Patient Tab (Global Settings)

Pracsoft User Guide

The Patient tab of Global Settings allows you to manage the display of patient information. Settings modified here will affect all users.

Items of interest on this window
Show Unique Patient Number	Tick this if you would like to see the unique patient identifier on Daysheet Reports, and in the Patient Details window.
Check Health Care Card Details	When enabled, Pracsoft checks the expiry date of the card when you are recording a visit. If missing or out of date, you will be prompted to update the details.
Suppress the Saving of Actual Visit Times	Select this if you do not want the system to record the visit time with the date of service. With this option enabled all times are recorded as midday.
Use selected appointment time when recording visit	Select this if you wish to use the time of the patient's scheduled appointment when recording visits. When not selected, the default time becomes the current time.
Auto Add Clinical Patients to Waiting Room	When this is enabled, patients can be added to the Waiting Room via MedicalDirector Clinical. The patient's record is opened in Clinical, and during their visit, the doctor records the Medicare Item Numbers the patient will be billed for, at which time the patient automatically appears in the Waiting Room, ready to be billed. It is important to note, that if you use this process, you must not record the patient's visit in Pracsoft until their record has been closed in Clinical. If you close their record in Clinical after recording their visit in Pracsoft, Clinical will add them to the Waiting Room a second time. Note also, it is possible to have Clinical push patients to Pracsoft's Waiting Room, without the doctor recording Item Numbers in their record. This is achieved via the 'Add to Waiting Room' option in Clinical's Links Options.
Default Bulk Bill Concession	This enables the Bulk Bill concession to be applied as a default setting.
Show Referral Information (required for specialists)	This activates the Referrals button on the Patient Details window. It allows referrals to be added when adding a new patient to the system. If this check box is selected, MedicalDirector Pracsoft prompts you to add a referral each time you add a new patient.
Allow non specific referrals	If the patient has a current referral, Pracsoft uses this regardless of which specialist the referral is for. If this check box is not selected and you are billing a patient for a specialist, Pracsoft checks that the patient has a current referral for the specialist being billed.
Require User ID for financial updates	Allows you to require a user ID for financial updates.
Show Birthday Alert in Waiting Room	With this enabled, you will be prompted of that patient's birthday when adding them to the Waiting Room.
Check Medicare Card Details	When enabled, Pracsoft checks the expiry date of the card when the patient is added to the Waiting Room, and/or when you are recording a visit. If missing or out of date, you will be prompted to update the details.
Enable Telehealth	Enables Telehealth functionality in the Appointment Book.