Patient language preferences are now managed in a single, streamlined way. This change standardizes the language selection process, aligning with language options in Patient Data and the Update Patient window.

The updated language fields in Patient Data > Demographics now include Preferred Language (formerly Primary Language), Notification Language, and Other Spoken Languages (formerly Secondary Language).

In the Update Patient window, the previous free text Language field is replaced with Preferred Language and Notification Language.

For more information, refer to Updating and validating patient demographics.

If you often forward inbox items to the same CHR users or user groups, forwarding those items is now easier. In the Forward window, when you click or type in the Recipient field, your most recent recipients (up to three) appear at the top of the list under Recent.

As part of our ongoing usability and design improvements to the inbox, the following updates have been added:

You can now document patient visits directly from the Summary view. When you click the new + icon in the section header of Encounters, the window opens on the right and you can continue without navigating away from the patient summary.

The CHR now automatically saves changes when you print or generate a PDF for new or modified forms and letters. You no longer need to manually save first, removing an extra click from your workflow.

When you use a template with the injection table variable in a letter, encounter or message, the table displays in reverse chronological order of the administered date, with the most recent injections at the top of the list.

In Pathways, when you hover over a patient's name in a pathway card, a demographics snapshot now appears and you can verify basic patient information quickly eliminating the need to open the full patient chart.

For clinics using the Healthcare Directory, the CHR now saves and displays the first billing code for contacts that have multiple billing numbers. If a billing code is not available, the field remains blank. You can search contacts by billing or reference number using at least three digits. This streamlined approach ensures accurate billing information is displayed.

📌Note: PrescribeIT® is currently available only for a select few TELUS CHR users. It will be more widely available in the future.

For PrescribeIT® enabled clinics, when viewing pharmacy communication attachments in the PDF viewer, the system now automatically removes the Save to patient files option after the initial save, preventing duplicate saves when viewing the same document.

For clinics using the CHR AI-powered inbox, incoming documents can now be matched by the patient’s first name or preferred name. This enhancement boosts accuracy and minimizes manual intervention for documents that previously failed to match due to the preferred name not being included in the patient search logic.

Following Manitoba Health's September 2024 update, new validation rules are implemented for extended clinic hours billing. Now when you create a bill and click Extended Clinic Hours, the appropriate code (75530 or 75531) is applied and the premium, based on the bill's other fee codes, is calculated. To ensure compliance, an error message now appears in the CHR when you attempt to apply extended hours billing when the criteria are not met. For more information, refer to Applying extended clinic hour premiums to bills (Manitoba).

📌 Note: New CHR versions are released on a regular bi-weekly schedule. However, there are times where a fix is released prior to the next scheduled release. These off-schedule release fixes are documented in the separate off-schedule release notes.