New Feature: Indicator on appt for ins not sent

drtech · Post by **drtech** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 8:19 am

This has been really nice in our office since I implemented it a few months ago. It insures claims are created/sent in a timely manner.
The "I" on the appt for ins changes to a red "!" to indicate the account/ins needs attention.

Post by **jordansparks** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 9:46 am

You've probably noticed that the business layer has been overhauled for appointments. So you'll put it in the business layer, right? I don't have time to think about the queries involved, but I'm hoping you aren't going to slow down the query.

drtech · Post by **drtech** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 12:55 pm

yes...i did have to overhaul my old code to fit the business layer...

i just included it and it takes one more query...doesn't seem to slow anything up at our office using my old method...but we will need to test it out with this method (should be the same)

Post by **jordansparks** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 2:31 pm

Looks fine. The long term solution to all of these appointment indicators is probably going to be to set up a symbol framework. Maybe there would be 15 different flags that could be set per appointment, including NewPatient, Billing type, premed, confirmed, etc. Each flag would correspond to a symbol which could be set to show or not show. Some flags would be more complicated and would also allow setting a color, such as confirmed status. Then, the appointment drawing logic would handle all symbols as a uniform set. The symbols could be laid out intelligently along the right. But the way all the various indicators work right now is fine for the short term.

drtech · Post by **drtech** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 3:45 pm

yes...that sounds like a good idea to simplify all the current and future indicators

i was thinking about adding an x-ray indicator using something similar to the logic I put in the recall appt setup for determining if a pt is due for films. Don't know about now, but sometime here....