Introducing New Crelio Features & Enhancements – Quarter IV 2024
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Right from assuring adherence to region-specific regulatory requirements to meeting the transformation in healthcare practices, we introduced some of the top features in the last quarter of 2024. Take a look at some of the major to minor feature updates and enhancements that correspond to these goals for a varied range of laboratory practices around the world.
1. Operational Focused Updates
Experience the new feature additions in different parts of lab operations that are targeted to make dedicated lab workflows easier, order management more streamlined and sample and patient management super enhanced for all stakeholders.
I. Workflow Management
A. Gender-Based Tests
Importance Of The Feature
Medical tests such as Pregnancy Tests, BRCA Gene Testing, Pap Smear, or the Prostate Health Index (PHI) are inherently gender-specific, meaning they are applicable to certain genders only. Assigning gender restrictions to these tests ensures that the billing process aligns accurately with the patient’s gender, preventing potential errors and ensuring seamless workflows. This feature is crucial for maintaining precision in test assignments and avoiding unnecessary confusion or discrepancies in medical billing.
Key Takeaways & Benefits
B. Metabolite Linking, PRN Indicators and Clinical Notes In?Toxicology workflow
Importance of the Feature
Managing toxicology workflows can be complex, especially when accounting for drug-metabolite relationships and patient-specific prescription needs. This update introduces key enhancements—automatic metabolite linking, PRN indicators, and streamlined clinical notes—to simplify processes, improve accuracy, and enhance patient care. These features ensure prescriptions are thorough, clearly communicated, and aligned with individualized treatment plans.
Key Takeaways & Benefits
C. Critical Callout via FAX
Importance of the Feature
Timely communication of critical results is essential in healthcare to ensure swift action and improved patient outcomes. By introducing fax as an additional communication channel for critical callouts, this feature enhances accessibility and flexibility, catering to stakeholders who prefer or rely on fax for receiving urgent notifications. This ensures critical information reaches the right individuals promptly, reducing delays and potential risks.
Key Takeaways & Benefits
II. Order Management
A. Introducing AOE Management
Importance of the Feature
AOE (Ask on Order Entry) Management is a game-changing addition to Crelio Health, designed to enhance diagnostic accuracy, compliance, and operational efficiency. By capturing critical clinical details during order placement, this feature ensures that lab tests are precise, relevant, and compliant with regulatory and insurance requirements. With customizable forms and comprehensive data accessibility, labs can elevate the quality of their services while streamlining workflows.
Key Takeaways & Benefits
For more details, visit: Crelio Health AOE Management
B. New Bulk Registration: Now with Custom Templates!
Importance of the Feature
Efficient patient registration is critical for maintaining smooth lab operations, especially when handling high volumes. The new bulk registration with custom templates streamlines this process, allowing labs to quickly input patient and test details while adapting to unique workflow requirements. This enhancement reduces manual effort, minimizes errors, and ensures registration, billing, and accession are handled seamlessly in one go.
Key Takeaways & Benefits
C. Simplify Repeat Orders with Patient History Suggestions
Importance of the Feature
Managing repeat orders efficiently is crucial for labs and diagnostic centers, especially those handling frequent orders from hospitals or nursing homes. The new Order Suggestions feature simplifies this process by providing tailored recommendations based on a patient’s recent orders. This ensures quick, accurate reordering while reducing manual input and the risk of errors, ultimately saving time and improving workflow efficiency.
Key Takeaways & Benefits
III. Sample Management
A. Print Sample Barcodes in Scan Mode & TRF printing made easy
Importance of the Feature
Efficient sample and documentation management is essential for smooth lab operations. The ability to print sample barcodes in Scan Mode and easily print Test Requisition Forms (TRFs) directly from Operations eliminates unnecessary steps, streamlining workflows and saving valuable time. These updates enhance accuracy and convenience during sample collection and processing, reducing errors and boosting operational efficiency.
Key Takeaways & Benefits
B. Remote sample barcode printing
Importance of the Feature
Remote sample barcode printing streamlines operations for labs with multiple locations by allowing users to print barcodes on printers located elsewhere. This eliminates the need for physical proximity to the printer, enabling centralized control and reducing the requirement for additional hardware. This feature is especially beneficial for labs looking to optimize resources and improve workflow efficiency.
Key Takeaways & Benefits
IV. Patient Management
A. Enhanced Patient Portal for Document Management
Importance of the Feature
Efficient document management is essential for seamless communication between labs and patients. The enhanced Patient Portal now allows patients to view and upload essential documents directly, eliminating the need for labs to follow up for missing files. This feature ensures that documents are always accessible, up-to-date, and centralized, fostering better patient engagement and operational efficiency.
Key Takeaways & Benefits
Watch the feature demo here: Enhanced Patient Portal
B. Patient Portal Login With Google Sign On
Importance of the Feature
Logging into the Patient Portal should be quick, secure, and hassle-free. By introducing Google Sign-On, patients can now log in using their Google credentials, eliminating the need for verification codes and streamlining access. This feature enhances user convenience while leveraging Google’s robust authentication for secure access, ensuring a seamless experience for patients.
Key Takeaways & Benefits
This feature improves overall user satisfaction and ensures a smoother, more intuitive experience on the Patient Portal.
C. DOB based patient search
Importance of the Feature
The ability to search for patients using their Date of Birth (DOB) is an essential enhancement for efficient patient management, especially when only limited information is available. This feature is particularly valuable for scenarios like doctor inquiries, follow-ups, and cases where the DOB is the only available identifier. By enabling easy and accurate searches based on DOB, this feature improves the speed and accuracy of locating patient records, saving time and reducing errors.
Key Takeaways & Benefits
This feature streamlines patient record searches and improves overall operational efficiency.
D. Previous Test Results Now Visible in Report PDF
Importance of the Feature
This new feature streamlines the process for doctors by providing quick access to past test results directly in the report PDF. This eliminates the need for generating a full trends report, allowing for faster evaluations of a patient’s progress, treatment effectiveness, and overall health status.
Key Takeaways & Benefits
To enable this feature, navigate to the Report Directory, select the report with past values, and contact your account manager for setup assistance.
2. Enhancing Business Areas
In the last quarter, where insurance integration became an esteemed part of laboratory service delivery, we introduced a few features to support the cause for labs around the world. On a similar note, our new updates are also targeted towards making business processes efficient towards B2B clients, CCs and partners while focusing on financial ends and audit management.
I. Finance & Business Management
A. B2B Report Delivery
Importance of the Feature
Efficient report delivery is crucial for maintaining smooth communication and workflow between labs, patients, organizations, and referrals. The new B2B Report Delivery feature enables labs to track and manage report statuses in one centralized location, reducing miscommunication and ensuring reports reach the right recipients promptly. This feature streamlines the process, offering greater control and flexibility over report delivery.
Key Takeaways & Benefits
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B. Test-Wise VAT in Financial Reports
Importance of the Feature
Accurate and detailed VAT reporting is essential for labs that need to manage financial transparency and comply with tax regulations. The introduction of test-wise VAT in Financial Reports allows labs to track the VAT for individual tests, making it easier to allocate taxes accurately and maintain proper financial records. This feature is especially valuable for labs that require detailed VAT breakdowns for each test to meet regulatory or business needs.
Key Takeaways & Benefits
C. Custom Templates for Financial Reports
Importance of the Feature
Custom templates for financial reports empower lab administrators to tailor financial analysis to their specific needs, moving beyond the system’s default views. This flexibility ensures that each lab can design reports that focus on the most relevant data, improving accuracy and consistency across the team. Custom templates provide a more efficient way to track, analyze, and report on financial data, making financial management more personalized and aligned with the lab’s workflow.
Key Takeaways & Benefits
II. Business Connectivity
A. Integration Dashboard
Importance of the Feature
The new Integration Dashboard addresses a crucial need for real-time monitoring and error tracking in lab integrations. By offering comprehensive visibility into integration processes, it allows lab administrators to quickly identify, address, and resolve issues as they arise. This ensures that lab operations remain reliable and efficient, minimizing downtime and optimizing workflow. The ability to act on integration issues instantly is key to maintaining smooth, uninterrupted service.
Key Takeaways & Benefits
B. Map Multiple Referrals to an Organization
Importance of the Feature
The ability to map multiple referrals to a single organization streamlines clinic operations, offering greater flexibility in managing patient relationships. This feature is especially valuable for clinics and organizations that handle referrals across different locations or require a default referral for each organization. It ensures that clinic staff can easily access and share relevant referral information, improving efficiency and clarity when handling patient data.
Key Takeaways & Benefits
C. Simplified Ledger View
Importance of the Feature
The Simplified Ledger View is designed to streamline the management of client accounts, particularly for labs handling multiple organizations, CC logins, and child organizations. This feature focuses on providing a clear and concise financial overview, making it easier for lab administrators to track and reconcile transactions. By highlighting only the most relevant financial details, this update significantly speeds up the reconciliation process, ensuring that labs can focus more on operations and less on complex financial data.
Key Takeaways & Benefits
III. Organization Management
A. Default Branch for Organisation
Importance of the Feature
The Default Branch for Organization feature simplifies the management of patient data for CC logins, particularly by automatically routing and displaying patient information in the default branch. This improvement enhances workflow efficiency by ensuring that patient details, reports, and samples are consistently accessible in the appropriate branch, making data processing smoother and more organized across different locations.
Key Takeaways & Benefits
B. Custom URL For Org & CC Logins
Importance of the Feature
The Custom URL feature enhances the flexibility of your platform by allowing organizations and CC logins to embed and manage essential external resources directly within the web app. This streamlines workflows, reduces the need for switching between platforms, and helps ensure critical tools are readily accessible. By controlling access to these URLs, organizations can customize login experiences, making data management more efficient and accurate.
Key Takeaways & Benefits
C. Multiple Users for Organizations
Importance of the Feature The “Multiple Users for Organizations” feature enhances user management by allowing multiple users to be assigned under a single organization or CC type. This eliminates the previous limitation of one user per login, offering greater flexibility for labs and organizations with complex workflows. It supports the delegation of specific access to different users, improving efficiency and streamlining access management across various operational areas.
Key Takeaways & Benefits
This feature provides enhanced user management, enabling organizations to better control access and improve workflow efficiency.
IV. Compliance & Business Collaboration
A. Improve Audit Efficiency by using our Comprehensive List Change Summaries
Importance of the Feature
The Comprehensive List Change Summaries feature enhances audit efficiency by enabling labs to track and review all list changes made within a selected time frame. This ensures improved visibility and control over pricing data, which is critical for maintaining data integrity and identifying discrepancies.
Key Takeaways & Benefits
This feature significantly improves audit efficiency by providing a comprehensive view of list changes and supporting better data management practices.
To understand the feature better watch the demo video here
B. Streamlined Insurance Management with Insurance Groups and UX Improvements
Importance of the Feature
The “Streamlined Insurance Management with Insurance Groups and UX Improvements” feature simplifies the management of patient insurance details by offering enhanced grouping and prioritization capabilities. This improvement not only organizes insurance information more effectively but also streamlines workflows, ensuring smoother patient interactions and better operational efficiency.
Key Takeaways & Benefits
This feature ensures a more efficient insurance management process, helping labs save time and improve accuracy in patient insurance data handling.
To understand the feature better watch the demo video here
C. Use Insurance Pricelists for streamlining test pricing for insurance
Importance of the Feature
The “Use Insurance Pricelists for Streamlining Test Pricing for Insurance” feature simplifies and automates the pricing process based on insurance details, ensuring that patients are charged correctly according to their specific insurance plans. This improves billing accuracy and efficiency, especially for labs working with multiple insurance providers and complex plans.
Key Takeaways & Benefits
This feature ensures smoother billing and helps labs maintain accuracy in their insurance-related pricing and calculations.
To understand the feature better watch the demo video here
4. Crelio App Updates
Introducing new features and updates for Crelio app dedicated for lab providers & professionals and phlebotomists to enable a much better and elevated experience as per patient demands and market trends.
I. Android Doctor App Updates
Importance of the Feature
The Android Doctor App updates enhance the user experience by streamlining the process of managing patient billing and test documentation. The ability to add and view multiple attachments on bills, along with quick access to Test Requisition Forms (TRFs), simplifies administrative tasks and improves workflow efficiency for healthcare providers.
Key Takeaways & Benefits
These updates help healthcare professionals manage patient data and billing more effectively, saving time and improving operational efficiency.
II. iOS Phlebotomist App Updates
Importance of the Feature
The iOS Phlebotomist App updates simplify the process for phlebotomists to access essential documents, such as bills and Test Requisition Forms (TRFs), for completed visits. This enhances operational efficiency and ensures that vital information is readily available for better patient care and workflow management.
Key Takeaways & Benefits
These updates contribute to a more efficient workflow for phlebotomists, saving time and ensuring that necessary documents are always on hand.
The new features and software enhancement we released this quarter focused on helping labs meet the latest regulatory requirements and emerging trends amongst the healthcare industry and patients.
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