Chart Tracking Capabilities

Facilities are now able to track charts with FYDOs new Chart Tracking tab.
Phase 2 of this feature will allow facilities to add “Locations”, for around their hospital, to list where the Medical Record currently is.

New Entitlement Card Fields

FYDO now has the capacity to list up to four Entitlement Cards. With the new feature button
+Add new entitlement card visible when editing the Patient Screen.

New tokens will need to be added to any forms that generate this information from FYDO. So please let us know if you have a form that requires amendment, and we can assist.

Occupation Field

A new field has been added to FYDO to document a patients Occupation for facilities that require the collection of that data.

Open Access Flag

Facilities will now be able to identify Open Access referrals, with the new tick box to allow this information to be documented on the Make/Edit Appointment Screen.
Phase 2 of this development will be to add this information to reports.

DRG Contract Additions

We have updated our billing engine rules, to cater for complex, long-stay, DRG contracts.

New Menu Design

We’re thrilled to announce that our Main Menu has received a fresh, new look! While it remains as functional and easy-to-use as ever, we have enhanced the design to provide you with an even more enjoyable experience.

Additional Referring Doctor Fields

Users are now able to document additional Phone Numbers for the Referring Doctors, with the introduction of 2 new fields. These can be found in Settings > Referring Doctors.

Additions to the DRG Fee Set Up 

To assist with complex DRG Health Fund contracts, we have implemented additional fields to improve our simplified billing. There are now 3 steps down fields available for Long Stay ‘LS’ with ‘from’ and ‘to’ days. 

Additions to the Length of Stay Report 

The Length of Stay Report can now be generated based on Booking Time to Pre-Op Time. 

Additions to Mandatory Fields 

Gender has been added as a mandatory requirement for WA, VIC and TAS submission. If the ‘On admission, make patient fields mandatory’ feature is enabled in your System Configuration, a warning will pop up if this is missing from the patient screen on admission.  

New Webhook Fields Added 

Episode webhooks now have the PreAdmissionContacted and PostDischargeContacted fields with True or False values. 

Bug Fixes 

The issue some users were experiencing with amending the DVA Casebase Fee Set Up has been resolved. 

1^st July National Procedure Banding Update 

By the 1^st of July, the National Procedure Bandings update will be loaded into FYDO. All new items will be added, along with any amendments to the National Banding. 

 1^st July Prescribed List / Prostheses Update 

By the 1^st of July, the Other Services update will be loaded into FYDO. All new items will be added, and all fees amended.

Additions to the Unbilled Revenue Report 

To further enhance the Unbilled Revenue Report, facilities will now be able to view the Admitting Doctor, Doctor Speciality, and Coding Status of each episode. The Provisional DRG feature in the Edit Appointment screen can now be utilised for inpatients with DRG-based health fund contracts to generate more accurate revenue predictions. 

New Fields added to Theatre Roster API

The getTheatreScheduleSyncList API has been updated to include additional fields from the theatre roster. These new fields are: 

• “ReasonForDelayedStart”: “” 
• “ReasonForDelayedStartDesc”: “”
• “ReasonForDelayedFinish”: “” 
• “ReasonForDelayedFinishDesc”: “” 

Practice Enhancements

Clinics are now able to easily print address labels for Practices from Settings > Practices.
The Practice Email Address can now also be documented.

Religion added to Patient Screen

Clinics are now able to document a patient’s Religion in the Patient Screen.

For previous updates, please visit https://wiki.fydo.cloud/updates-clinic/

Religion added to Patient Screen

Facilities are now able to document a patients Religion in the Patient Screen.

Practice Enhancements

Facilities are now able to easily print address labels for Practices from Settings > Practices.
The Practice Email Address can now also be documented.

Patient Stats Report

If a user tries to run the Patient Stats Report for any data that falls outside the restrictions assigned to them, in Settings > User, they will now be shown a pop up of the categories they do have access to.

API Key

FYDO now has the ability to provide multiple API Keys, eliminating the need for third parties to share keys. Each API Key now includes a user field where facilities can label the user of each key. This enhancement improves control over disabling third party access and quickly identifies those that possess a key.

For previous updates, please visit https://wiki.fydo.cloud/updates-clinic/

Informed Financial Consent (IFC) Tokens

Facilities are now able to add the File Number and Doctors Contact Phone Number to their IFC templates.

1. File Number <<IFCFileNum>>
   This information is populated from the Patient Screen field called File Number

2. Doctors Contact Phone Number <<IFCDocPh>>
This information is found in Settings > Doctors for each individual Doctor

An example of these new tokens on an IFC are as below:

Revenue Report

The Number of Nights has been added to the Revenue Report > Excel – Raw Data Export.

Billing Status Report > Show Not Billed Only

Users will now be able to efficiently access the Certificates Screen from the Billing Status Report > Show Not Billed Only Report using the Right-Click Menu.

Patient Stats Report

If a user tries to run the Patient Stats Report for any data that falls outside the restrictions assigned to them, in Settings > User, they will now be shown a pop up of the categories they do have access to.

API Key

FYDO now has the ability to provide multiple API Keys, eliminating the need for third parties to share keys. Each API Key now includes a user field where facilities can label the user of each key. This enhancement improves control over disabling third party access and quickly identifies those that possess a key.

New User Group Access Level

There is a new access level that allows clinics to restrict users from Creating Custom Views for the Appointments Screen. All users will still have access to utilise the Custom Views that have been created for the clinic and will be able to choose their default preference.

For previous updates, please visit https://wiki.fydo.cloud/updates-clinic/

Preadmit Form – Manual Link Enhancements

For Preadmit forms that are not automatically linked, FYDO now makes it easier to check for possible matches in the database.

The Link Patient feature will now open the search box with the Date of Birth from the Preadmit Form already populated and searching for possible matches.  

If no matches are found, you can simply click the Patient search option to populate the search with the Name from the Preadmit Form.

New User Group Access Level

There is a new access level that allows facility to restrict users from Creating Custom Views for the Appointments Screen. All users will still have access to utilise the Custom Views that have been created for the facility and will be able to choose their default preference.