Most Recent DLM and SIS updates

Down Line Manager (DLM) provides periodic updates to your Vision System. Below is a link to the most recent DLM, a link to the DLM history and a link to how to check which DLM is running on your Vision system.

Supplementary Install Stream (SIS) is currently used for all QOF and bounded Read code release downloads. The version details can be found in Vision – About Vision, they are listed as a Supplementary version details. 

Checking My DLM

Click here for instructions on how to check which DLM is running on your Vision system.

SIS 10085 - Wales

December 2011

For Welsh practices only, QOF exception codes now included in QOF report .

DLM 380 - Early Release

November 2011

IMPORTANT: In order for DLM 380 to install successfully, you must have PostgreSQL Database installed on your system.  Practices using a managed server (ie VES/WES) do not need to do anything as INPS will look after this. For practices with their own server, if you have been contacted by helpline to run this installation please do so as soon as possible. If you have not yet been contacted, INPS will contact you with relevant information.

As the changes for DLM 380 are quite large we have produced several user guides including:


DLM 380 User Guide

Details of smaller changes for DLM 380 can be found in:

DLM 380 Summary of Changes - version 3 (20/01/2012)

DLM 380 Core user guide - version 4  (20/01/2012)

English Practices - Please read important PDS change on Page 10.

 

User Enhancements Release 2

In our second release of enhancements requested by customers, we have made improvements to the following areas of Vision: Patient Select, Consultation Manager, Therapy, DXS, Referrals and Correspondence, Mail Manager, Registration, Registration Links.

User Enhancements Release 2 summary of changes and user guide - version 6 (28/10/2011)

 

Daybook

Vision Daybook is a new Vision module which manages the creation, tracking and completion of clinical and administrative tasks within your practice.

Daybook user guide - version 11 (08/11/2011)

 

Priority Update


Priority Update is a new Vision module within the Utilities menu which allows you to change one or all medical history priorities for a selected group of patients to a single priority en masse.

Priority Update user guide - version 1 (03/10/2011)

 

LEPIS Clinical Trial Flagging

LEPIS is a third-party piece of software, provided by General Practice Research Database (GPRD) in collaboration with Kings College, London which assists in the identification of patients eligible for research studies and the capture of the relevant data.

LEPIS Clinical Trial Flagging user guide - version 5 (10/10/2011)

 

England - Summary Care Record Changes

Following a government review of the Summary Care Record (SCR) and in accordance with requirements from Connecting for Health, we have implemented some changes to the SCR functionality. The changes mainly relate to the process by which patients express their preference, the content management of the SCR and some software enhancements.

Summary Care Record Changes user guide - version 3 (16/11/2011)

 

Scotland - Lanarkshire Multi-Agency Store (LANMAS)

Scottish practices can now enable LANMAS integration with Vision. This means that you are alerted in Consultation Manager if the selected patient is linked to another patient currently on the child protection register or is on the child protection register themselves.

Lanarkshire Multi-Agency Store (LANMAS) user guide - version 3 (03/10/2011)

 

Vision Online Services Changes

We have made some changes to Vision Online Services and Vision Online Appointments:

VOS Summary of Changes - DLM 380 - version 3 (18/01/12)

 

Vision Online Repeats

The new Online Repeats module is available for VOS users from DLM 380. Once enabled, patients can request their repeat masters online.

VOS Configuration user guide - version 9 (09/12/11)

VOS Online Repeats user guide - version 6 (18/01/12)

 

Wales - My Health Online

For DLM 380 we have made some changes to My Health Online and Online Appointments. We have also added a new module, Online Repeats, which enables patients to request their repeat masters online.  

My Health Online Summary of Changes - version 2 (18/01/12)

 

My Health Online Repeats

My Health Online Configuration user guide - version 5 (08/12/11)

My Health Online Repeats user guide - version 4 (08/12/11)

 

SIS 10080

November 2011

SIS 10080 contains the QoF version 20 audits. Click here for the user guide.

 

DLM 371 - General Release

November 2011

DLM 371 contains a fix to the recent issues with GP2GP.

 

SIS 10075 - General Release

November 2011

SIS 10075 delivers the Pathology Bounded Read Code list (Q3 2011) and SNOMED Cross Mapping (Q3 2011).

 

DLM 370 - General Release

October 2011

DLM 370 contains minor changes to Clinical Audit including an update to the HPA Influenza audit for 2011-2012. Click here for the user guide (V002 04/11/2011).