NLSVet Veterinary Software Package
Feature List
Graphical Day Planner
- Visual display of all appointments
- Essential appointment information conveyed eliminating the need to open bookings unnecessarily
- 'Current time' marker
- View planner by AM, PM, entire day or full 24hr period
- Further expand/contract view of selected day period using the 'Zoom'- current time is kept in view
- Easy navigation to next/previous day
- Use the pop-up calendar to go to a specific date
- Instantly jump to 'today'
- Powerful client search when making new appointment
- Move appointments using drag/drop or cut/paste
- Warning when attempting to make appointment outside employee's work hours
- Adjust appointment duration by moving start/end time with mouse cursor
- Bookmark appointments
- Staff's lunch breaks shown
- Book time for in-house activitites
- Create your own colour scheme
Employee Management
- Time-clock with individual PIN for each employee
- Employee can clock on/off work by clicking their name label on the Planner - when clocked in employees name on label changes colour to show the employee has arrived at work
- Click employee label to display work hours
Consultation Screen
- All information related to a consultation is clearly layed out on one screen
- Client, Patient and Consultation details are located on separate panels that work seamlessly together
- The Client panel, located at the top of the screen, is always visible
- In the area below you can smoothly move between:
- the Patient panel
- the Consultation panel
- the comprehensive Search panel
- the Scans panel (integrated DICOM viewer)
- the Documents panel
- the Account panel
Client Panel
- All details for the client are clearly presented
- Send email to client directly from NLSVet (integration with MS Outlook/Outlook Express)
- Warning on name edit (optional) to avoid altering important information
- Complete suburb/post code database included for free
Patient Panel
- This panel lists all patients belonging to the current client
- See instantly what patients in the list are deceased (colour coding)
- View patient details and consultations overview listing for selected patient
- Details listed for the patient are Name, Kind, Breed, Colour, Sex, D.O.B. and Deceased status
- Patient breed is conveniently selected from a predefined list
Consultation Panel
- Contains all information related to a consultation for selected patient: Date/Time, Consultant, Consultation Type (farm visit, out-of-hours etc.), Treatment Category, Weight (with integrated conversion calculator), Age (calculated from D.O.B), Medical Services
- Notes field with spell check (including custom dictionary)
- All information is visible for quick-glance reference
- Select consultation type (revisit, house visit etc.) with preset fees that can be manually adjusted
- One-click access to past consultations
- Print Consultation Hard Copy and Hospital Cage Card
- Print certificates for vaccinations and sterilisation
Certificates
- Print certificates for vaccinations and sterilisation
Cash Panel
- Payment method and cashier are recorded in a transaction cash log that can be referred to later from within the consultation form
- Print itemised invoice; you can type a note to go on the invoice
- Booking status is automatically set to Paid when full payment has been received
Search Panel
- The powerful search engine searches the entire database in a few milliseconds
- Search by client 1st name, 2nd name, patient name, client number or consultation number
- The incremental list ‘zooms in’ on name/number as you type
- Full client details are visible in the list
- List of 20 most recently used consultations
Scans Panel - Integrated DICOM Viewer
- Fully featured DICOM viewer integrated into the consultation form
- View colour and greyscale medical images
- Formats - Analyze, DICOM, GE LX, Genesis, Interfile, ECAT,Siemens Magnetom Vision, Siemens Somatom and NEMA
- Adjust brightness and contrast with great precision
- Animate scans spanning over multiple slices (i.e watch the lungs expand or see progressively deeper into the abdomen)
- View non-DICOM images, such as stored patient photos
Documents Panel
- Manage documents related to the current patient, such as lab results, letters, x-rays and photos
- Easy to locate listed files using Search and Filter options - locate by: date added, file name, description
- All files (documents and images) are conveniently stored in compressed format in a one-file database
- Listed documents are opened by the associated program directly from here
- DICOM images automaticaly opened in the built in DICOM viewer
- Non-DICOM images can be opened by built in viewer or external editor
Client Account Summary
- View account information for clients
- List can be filtered to show only Due amounts
Data Entry - quick and easy
- Automatic capitalisation of first letter of words
- Post code and state automatically inserted when entering suburb
- Select date on pop-up calendar
- Preset fees for different consultations types (office, call-out, etc.)and medical services; provides a quick way to calculate estimates
Euthanasia Status
To guard against mistakes in relation to deceased patients NLSVet performs two actions when 'Euthanasia' is selected from the category drop list on the consultation form:
- A warning message notifies of any outstanding reminders for this patient.
- You are asked to set the Euthanasia status for this patient. When set, the colour on all consultations for this patient changes permanently to 'Euthanasia colour'
NLSVet can be instructed to pick up a word of your choosing instead of euthanasia, i.e. 'deceased'.
Desexing Status
- Automatic warning to change sex status for patient when desexing has been performed (i.e. change from M to MN)
Medical Services
- A separate form, listing all medical services, opened directly from the consultation panel
- Services organised in Tree List using a multiple sub-node system (like Windows explorer) making it possible to keep a simple overview of the large number of services and drugs offered in a veterinary clinic
- Set up cost, markup, fixed fee, GST/VAT, bar code, in-house code for each item
- Find facility to instantly locate required service
- Use simple drag/drop to select services
- Selected services appear on the client invoice and on the consultation screen
- Designed to give optimum flexibility for organising services
Price Change Module
- Update prices of medical services in batch (by percentage or fixed dollar amount)
Breeds and Kinds
- Using the same form layout as the Medical Services screen
- Lets you select the patient’s breed and kind simply with a double click
- Like the Medical Services screen this screen provides a solution that is both simple to use and also catering for the large variety of breeds
Microchips
- Store patient microchip on the microchip panel
- Find facility to locate a patient from a microchip number
Reminders
- Provide a convenient way of notifying clients in advance that a recurrent treatment is due
- Set multiple reminders
- Various reminder periods can be set from the consultation form
- A check on response to reminders is easy to do from the Consultation Overview Screen
Consultations Overview Screen
- Central place from which to keep the overview of Consultations, Client Spending, Client Appointment Activity, Debtors and Reminders
- Each listing is displayed on its own colour coded Tab Page
- Use custom and preset common date ranges (tomorrow, next week, last month etc.) to view entries from future, past and today
- Filter list on consultant and treatment category
- Double click a list entry to open the relevant consultation form
- Use lists to generate mail-outs
Mail-Outs
- Integrated with Microsoft Word
- NLSVet communicates mailmerge details directly to MS Word and produces the actual mail-out for you
- Preview and edit documents before printing
- Templates, provided for reminders, marketing letters and envelopes, can be customised
Over the Counter Sales
- Link sale to a particular client
- Products are arranged in categories
- Find facility to quickly locate required item
- Cashier initials and payment method are recorded
- Included GST/VAT is shown
- Print well-presented itemised tax invoice
Product Database
- Stock level management
- Automatic stock level adjustment upon transaction
- Low Stock Alarm
- Retail price automatically calculated from wholesale price
Security Manager
- Security protection on a number of program features
- 3 levels of security with ability to disable protection for individual items
- User-friendly interface using colours and numbers to indicate security levels at a glance
Graphs and Reports
- Comprehensive reports covering all areas of your vetrinary practice
- Customise reports using filters and date range selections
- View and print reports for cash flow, consultations, client consultation history, OTC sales and Low stock
- Employee time-clock log
- Bar graph showing monthly income can be viewed and printed
Backup
- Very simple to set up
- Entire database in one compressed file for easy management
- File name contain time stamp for easy identification
- Several backup files are kept (automatic roll-over at specified number, i.e. 200)
- Set automatic backup at specified interval (i.e. every hour)
- Back up to hard drive, floppy or USB flash drive
- Back up to separate locations simultaneously
- Back up over the network
- Email backup - send the entire database to your home computer
- Inbuilt database restore function (in the rare event of a computer crash)
- Restore in 3 easy steps
Help
- Context sensitive from anywhere in the system
- Clear and concise instructions explaining step-by-step
- Print out any page
- Easy to understand illustrations
- Key word search
- Useful hints throughout the system
Database and Networking
- First class mature, stable and reliable database system
- Supports local and remote connection (local network, intranet and internet)
- Uses secure remote connection
- Unlimited number of workstations can be connected to the network
- Client/server database system providing maximum protection of data integrity
- Entire database contained in a single, password protected file
- Works equally well and efficiently on small and very large databases (several milllions records)
- Instant screen update on all computer when a record is modified
- Online backup (no need to shut database down to make backup)
- Virtually unbreakable
Instant Message System
- Custom colours for all consultation form panels, day planner and overview screen listings
- Colours are used to convey information fast, i.e. patient deceased status, consultation types etc.
- Choose colours that you find pleasing to work with
Layout Colours
- Custom colours for all consultation form panels and overview screen listings
- Colours are used to convey information fast, i.e. patient deceased status, consultation types etc.
- Choose colours that you find pleasing to work with
NLSVet is ever expanding so if you want something implemented, like sms mass mail-out or special reports...just let us know.