#72 - Week ending May 6^th, 2022

Welcome to this weeks 'Take 5', your 5 minute weekly Optinet roundup. If you need clarification on any points or have questions drop an email to support@optinetuk.com or raise a ticket in the portal.

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Optical Payment Services (OPS)

A paperless direct debit system exclusively for Optinet users and National Eyecare Group members that integrates with FLEX to streamline regular payment collections.

OPS offers a cost effective way of collecting monthly payments from your patients, by Direct Debit. Regardless of whether you already collect DDs or use standing Orders, OPS can save you money and offer an easy to use, paperless service which can help you manage your cashflow and increase your patient loyalty.

Benefits of OPS

Bank account validation
Advanced notification sent to payee
Can be fully paperless or paper mandates
View & amend payer records including payment history
Full reporting of cancelled D/D on day of cancellation
Fully detailed reconciliation reports on day of clearing

email support@optinetuk.com to open a ticket automatically

Check for missed eGOS claims

There is a useful tool in the appointment diary that will tell you whether you have forgotten to create eGOS claims for NHS patients booked in on a given day.

Click on any slot in the diary, for the day you want to check, then click the 'Check eGOS Claims' button - if you have patients with no claims they will appear in an alert box (see below).

Order Collection Window

Did you know there is a collection window in FLEX that shows a summary of the patient order, along with relevant notes and the prescribed and dispensed prescriptions.

Use it whenever a patient comes to collect, all the info is on-hand in one place and when you click the 'Confirm Collection' button the work in progress is updated to collected - you can even enter collection notes that will be stored against the work in progress order status.

To access the collection window, right-click an order in the orders window or on the orders widget on the home-screen and select 'Open Collection Window'

Essilor Visioffice Integration

FLEX has the capability to talk to and receive date from Essilor Visioffice - saving you time when dispensing a patient.

Compatibility: Visioffice 2 and Visioffice X

How to use the Visioffice Integration

In the dispense screen, click 'Measurements' then 'Essilor Visioffice' to open the remote control window.

The remote control window has three options; 'Export', 'Import' and 'Close'

Export
Sends data from FLEX into Visioffice
Creates the patient record if it doesn't exist
Import:
Receives data from Visioffice into FLEX and populates the dispense record
Close
Exits the remote control window

The table below shows what data is exchanged:

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This years event moves to a new venue at the 'Staverton Park Estate' near Daventry.

There is no charge for Optinet users (FLEX, V5 & PCS) to attend, remember to enter 'Optinet' in the account number box on the reservation form.

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