What's New in R4+ Version 6.3

Version 6.3 of the R4+ software includes the following features and enhancements:

NHS England & Isle of Man - Overprint and full print support for the FP17PR (R7) FormNHS England & Isle of Man - Overprint and full print support for the FP17PR (R7) Form

From April 1st 2018, overprinting onto or full printing of the latest FP17PR Form (R7) for NHS England & Isle of Man is now supported.
NHS England & Wales - Capture of patients' preferred method of contact when printing or overprinting the FP17PR (R7) FormNHS England & Wales - Capture of patients' preferred method of contact when printing or overprinting the FP17PR (R7) Form

From 1st April 2018, each time a Patient Registration form is produced you will be prompted to record a preferred method of contact for the NHSBSA to contact the patient to survey their NHS dentistry experience if the patient agrees to be contacted, otherwise this can be left blank if they do not want to be contacted.

If captured this data is transmitted to the board as part of the following course of treatments FP17 or FP17O EDI claim and can be viewed from the EDI Claim screen under the new tab called ‘NHS Contact’. This information will only be held for the claim it was captured for.

NHS Wales - Introduction of new clinical data set for FP17 EDI claimsNHS Wales - Introduction of new clinical data set for FP17 EDI claims

From 1st April 2018, when producing an FP17 EDI claim for transmission a new tab has been added to the claim screen called Clinical Data. These items are optional but are provided so the clinician can inform the board of any additional risks to the patient's medical health using traffic light indicators and are as follows:

Risks from Medical History	-	Overall Periodontal Health at the Start of Treatment
Risks from Social History	-	Tooth Decay Status at the Start of Treatment
Risks from Dental History	-	Other Dental Needs

The following data set items are automatically populated from the patient's chart, however, the clinician can edit these default values if needed before marking the EDI claim Ready to Send:

Amount of Decayed Deciduous Teeth

Amount of Decayed Permanent Teeth

Total Number of Teeth in the Mouth

NHS England, Wales & Isle of Man - Additional validation of patient NHS number in EDI claimsNHS England, Wales & Isle of Man - Additional validation of patient NHS number in EDI claims

Additional validation of the patient's NHS number has been added to ensure that it adheres to the 10 digit numeric format. If a patient's number does not pass the validation process it will be stripped from the transmitted EDI claim form to avoid processing issues.