Better user experience and faster load times

Census Billing has received a major overhaul.

• Performance of the page has increased substantially, and users will notice data loads and saves within seconds.
• Visually the page now looks more similar to other NSS pages that use grids for data editing.
• Users can now search for data either on the entire page, or, in an individual column.
• Users will see a new "Errors" section, which will explain to the user why certain services were unable to be processed.

Functionality remains largely the same, but performing some operations have changed:
• To apply a value to all displayed clients, users must now select their desired value in the "Apply To All" section and click Apply.
• Changes are no longer autosaved. Users are encouraged to frequently click Save as they work in Census Billing.

User Interface Changes on Med Plan Note

Those familiar with the Medication Plan page will see improvements to the user experience. The Date of Service field has been moved to the top, the various sections have been formatted into "cards" for visual distinguishing, and some spacings, colors and fonts have been updated.

Admins with access to System Setup (Supplemental) can now configure the Incident Report page. The once-static page can now have fields enabled and disabled, fields can be made required, Help Text can be added or changed, and more configuration options.

An eMOR feature has been implemented for agencies who use NSS eMAR. On the Medication Plan, users will now see an option called Self-Administer, which saves automatically upon checking or unchecking. Once a medication or pass has been designated as Self-Administered, users will then see "Self-Administer (eMOR)" as Yes when they go to pass in eMAR.

eMOR stands for electronic Medication Observation Record.

When changing a client's overall Admission Date from the Document Center, admin users will now see helpful text explaining the rules about why the selectable dates are limited. Note that the rules themselves have not changed.

Examples:
Message: "Enter a new admit date on or before <AdmissionDate> (current admission date)"
Message: "Enter a new admit date on or before the earliest Date of Service: <EarliestDoS>"
Message: "Enter a new admit date between <PreviousDischarge> (previous discharge date) and <TodaysDate> (today)"
Message: "Enter a new admit date between <PreviousDischarge> (previous discharge date) and <EarliestDoS> (earliest Date of Service)"

Users trained on the report designer will now be able to select standardized demographics fields.

• Restrict What Users Can Enter Into Form Fields - Validation Strings

Previously on the Treatment Plan Builder, if a user clicked Add Problem after selecting Goals (for a different Problem), those Goal selections would become un-selected.

Going forward if a user clicks Add Problem after selecting Goals, those Goal selections will save.

Software and Database Performance Upgrades

Users will experience significantly faster load times due to performance upgrades on the System Setup (Supplemental) page.

Users will also see some performance improvements on forms, Group Notes, and in Notes Search.

Using the diagnosis widget on a Note, then attempting to bill using that diagnosis on that same note, was causing some users to see an error. This has been resolved and users will be able to select a newly-added diagnosis as expected.

IBHRS state reporting: Previously, if a client has a POM filled out they were not passing validation when Stage of Change 1 and Stage of Change 2 are the same response. This is no longer the case if Program Area Code 1 and Program Area Code 2 have different values.

After the release, some users were experiencing an issue with Group Notes where Memo fields were not autosaving. This has been fixed and all fields on Group Notes should now save as expected.

Agencies who disabled the Reminders Badge were no longer seeing their Reminders List pop-up upon logging into the software. This has been fixed and the Reminders List will pop up as expected.