Release Notes for 2024-03-29

Check out the release notes for DrChrono for 3/29/2023!

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What's new?

Billing and Payments

Summary Description Help Center Article
HCPCS Code update We have updated the database with the current list of HCPCS codes. They are available to add to your fee schedule and included on patient claims.

Clinical

Summary Description Help Center Article
Funding Source Field (Immunization Registry) The Funding Source dropdown options have been updated to the latest version Please note that none of the previous vaccine records with inactive options selected will have their data overridden or changed. Users will need to manually update this information.
Update to Patient Chart and Clinical Notes (Gradual Rollout to All Users)

DrChrono has improved the patient chart and clinical note experience with the following updates:


Extended responsible party - additional fields added to Primary Responsible Party + Secondary Responsible Party section.


Demographic history - section added to allows users to enter previous names and previous addresses within the demographics tab of the patient chart; updates to this section will be saved in the patient's CCDA files when exported.


Billing codes in clinical forms - allows users to apply the appropriate billing codes assigned to a form field when the smart switches are turned on in the clinical note.


These updates will take place beginning March 2024 and will be enabled for all users by May 2024

How to add a responsible party to my patient's chart

Adding a Patient's Previous Name and Address to the Chart

Practice Management

Summary Description Help Center Article

Removing the hyperlink from the office column within the appointments page

Hyperlinks will no longer display within the office column of any section on the appointments page. This will apply to all of the different sections (Future, Past) within the appointments view.
Removal of the "Text Us" Number We've removed the unused "Text Us" number on the login page from our application. Please use the "Call Us" number, (844) 569-8628.



Resolutions

Product Area Summary Description
Clinical & Regulatory

Compound medication duplication fix

A fix has been implemented to correct compound medications from duplicating within the active medication list when resending a prescription from that list.

Compound Medication duplication
Clinical & Regulatory

Viewing a PDF within a locked note

Users will be able to view a PDF from the preview note page and the locked note page without encountering an issue. If users encounters any timeout related issues with the clinical note preview, users are able to click on a "Try Again" button to regenerate the clinical note preview PDF
Clinical & Regulatory

Display zipcode for Puerto Rico

When selecting Puerto Rico as the country, the state "PR" and the Zip Code should will display in the New React Patient Header.
Clinical & Regulatory

Exclude Non-SPI prescriber from Cancel workflow

Enhanced the ability to send and cancel electronic prescriptions (eRx) by excluding non-SPI prescribers.
Practice & Patient Engagement

Saving international phone numbers

We've resolved an issue where users could not save international phone numbers in the patient chart.