Somnoware releases
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Lab technicians can now assign Nox T3™ and T3s™ home sleep test devices to patients age 2 or older (previously, the minimum age was 3 years old).
Physicians can prescribe Modius Sleep® devices from the DME portal.
Somnoware now checks start and end dates in progress notes to ensure they follow the correct format and fall within a valid date range.
Implemented new functionality to help improve the performance of the Scheduler module when the number of patients on the Waitlist increases.
Administrators can turn off the Save interpreting physician in patient profile automatically option to prevent Somnoware from updating the interpreting physician in the patient profile.
Note
Not all features are available for all customers.
You can now view online help and release notification pages here:
Online help: https://somnoware-diagnostics.tech-comms-prd.dht.live/?lang=en
Release notifications: https://somnoware-diagnostics.tech-comms-prd.dht.live/en/what-s-new.html
In the Consult and AST sections in Scheduler, the insurance status icon now changes based on the insurance end date. If the insurance is no longer active, the icon turns gray so you can quickly see if insurance is expired.
To ensure accurate and respectful patient communication, the system now:
stops sending SMS messages if patients reply "OPTOUT". This setting is associated with the patient's phone number across regions and facilities.
stops sending SMS messages to phone numbers that fail delivery three times.
validates phone numbers when a patient is created or updated.
adds timeline notes if SMS messages are not sent due to invalid or unsubscribed numbers.
You can now set default night settings for NightOwl™ home sleep tests.
In Scheduler, we removed the extra space from the bottom of the waitlist.
Somnoware now supports the latest version of Noxturnal™ 7.1.2.
Note
Not all features are available for all customers.
Physicians can now select the primary night when finalizing a cloud-based home sleep test (HST) study.
On the Compliance tab, users can select the Unmatch menu option to unlink a Somnoware patient from an external DME source.
Somnoware automatically re-adds in-lab sleep test patients marked as No show to the AST waitlist with high priority status.
On the Interpretation tab, physicians can now see values next to items in the Insert patient data list. For example, the list displays AHI (5).
In Reports > Invoice, when users view a study invoice or video invoice, a message prompts them to click Generate report to display invoice data.
When adding a new patient, users can now type a date when they tab into the date field.
In the patient profile timeline and on the screen, fax status updates in real time to track progress.
Updates to questionnaires:
Users can manually assign any questionnaire to a patient.
Questionnaires are listed alphabetically, with organization-level questionnaires first, followed by facility-level ones.
In the Assign questionnaire window, the Select questionnaire field now auto-completes as users type, making it easier to find questionnaires.
In Physician Manager, you can select a sub-template for home sleep tests (HST), such as NightOwl™ or SleepImage®.
When you add a progress note, you can set a custom date range within the Appointment list.
Users with single sign-on (SSO) accounts can download a metadata file that contains their SSO configuration information.
In Scheduler > HST, a gray insurance icon (
) indicates that a patient's insurance has expired based on the insurance end date.
From the Patient Profile, you can upload .docx files to the Patient, Questionnaire and Study Reports tabs.
A new banner prompts you to accept cookies.
Bug fixes and enhancements.
From Study Manager, you can now download multiple sleep studies to your system and use the Somnoware Device Interface (SDI) to assign, score and categorize the studies.
From the Preferences > Report Builder > Impressions section, physicians can use a new Refresh option in the More menu (...) to view and configure impression statements for OSA - Alternate AHI in interpretation reports. Previously, physicians had to use the Reset to default option to view the OSA - Alternate AHI section, which cleared their current configurations.
If you use Nox T3™ home sleep test devices with a Recording type selected, the Set default values window and Checkout device window no longer display settings preconfigured in the Nox T3 primary sleep software, Noxturnal™.
You can now upload sleep study files with long file paths of 250 characters or more.
In the Reports module, removed section title icons.
Bug fixes and enhancements.
Somnoware now supports SleepImage® Home Sleep Test (HST).
Physician Study Manager now captures 3% and 4% data points from WatchPAT® HST devices.
In Physician Study Manager, from the Interpretation tab, users can collapse the sidebar.
In Physician Study Manager, when users design a custom report, they can now mark editable sections.
For organizations that prevent physicians from editing interpretation templates, Somnoware now enables the Edit Interp preferences permission by default for users with the role of Center Admin, Lab Manager, Lab Facilitator, Physician Staff or Report Generator.
Bug fixes and enhancements.
In Reports, users with the View CX Invoice permission can access the new Study Invoice page to view, filter and download invoices based on study types and date ranges.
Somnoware now supports:
ApneaTrak™ portable HSAT by Cadwell
Latest version of Noxturnal™ 7.1
Physician Study Manager saves each physician's custom display settings on the My Studies and All Studies views.
In the Patient Profile, from the Appointments & Orders tab, users can view progress notes for patients.
From My Profile, physicians can assign, view and manage delegates who can act on their behalf.
Bug fixes and enhancements.