching birthdate.
•Login Screen - Informational information has been added to the left side of the login screen.
•Fax Coversheet - The name of the fax coversheet must be unique before it can be saved.
October 13, 2017
•Billing Information - Updated the look of the screen for entering your credit card information and added the "I'm not a robot" field.
•Patient Payments - Updated the look of the screen for entering your credit card information and added the "I'm not a robot" field.
•Log In - Updated the look of the log in screen.
•Forgot Password - Updated the look of the Forgot Password screen.
•DirectTrust Activation - Temporarily removed the credit card option in the Financial/Utility ID section.
October 3, 2017
•View Record - The View Record feature (in messages with a CCD attached) has been enhanced to expand/collapse sections and customize viewing preferences (if enabled by your EHR vendor).
•Import to EHR - When an incoming Direct message has a CCD attached along with other files (e.g. .pdf, .txt), those additional files can also be imported into the EHR (if supported by the EHR vendor).
•DirectTrust Activation - Added a message to the screen regarding credit card freezes.
August 18, 2017
•Updox Web Application User Interface - When the window size is decreased, the Button Bar items are shrunk to show the icon. The text label is visible upon cursor rollover.
June 9, 2017
•View Messages from Patient Portal - If an image file is received via a Patient Portal message, the image will display as a thumbnail if the file extension is BMP, SVG, JPG, PNG, or GIF. All other file extensions will be presented as downloadable links.
April 12, 2017
•Patient Portal Measure Reporting - This function has been updated to include the Meaningful Use (MU) Stage 3 and MACRA Advancing Care Information (ACI) incentive programs. Note: this function is not applicable to practices using an EHR system that is integrated with Updox (since the measure reporting resides in the EHR instead).
April 28, 2017
•Konica Minolta - The Send to EHR feature in Compose has been customized for the Konica Minolta software
April 18, 2017
•e-MDs Practice Partner - The Send to EHR feature in Compose has been customized for the e-MDs Practice Partner EHR software
March 17, 2017
•Patient Portal - The Patient History Audit Log now captures additions, changes, and deletes made on the Family Access screen
•Reminders - A new EHR-level setting is available to send separate reminders via text message when there are multiple appointments on the same day that are being sent to the same telephone number. Contact customer support to turn on this feature.
March 3, 2017
•Patient Portal - Patients now have the option to transmit a CCD by Direct messaging or email (new)
•Patient Portal - The 'Display Audit Trail' link on the Records tab has been removed (the Patient Portal Patient History Audit Log replaces that function)