FYDO gives users the ability to customise the Appointments Screen to allow them to view the information that is important to their role. This assists in workflow & efficiency & allows users to view different information depending on the task that they are undertaking.
All custom views that are created for each facility are available to all users. Each user is then able to select their favourite view to open as their default. These instructions will provide ideas for different views & the set up required to accomplish them. For further details on how to create custom views please see the page on Creating Custom Views

Included below are examples of Weekly View ideas. Please see our other pages on Individual & All View ideas for those view types.

Administration View

Confirmed View

Coding View

FYDO allows users the ability to re-order lists with a fabulous feature that resembles the SimDay function Session Priority. This feature allows users to easily re-order patients’, move all patients’ appointments up at once (in the case of a cancellation) and set appointment times according to each appointment length.
This feature will work from the admission time of the FIRST patient on the list. It will then slot all other patients’ into their corresponding admission times, according to the appointment lengths.
The difference with using the List Re-Ordering feature is that it allows users to easily move a patients’ appointment up or down the list & will shuffle the other patients’ admission times to accommodate. Whereas other methods of moving appointments do not impact the admission times of any other patients.

To utilise this function, navigate to the Appointments Screen and locate the list that you wish to change.

Select an appointment in the required session & use the Select an Action dropdown & click on List Re-Ordering. 

This will display a pop-up box that allows you to drag patients up or down the list.

If you do not wish to change the order of the list, and only wish to move all patients up after a cancellation, then simply open the pop-up box & click OK. This will move all patient’s appointment times up the list.

You will notice in the below video that we used the Procedure to sort the patients & once we clicked ok FYDO also filled in the gaps that were left from cancelled appointments.

FYDO allows you to contact patients via SMS to assist in efficient workflow. These can be sent one at a time or to a whole list of patients. The system gives the ability to pre-populate the SMS with information regarding the admission/episode e.g., date of admission, time of admission, health fund excess amount etc

Use these instructions if you would like to send a Bulk SMS to a number of patients at once:

1. Open the Appointments Screen & navigate to the required date & theatre
2. Use Select an action dropdown on the left of the screen to select Send Bulk SMS
   
   
   
3. Use the Template dropdown box to select from the preloaded SMS templates in your system (For help with customising these contact Altura Health or visit https://wiki.fydo.cloud/sms-templates/)
4. Or free type in the Text box to customise the text message
5. The Send with delay tick box allows the text to be scheduled for a later date & time. If this feature is being utilised enter the Date & Time that the text will be scheduled to send. However, there is no need to use this feature if the text is intended to be sent in real time
6. All patients with a valid mobile phone number will be selected by default. Use the tick box at the top of the column to easily select or de-select all patients’ at once. Or use the tick box for each patient to individually select or de-select
7. Use the drop-down boxes in the top right to assist in filtering to the desired patient demographics
8. Confirmed gives information regarding previous SMSs sent. To assist in determining if they still require an SMS
9. Cancelled gives information regarding the patients’ cancelled status. However, the screen opens to show Not Cancelled patients’ only. This column is only relevant if the filter has been set to include the cancelled patients’, using the drop-down boxes in #13
10. The Excess column displays the amount that has been entered into the Excess field of the patients episode
11. Once all relevant information has been completed, & all desired patients’ have been selected, click Send Bulk SMS
12. You will be asked to confirm that you wish to send the SMS, click Yes
13. The Credits Remaining on the account are displayed on the screen & once the credits get low use the Order more SMS credits option on this screen to be re-directed to the Order SMS Credits screen where you can follow the prompts
14. Back to Appointments button returns the user to the appointments screen

Once the patient has been sent an SMS there will be a visual cue on the Appointments screen. The icon will change depending on the status of the SMS sent. The icons represent the following:

·    This icon will display once the SMS has been sent but not yet delivered to the recipient

·   This icon will display once the SMS has been delivered

·   This icon will display once the recipient has replied

Hover over each of these icons, in the appointments screen, to display the information that the SMS contained. Once a reply has been received it will also be displayed below the message.

These instructions will assist users in Adding or amending an Other Service Code / Prosthesis Code for the purpose of updating the description or information related to the item.
Prostheses list updates will be automatically loaded into FYDO. Any new items will be added & all new fees will be imported. Descriptions will not be updated, as some facilities prefer their own descriptions & do not what them overridden.

1. Go to Settings
2. Scroll down to Hospital > Fees Management & select Other Services
   
   
3. Use the Hospital Drop Down box to select the facility if it is a multi-location database
4. Use the All Services Drop Down box to select a specific service type, if necessary
5. Use the Search field to determine if the code is already in the system. The search fields can be used to search codes, descriptions or companies etc to allow the user to search any part of the other service information
6. If the code appears, double click to display the information. If it doesn’t appear, use the Show Inactive tick box to be sure that the code isn’t in the system as Inactive
7. If the code needs to be added, click Add Other Service
   
   
8. Enter the Billing Code. (This is the only information that will not be editable once the item is saved)
9. Enter the Description (Mandatory Field)
10. Use the Type dropdown to categories the item:
    a. Allied Health Services
    b. Disposables
    c. Labour Ward
    d. Nursing Fee
    e. Other
    f. Pharmaceuticals
    g. Prostheses
    h. Theatre Fee
11. Enter the Company that supplies the product. (This can assist with reporting on prosthesis etc, as the other services reports can be run by suppliers)
12. Enter Eclipse Mapping if the Other Services code that is being entered requires a prefix before the code itself. (Only add the prefix to this field, not the prefix & the code)
13. Enter the Threshold Date as the date the Current fees for this item will commence (Mandatory Field)
14. Use the Exclude fee when billing tick box if this Other Service is excluded from certain casebase contracts. For example, if the contract lists an all-inclusive fee for a procedure, that also includes prosthesis, this tick box would ensure there is no fee raised for this particular prosthesis when billed in conjunction with the particular casebase item. For this feature to work the tick box in the Casebase Fee Set up called Exclude Other Services also needs to be ticked. When these two tick boxes marry up there will be no charge raised for the other serviced when billed with that item. For any other Casebase or per diem fee, without this Exclude Other Services tick box marked, there will still be a fee raised for the other service.
15. Use the Status to mark a code as Active or Inactive
16. Once all desired information has been entered click Save
17. The Export to Excel option allows for the other services, along with the fees for each fund, to be exported to an excel spreadsheet. Use the Search field to filter down to a particular company or description etc to export more specific data (e.g., Search Alcon to export a list of all prosthesis in the system with the company listed as Alcon)
18. To Delete an item, use the cross in the Action column to delete. You will then be asked to confirm that you are sure you want to delete the other service.

The Other Service / Prosthesis Code has now been added to your FYDO database.

For information on how to add the associated fees to this new item please see instructions Adding Fees to Other Services Codes (Hospital).

FYDO allows you to contact patients, and their pick up person, via SMS to assist in efficient workflow. These can be sent one at a time or to a whole list of patients. The system gives the ability to pre-populate the SMS with information regarding the admission/episode e.g., date of admission, time of admission, health fund excess amount etc

Use these instructions if you would like to send an SMS to an Individual Patient or to the patients Pick Up Person:

1. Navigate to the Appointments Screen & locate the required episode

   

2. Right-Click on the required episode & hover over Send SMS to show the 2 options to either Send SMS to the Patient or Send SMS to the pick up Person (Or use the shortcut key “S” after you have selected the required patient to send SMS to the patient)

   

3. Select the required Template or free type desired message in the Text box
4. Use the Send with delay tick box if the message is required to be sent at a specified time, as opposed to at the current time. If you are wanting to use this option, select the Date & Time that the message is to be sent
5. Once all details have been checked click Send SMS
6. The information included in Blue explains:
   a. Characters – The current length of the text message. Each individual text message is allowed to be 160 characters long. Once the length exceeds this amount, it will require more credits to be sent
   b. Credits – This shows the number of credits that will be used to send the message, depending on the length of the text
   c. Credits remaining – Shows how many credits are remaining on your FYDO account
7. Once the credits get low use the Order more SMS credits option on this screen to be re-directed to the Order SMS Credits screen where you can follow the prompts to purchase more credits

Once the patient has been sent an SMS there will be a visual cue on the Appointments screen. The icon will change depending on the status of the SMS sent. The icons represent the following:

·    SMS has been sent but not yet delivered to the recipient

·   SMS has been delivered to the recipient

·   Recipient has replied to the SMS

Hover over each of these icons, in the appointments screen, to display the information that the SMS contained. Once a reply has been received it will also be displayed below the message.

FYDO facilitates emailing of documents, that are stored in the Documents tab, to the patients, doctors & referring doctors.

1. Navigate to the required patient, in the Patients tab, and once the details are open select the Documents tab
   
2. Alternatively, locate the required episode and use the Right Click menu to select Documents
3. Select the document that you wish to email & use the three black dots, on the right of the document, to display the menu options
4. Select Email Document
   
5. The Email Document pop up box will be displayed & allow the user to choose who they want to email
   – Patient Email allows emails to be sent to the patient. The email address is automatically populated, from the Patient Screen, if it is entered
   – Referring Doctor Email allows emails to be sent to the referring doctor. The email address will automatically populate if the document is linked to a particular admission, that admission has a referring doctor listed & the referring doctor has an email address added in FYDO. (Referring Doctors emails can be added in Settings > Referring Doctors)
   – Doctor Email allows emails to be sent to the admitting doctor. The email address will automatically populate if the document is linked to a particular admission & the doctor has an email address added in FYDO. (Doctors emails can be added in Settings > Doctors)
   
   If no email address is on file, for any of the above options, the user can add the email manually into the relevant field
   
6. Select who will be receiving the document via email by ticking the box to the left of their description
7. Check the email address listed is correct, or manually type the email address
8. Subject line will automatically populate however users are able to make changes if required
9. Body of the email will automatically populate however users are able to make changes if required
10. Once all fields have been complete, select Send Email
11. A log of all emails sent can be found in the Communication tab, along with all SMS history

User Management gives the ability to add users, delete users & change their user permissions. Only the Hospital Admin has access to User Management

1. Select the Settings tab
2. Select User Management
   
3. To add a new user > click Add New User in the top right-hand corner.
   
4. From there, enter all the details that are required.
   a. First Name
   b. Last Name
   c. Email Address
   d. User Type– Hospital Admin or Hospital User.
5. Select the permissions that each user is required to have. This is customisable to each user and can only be changed by Hospital Admins.
   
6. To delete a user, edit their details, edit their permissions or resend their welcome email, use the Actions dropdown next to their name.
   

The Appointments Screen in FYDO is completely customisable. Creating different views will assist in workflow & efficiency & allow different staff members to view information that is relevant to them.
The views that are created are available to all users on the database & each user can choose their own favourite default view by selecting the heart next to their chosen view.
Users are able to have a favourite custom view for each view type, eg. a favourite “Individual” view, a favourite “All” view & a favourite “Weekly” view.

1. Custom views are created in the Appointments Screen
2. Hover over the eye icon & select Add New View
   
   
3. Select the Location, Department & Doctors/Theatres that you want the view to be available for. Or leave with All selected for the view to be available all the time
4. Add the View Name to identify the view that you are creating. E.g., Theatre, Recovery etc
5. Choose the Layout in which you would like the view to open. E.g., Individual theatres, all theatres or weekly view
6. Select the Scroll type based on how you would like to view the screen when you scroll.
   Individual Scroll– You will be required to hover over the theatre in which you would like to scroll up or down.
   Unified Scroll- This allows you to scroll anywhere on the page and all the theatres will scroll together

7. Select the Hospital State Type. You have the option to set the appointments to display by:
   – Appointment Type- This will colour code the bookings as per the Appointment Type in the booking
   – Status- Will colour code the bookings according to where they are in the facility
   – Booking Code 1– will colour code the appointments according to the booking code 1 that has been entered
   – Booking Code 2- will colour code the appointments according to the booking code 2 that has been entered
   

8. Use the Fields dropdown to select the type of information that will be added to the custom view
9. Click Add Field to add the selected field to the table below
10. Use the on the left of each line to sort fields into the required order
11. Use the Percentage of column width fields to determine the width of each column
    N.B. the total of these columns always has to add up to 100.
    
12. Click Save and the appointment screen, with the new custom view that was created, will be displayed.

Some examples of helpful views are:

Administration View

Theatre View

Recovery View

Creating Theatre Sessions

Select Theatre Roster from the left-hand menu

1. Select the way you would like to view the roster:
   1. 1. By Day
      2. By Week
      3. By Month
2. Navigate to the date that you require using the Next and Previous arrows, Calendar or Today
3. Utilise the Filter to customise the information on the screen
   Print allows for a screenshot of the current view to be converted to PDF for printing purposes
4. Find the correct theatre & Right-Click to expand the options menu
5. Select Make Booking
   
   
6. Select the required Doctor/Surgeon and Anaesthetist
   
7. Ensure correct Week Starting Date and Session Times are selected
8. Notes and Appointment Notes can be added to the booking if required
9. The Repeat feature gives the ability to produce a reoccurring booking for the selected surgeon
   1. 1. Use the Every ____ week option to enable weekly, fortnightly, monthly bookings etc.
      2. Use the tick boxes to select the days of the week you require the booking to reoccur
10. Use the Ends field to set the date that the reoccurring booking will cease. NB. This feature will produce an individual booking on each of the selected days for that surgeon. If this booking changes, each individual booking will need to be amended. Hence, it is not recommended to reproduce the booking for extended periods of time
11. Add Theatre Staff (if your facility procedure requires)
12. Import Files that are related to the Theatre Booking
13. Click Save

This will create a theatre booking that can then be Edited, Cancelled or Deleted with a right-click (as per #4 in the above image).
There is a detailed Audit trail of changes made located inside the booking (right-click & Edit Roster)

For an invoice that has been incorrectly billed or needs to be reversed by way of a journal entry. Navigate to the required patient using number 1 or 2 below

1. Select Patient tab in the left-hand menu
   1. 1. Search for the required patient using the field in the top right
      2. Double click on required patient
      3. Navigate to the Episodes tab across the top of the patient record
2. Select Appointments tab in the left-hand menu
   1. 1. Search for the required patient using the field in the centre at the top or
      2. Use the calendar to navigate to the episode date
      3. Once the patient has been located, right-click on their appointment & select History
3. Ensure that the correct episode is selected from the list at the top
4. Ensure that the correct invoice is selected from the information for that admission (NB this is important if there are multiple invoices for the one episode)
5. Use the Invoice Options drop-down on the left of the screen
6. Select Reverse Invoice
   
   
7. The Reverse Invoice window will appear. Click on the invoice that you wish to reverse & it will turn a light shade of blue
8. Click the Reverse Invoice option
   
9. The invoice will continue to show in the episode; however it will now be followed by the journal adjustments that have just been performed to revers it & zero it out