Cybernet Medical Newsletter - February 2005

1. [Updates] Major Features Added
2. [New!] "Staff" Users
3. [New!] Instant Alerts to Out of Limit Readings
4. [New!] Devices
5. [General] Let's Hear From You!

1. Major Features Added

We have recently performed a major update to the MedStar Web System. Below are details on the items that were not detailed in last month's newsletter -- complete details on all of these items are available online at:

http://www.cybernetmedical.com/news/newsletter01-05.html

2. "Staff" Users

New to the v2.50 release of the website is a Staff user. This new type of user allows for a Nurse, Care Giver or Call Center personnel to access the website and view any patient within their designated location.

This login looks and behaves exactly like the provider login with the exception of how patients are assiged to this user. Using the new Locations (as described in the January newsletter), Staff users and patients are assigned to the designated location, where caregivers and nursing staff are assigned to take care of them.

Staff members can:

• Enroll new patients, only into their location
• Assign / Return devices to / from patients
• Assign and reassign providers to patients
• Generate reports on desired patients
• Change procedure information
• Deactivate patients as care needs change
• Set up default procedure monitoring parameters to make
  enrollment easier
• View patient data and information
• View / clear alert notifications

All other functions normally associated with the providers login, without the need for specific designation on the patients profile page, as the provider is required.

More relevant information on this topic can be found in the January newsletter, which is archived at:

http://www.cybernetmedical.com/news/newsletter01-05.html

3. Instant Alerts to Out of Limit Readings

A new feature has been added to the Cybernet Medical system that allows you to set up alerts to be immediately sent to the proper care provider.

These instant alerts have been added to the system to transmit Out of Limit readings to designated individuals. From the administrators login select TASKS - (Add) ALERTS. This new page gives you the ability to manage how, when and where Out of Limit notifications will be transmitted. You can set multiple points or a single point where these alerts are transmitted, based on the time of day and who is responsible for handling those alerts and determining if immediate care is necessary. By setting a default instance, anytime that isn't specifically covered by another individual entry is sent to the default one, allowing you to have a backup or final instance where alerts are sent.

These alerts are designated by locations. This allows you to have different sites containing different staff members responsible for their own patients.

4. Devices

The Cybernet Medical system has been updated to make managing your devices easier. The way that devices move within the system has been altered -- instead of assigning devices from your location to the provider, then to the patient, and back again, devices now only belong to the designated location.

Staff, providers and administrators will be able to assign any device in the same location as the patient. When devices are returned they are returned to the location they were checked out from so they can be used again within that same area for another patient.

This was done because we have seen that the home care and nursing staff are the ones actually assigning and inventoring devices, not the providers who are only prescribing devices.

5. Let's Hear From You!

We would very much like to hear from you - especially about how you use the MedStar system to help your patients and your business, and how we can improve the MedStar System for your specific needs. Contribute your input to our general Cybernet Medical contact form at:

http://www.cybernetmedical.com/maillist.html

Let us know about your likes, dislikes, and general comments. We are especially interested in the type of additions that you would like to see as we continue to develop the MedStar line.

Thank you!