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The links below provide a detailed list of the many enhancements, changes, and fixes in each released version of the PreViser Oral Health Information Suite™ (or the OHIS™, or simply PreViser™).

Each new version includes all the fixes and features built into previous versions, unless otherwise noted. We encourage you to check that you have the most current version installed on your computer(s).

• Compatible with both Windows and Macintosh operating systems. Java-based application is platform-independent.
• PreViser international licensing partners can translate the program into non-English languages; already available in Japanese, soon available in Hebrew, with more languages to come. Learn about PreViser licensing.
• Refined and improved treatment recommendations consistent with research and current best practices.
• Improved web services for even easier third-party integration (for universities, software developers, etc.)
• New Correlation Report augments periodontal risk and disease assessments to show correlation between the patient's PreViser scores and the American Academy of Periodontology's Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Periodontal Diseases

Changes:

• Reduced data entry time by removing the "Treatments Performed since last risk assessment" screen from risk assessment wizards
• Quicker, easier network setup for practices or organizations using more than one computer
• For periodontal assessments, "Bleeding on Probing" data is now collected for each sextant
• New database format means faster response time for larger practices with many patients
• Report settings are selected before data transmission
• Lines in graphs marking "What Changed" are now color-coded to identify each score's trends, rather than previous hard-to-read markings on lines differentiating the various scores
• Periodontal assessment asks optional question for female patients to indicate whether the patient is pregnant (this factor does not go into the calculation of risk or disease scores)
  
  

Fixes:

• Fixes to all known issues
  
  

Version 2.1 (Released April 26, 2005)

Enhancements:

• New! Added Oral Cancer Risk Assessment tool as a third component of the OHIS™. Oral Cancer Risk Assessment provides important information to the patient about the risk for oral cancer, including what the patient can do to prevent or detect the disease at the earliest possible stage. (More details here)

Changes:

• Removed unnecessary scroll bars from New Patient and Patient Details screens
• Perio report shows smoking text in Treatment Options when smoking history is <10 per day OR >=10 per day

Fixes:

• Printed Forms: "Theraputic Oral Rinse" and "Implant Abutments" show correct values
• Added missing "Occlusal Adjustment" on perio and caries printed forms
• Removed duplicate data that shipped in the Perio report in Demo_Joe's history in v2.02
• Fixed error when clicking context-sensitive help from Options page during first use
• Special characters (@'.%) show correctly when performing a patient referral

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• Reduced overall file size for faster download
• "Online Billing" statement browse now shows running balance

Changes:

• Clarified language describing certain periodontal risks to improve patient understanding. (Deleted the phrase "and may even increase the risk of new disease" from the Perio Disease State description in Patient Report.)
• Removed the word "Defective" from "Defective sub-gingival restorations" in the Subgingival Restorations Treatment Options description, for consistency with assessment questions as they do not specify "defective"

Fixes:

• Resolved previous error occurring on startup when using International versions of Windows
• Fixed error caused when certain characters (<>!'&) were in fields on Options page
• Fixed previous error in "Online Billing" when user views a completed
  statement with no activity during that month

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• Changed Treatment Option term from "Guided Tissue Regeneration" to "Regenerative Therapy" to more accurately describe the treatment

Fixes:

• In Demo mode, attempting to Print or Print Preview a newly created Patient Report now correctly displays a generic report marked "For Demonstration Purposes" rather than a blank screen

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Enhancements:

• Allowed specific report to be marked as "Prepared By" another name than appears by default as set on the Options page; this enables each clinician at a practice to indicate which reports he or she created
• Added clarification at bottom of input screen for Perio measurements to "Choose the greatest measurement per sextant (not the average)"
• Added additional shortcuts to Quick Start Guide to provide access from the Support menu
• Enabled previous Data Source Name configurations to remain if installing new versions, allowing prior configurations to share data on a network to persist after upgrading
• Created the option of using "patient-friendly" or clinical terms on Patient Reports (i.e. Fillings vs. Restorations)
• On Patient Details and Create New Patient screens, made Patient ID optional and changed label to "Your Patient ID (if any)"
• Information not included on the Options screen (Email, Fax, etc) no longer appears on Report headings as a blank field
• Added "Pay Online" link to Payment Options browse on Online Billing main menu and on Statement Detail screens as a shortcut to the PreViser Shop to pay securely online

Changes:

• Changed heading on Perio reports from "Analysis" to "Assessment"
• Changed label on Perio Risk wizard and printable input forms from "Pocket Depths" to "Deepest Pocket per sextant"
• Changed button on New Patient and Patient Details screens from "New Caries Risk Assessment" to "New Caries, Root, and Fracture Risk Assessment"
• Changed headings on printable input forms from "Caries Risk Assessment Form" to "Caries, Root, and Fracture Risk Assessment Form"
  Changed headings on Patient Reports from Caries (Tooth Decay) Risk Assessment" to "Caries (Tooth Decay), Root, and Fracture Risk Assessment" and on Clinical Reports from "Caries Risk Assessment" to "Caries, Root, and Fracture Risk Assessment" to better describe full capabilities of this tool
• Changed heading in Health Analysis section in Patient Reports from "Your Characteristics of Health and Low Risk" to "Your Characteristics"
• Changed "Defective Subgingival Restorations" to "Subgingival Restorations" throughout

Fixes:

• Context-sensitive Help links on screens previously broken now correctly open a Help window for that term
• "Correct this Report" capability fixed to allow unlimited corrections to the most recently completed Assessment if within 90 days of the Exam Date.
• Allow Search for Patient with apostrophe in name (e.g., O'Toole) without error
• Allow changing Patient ID without losing that patient's Risk Assessment History