FYDO Hospital Update – 19/10/2023

Cancer Registry Improvements

Users in QLD, VIC, ACT & NSW will now be able to Copy Previous Cancer Registry Entries with this new feature that will increase data entry efficiency.

My Health Record addition to Edit Appointment Screen

A new tick box has been added to the Edit Appointment Screen in preparation for the MHR / FYDO integration later this year.
This is to record the patient’s consent to information being uploaded to their MHR.
By default it will be ticked & can then be unticked if the patient withdraws their consent for information, from that episode, being uploaded.
This box currently doesn’t do anything & will only start to work once the integration is implemented. However, users are able to start to utilise this feature now in order to become familiar with how it works.

New Fasting Options in Edit Appointment Screen

FYDO now has fields where Fasting Food & Fasting Fluids can be entered.
These fields allow users to add time frames that will then be used to calculate the actual time that the patient will be required to stop eating & drinking.

The addition of these fields is PHASE 1 of the implementation of this new feature, with PHASE 2 being the addition of tokens that allow users to utilise these times on theatre lists, in text messages & on forms generated from FYDO. Once the tokens are developed these fields will be fully operational, so keep an eye on these newsletters for when PHASE 2 is released!

Adding these fields in minutes will mean that the fasting times will calculate correctly according to the Appointment Time, Planned Time in Theatre Time or Procedure Time.
Adding in minutes also ensures that the calculated times will amend accordingly if the appointment time is rescheduled.

For example, if the patients admission time is 10:00am the following will be reflected:
Fasting Food = 360 minutes (6 hours) therefore the time will show as 4:00 am
Fasting Fluid = 120 minutes (2 hours) therefore the time will show as 8:00 am
Then if the patients appointment time is amended in FYDO these times will automatically recalculate accordingly.

If facilities utilise the Planned Time In Theatre time or the Procedure Time they will also be able to use tokens that will base the fasting times off those times, instead of the Appointment Time.

Bug Fix

Users will now be able to type all requires symbols in the Other Notes field when adding & editing appointments.