#95 - Week ending January 27th, 2023

Welcome to this weeks 'Take 5', your 5 minute Optinet roundup. If you need clarification on any points or have questions drop us an email or create a support ticket.

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Vision Now Magazine


The latest digital edition of 'Vision Now' is available on the National Eyecare Group Website or by clicking the link below.


Catch up on all the news, read up about the Revo FC OCT & fundus camera from BIB and hear the view from the GP desk.

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REFRESH: Data Mining


New Year, new marketing campaign but how do you find the people that you want to send your campaign to?


In FLEX we call this 'Data Mining', the ability to dig into your database to find information that matches the criteria you specify.


Click the button below to read a short overview article about data mining and if you get stuck, open a support ticket here

How To: Data Mining

UPDATE COST PRICE OF MULTIPLE STOCK LINES


It is now possible to update the cost price of multiple stock items at the same time by multi-selecting (CTRL+Left Click) them and then selecting the new 'Update Cost Price' option from the right-click menu. When prompted, enter the new cost price and press enter - that's it, all done.


To enable this new functionality you will need patch #040 loaded on

all your computers, please contact support for assistance.

Save with National Eyecare Group


The National Eyecare Group is the UK’s largest purchasing group for UK independent opticians and has been supporting opticians across the UK since 1979. By using the strength of over 1000 members, we can offer preferential purchasing terms to all of our members that would not be achievable as single practices.


In addition to great prices, members benefit from a single billing system that has all your suppliers on one monthly statement allowing you to spend more time with your patients and not your paperwork.

Unlike many other organisations, we don’t charge a joining or subscription fee, however, we do charge a management fee of 5% on some purchases made through the Group, although these fees are only payable on around half of our suppliers; with the rest there is no charge. But don’t worry, the discounts you will enjoy by being a member of the Group will more than cover any additional fees. We also don’t demand a minimum spend level either, so if you decide to use us for one supplier or 100, that’s completely up to you – after all it’s your practice.

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How-To Videos


This weeks how-to video shows you how to enable 'Update Contact Lens Catalogues'.



100% Optical is the UK's largest optical event and takes place at the Excel London on 25 - 27 February.


  • Source the latest eyewear, contact lenses, technology and solutions
  • Gain invaluable CPD points as part of the world-leading education programme
  • Network with fellow industry peers through one-to-one meetings and parties


Optinet will be there along with National Eyecare Group so please pop by our stand (M210) and say hello, don't forget to pick up your Optinet pens!


Use the links below to pre-register and view the CPD programme

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A reminder to get in touch, for anyone that has eGOS claims stuck with a 'Submitted' status - likely due to the PCSE service disruption at the end of last year


If you think this may be the case then please get in touch with the helpdesk team who can quickly free them up and make them available for re-submission.

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support@optinetuk.com to open a ticket automatically

training@optinetuk.com to book staff training

sales@optinetuk.com to book a FLEX demonstration

Latest Patches

  • HPP indicates high priority patches that are downloaded and installed automatically
  • MTS indicates patches that have been deployed to the 'Hosted FLEX' servers
  • REQ indicates a patch that will be loaded on request or when an issue is highlighted

 

*** If you would like any other patches applied, please raise a support ticket ***

  • v1.5.7
  • #036 - Patient Files / Images
  • Improved performance and crash prevention on patient imaging screen with high numbers of images.
  • #037 - Voucher Reporting (Northern Ireland)
  • The process vouchers screen for Northern Ireland has been altered to allow recording of the associated claim reference number. The vouchers report also displays this information for NI users.
  • #038 - Pre-Visit Notifications
  • PVN Venues are now ALL selected by default when navigating to the PVN screen, previously only a small number were selected automatically.
  • #040 - Stock
  • New right click menu option to update cost price for multiple stock items without having to open the edit stock window
  • #041 - OPS
  • Added ability to override/update payer reference in OPS.
  • #042 - Patient Files / Images
  • Image or document files opened via patient imaging now have improved compatibility with external PDF viewers.
  • #043 - Receipt Designer
  • Fixes a bug with the field list in the receipt designer that showed fields that have already been added to the template as available to add.
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