Capture charge information at the point of care quickly and easily. Rid yourself of the stacks of cards or papers you currently carry. Never miss another charge again!
Charge capture is designed and used by practicing clinic-based and hospital-utilizing physicians on a daily basis.
FEATURES
• People
Record and maintain a list of patients and their demographic information for use in billing.
• Locations
Store pertinent locations where business is performed and at which services are billed. Hospitals, nursing homes, and clinics are some examples.
• Encounters
Document individual encounters by person, location, date, cpt charge and icd9 diagnosis.
• Follow Up
Keep track of your to dos on individual patients and sort them according to patient, facility, or due date for convenience. Email these follow ups to others with ease.
• Codes
Store a database of both diagnosis (icd9) and charge (cpt) codes for use in billing encounters.
• Rounding
Utilize a system whereby encounters are organized into date and location to simulate a rounding experience making charge entry easy and intuitive.
• Reporting
Report the charges organized by person, location and date. Also export them to a CSV file and send it via email.
• Data
Import data sets of your own ICD-9 and CPT codes as well as a list of your own patients.
VERSION HISTORY
1.3
- compiled for iOS4
- moved the data file to the application support directory to allow the documents directory to be utilized for transfer of data in future versions (e.g., export and import files in iTunes)
- moved the backup data file to the application support directory
- fixed the person selector to allow for creation of a new patient with "Last Name" or "First Name" even if someone with that last or first name already exists
- changed the method for a swipe through a roudning list item in order to discharge that item to cause less redrawing of the list
- '+' button now works if tapped in Add Charge or Add Diagnosis in encounter or rounding item
- added a gender description to a person
- added an age description to person list items to go along with gender
- added admission date to an encounter
- added referral source to an encounter
- added room # for rounding
- sort by room # for rounding
- added the designation to CPT of "is Admit code" to auto mark date of admit in encounters
- added admission date and referral source to reports
- linked referral source to address book of device
- fixed a problem where (null) may appear in reports instead of the encounter date
- fixed memory release bugs
- fixed a problem where the dc mark may show in the Rounding list item when the patient has not been discharged
1.2.2
- added additional behind the scenes actions for saving charges and diagnoses of encounters to preserve data integrity
- added additional behind the scenes actions for saving insurances, attachments and diagnoses of patients to preserve data integrity
- added designation of "No Charges" and "No Diagnoses" in reports
- fixed a problem in the Rounding and Encounter tabs where switching between list types could cause a crash if the switch occurred while the list was scrolling
- added the ability to add a new person from the Person select controller search field
- fixed progress HUD to prevent visual aberrations
- fixed crash on entry of Encounters and Rounding lists when the lists were very long
1.2.1
- fixed a problem where the discharge icon might show itself inappropriately when in edit (selectable) mode
- fixed the email subject and body header for emailing of Follow Ups to more applicable text
- adjusted sorting within the Rounding section to be more consistent within sections
- fixed the Follow Up list to appropriately redraw when the done slider is changed in its detail view
- fixed the bug where Rounding items would not be added for new dates once a new month occurred
- fixed a problem where the Data View would not allow a Delete All or an Import to be selected
- fixed a potential problem where an interrupted upgrade of the database for v 1.2 would then cause the app to error and fail on subsequent loads
- added a quick Backup File and Restore Data File option to the Data Tab to help protect data
- fixed a bug that would cause the People and Locations Tab section to crash the program when very few items were in the list
- changed the People, Locations and Codes lists to not scroll the Search field out of view on initial opening
1.2
- added a Follow Up Tab to keep track of to do items related to patients
- added an indication to all Encounters regarding their Reported status for expanded reporting capabilities (e.g., all un-reported encounters...)
- changed the discharged item in Reporting to a Yes/No slider
- added progress display during potentially long processes in the Encounters tab
- added progress display during potentially long processes in the Rounding tab
- added diagnoses to a person record
- added the ability to enter a follow up from the Rounding & Encounter detail views
- added the ability to Share follow up items via email
- added the ability to select a diagnosis from a person's historical diagnoses
- allowed for 'All Dates' in Reporting Tab
- added filter by Discharged status in Reporting
- added filter by Reported status in Reporting
- changed the utility of the multi-Select items within Rounding (from 'Delete' to 'Mark') to allow for marking mulitple patients as discharged or unseen on the day in question (as they are not truly "deleted" from the Rounding list)
- changed the swipe mechanism within the Rounding list to mark a patient as discharged or not seen without having to enter the encounter
- improved animations within the application
- assured all related data was deleted from the database when a patient was deleted (attachments - done, insurances - added, diagnoses - added)
- added progress display during potentially long processes in the Reporting tab
- fixed the lack of reset of a list when all items are group removed (e.g., Rounding and Encounters lists)
- various memory management fixes
- added a Help Tab to connect to Charge Capture's online documentation
- fixed the Data Tab table view to consistently show a grouped layout
- dealt with the potential to have a tab bar with more items than the standard 5
- added an Export option to the Reporting Tab
- added the designation of a "default location" to auto populate the Facility entry of an encounter
- fixed a rare problem where deleting an encounter would cause rounding items for that person/location to begin showing up again
- added place holder text into the encounter Notes item to better define it as the place to enter a Note
- improved the efficiency of drawing lists within each Tab
- fixed the formatting of reports when diagnoses or charges are absent
- fixed a bug where setting a Rounding item date to a future date caused an infinite loop
- fixed a bug where a Rounding item with a future date caused endless numbers of new Rounding items to be added
1.1.2
- fixed the date selection method within the Reporting Tab so that all encounters between the From and To date were selected appropriately
1.1.1
- fixed the Reporting Tab so that Date setting works outside of the More Tab
- changed the method for date comparison within the Reporting Tab for more accurate selection
- fixed an error in Encounters where an "empty" location or person entry would cause a crash in the list
- added encounter notes to Reports
- fixed the People list view to work when it is inside the More Tab view
- fixed the Tabs to save any re-ordering done by the user and restore that order on restart
- data view redisplays data after delete all is selected to now accurately show a '0' data count
- more error checking in import of data to allow for errors in data formatting without crash
1.1