#90 - Week ending October 7^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.

We have been advised, by PCSE, that the recent maintenance work has been completed and the Ophthalmic Payments system is now back up and running.

For the next 10 working days, PCSE have asked that practices:

Submit smaller batches of claims of 50 to 100
Do not send any requests for statuses. Status updates have been disabled
Do not send any pings. Ping confirmations have been disabled

We will continue to post the latest information via the 'F4 - FLEX Messaging System'

Read the full Release here

Vision Now - October '22

The latest digital edition of FLEX is available now, packed full of the latest industry news and features.

The digital version can be accessed using the link below.

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Early Access Group

We will release the next version of FLEX overnight on Sunday

FLEX will update on Monday morning

In this weeks T5 we are highlighting the key changes coming in the next release, you can read the full release notes, including all the enhancements and fixes, by clicking the button at the bottom of this section.

FLEX Frame Catalogue System is now available.
Integration with Rodenstock CNXT® is now available. Transfer images & data between your Rodenstock equipment and FLEX.
Appointment diary can now display slots with variable height, based on the appointment duration.
A 'Virtual Lens' can now be selected for Zeiss orders.
Receipts can now be amended to suit the needs of the practice with the inclusion of a new 'Receipt Editor'.
FLEX online form results can now be imported into ST / CL & pre-exam records.
Reminder scheduling now accounts for practice opening hours.
Electronic Eyecare Referral system (EeRS) is now available..
The branch settings screen has been re-designed and a search facility added.
A new 'Audit Report' is available, for both sight tests and contact lens records, the produces a complete clinical history for a selected visit.
Recall dates, on the patient record, are now highlighted yellow if they fall due within 30 days.
In the eGOS widget, the optometrists initials have been added and a right-click option to go directly to the claim in the 'eOphthalmic Claims' window in business intelligence.
A patient export option has been added to allow practices to comply with Subject Access Requests from patients.
The ability to ignore the appointment type when searching for an appointment in the 'Find Free Slot' tool has been added.
Adjusted IOP's, based on the corneal thickness, are now calculated and displayed.
The ability to rotate a PDF file has been added to the in-built PDF viewer.
A new filter has been added to the eGOS reporting screen to allow claims to be filtered by status (Finished / Unfinished).
Personal pronouns have been added to the patient record.
AER% has been added to the business performance dashboard (AER shows the % of patients that were dispensed within 30 days of having an examination)
New lens catalogues added: Mayfair, Tokai
The internal browser control has been updated (from IE to Chromium)

For more information about any of the features in the new version, click below to raise a support ticket

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FLEX Frame Catalogue System

NEW SUPPLIER: The Eyewear Company has been added to the frame catalogue system.

We are working hard to add more suppliers all the time, if there is a particular supplier you would like to see in FCS then please contact your frame rep and encourage them to contact us - they can email any questions to support@optinetuk.com

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 ***

#71 - APT
Amendment to file export
#072 - Staff Roles
New option to show/hide book & cost prices in stock window
#073 - Corporate
Add new corporate merge field for corporate name

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