INTERNAL ELECTRONIC MAIL

The internal mail system is a standard part of all menu and is available for all users. Every menu displays the "mailbox" status for the user.

• Messages may be sent to individuals, departments or all users.
• "Reply Required" prompts can be included
• Messages can be limited by security level
• There is no limit to the length of the message which uses the normal word processing syste

BILLING - see also EHealth Billing

The MediPATH program suite includes automatic assignment of billing details at request entry time.

Billing may be independent or linked to a mainframe system. Summaries can be sent to the mainframe.

Combinations of Medicare, private, institutional and hospital billing are available with consolidated accounts being issued to patients.

The system allows:

• Collection point fees to be included when required
• User-definable Dunnings cycle
• Multiple schedules
• Conforms to all HIC/Medicare requirements
• Automatic discount parameters
• Bad debt clients flagged (specialised Debt Recovery software is also available)
• Credit card payments
• Bank payin
• Receipt printing
• Automatic receipt numbering
• Instant invoice printing
• Editable provider code numbers
• Reminder notices for overdue accounts
• Reconing options upon request modification
• Account enquiry by function key
• Multiple Account masks may be downloaded to printers

STATISTICS & ANALYSIS - see also MedEXTRACT
Standard work analysis available at any terminal. Special analysis is also available by department or cost centre.

The following is routinely available :

• Evaluation sub-set analyses of QC data
• General analysis providing monthly total of specimens, dollars charged and number of procedures
• Reports presenting total dollars and requests for every procedure
• Total number of requests from Doctors or groups of Doctors plus dollars charged
• Graphical review by 30 days, by weeks or months
• Total number of accounts
• Total number of items included on accounts
• Receipt information
• Total number of dollars charged
• Unpaid account percentages
• 12 months shown with extra total column
• Download to any system via ASCII file
• Can interface to other user-supplied programs
• Cap points
• Workstation and lab lists of CAP values
• HCS statistics by patient episode and laboratory
• Unlimited ad hoc analysis using Access ( SQL) query language

ARCHIVE MANAGEMENT

• Archive data may be stored on tape, hard disk or CD
• Current data is quickly recoverable
• Archive data is recoverable in background
• Criteria based archiving
• Archived records are transparently available by keystroke
• Reports and accounts may be printed from archive
• Cumulative reports may be printed from archive
• Archived records are available for analysis