The Control Centre is the place that allows you to navigate to all parts of the application. Depending on whether you have a terminal or host application your control panel will look slightly different to reflect the functionality of the application type.
Most buttons open a list that has other controls on it to modify or add records to your database.
- Patients : Opens the list of all patients.
- Patient Notes : Open the list of all ptient notes (which may be clinical (records, letters, results and images; or administrative for office use)
- Patient Referrals : Opens a list of all patient referrals (for managing referrals to your practice where required).
- Payers : Opens a list of all Payers that are commonly used (eg insurers).
- Referrers : Opens a list of all Referrers that are commonly used (eg surgeons for anaesthetists or GPs for surgeons).
- New Procedure : Make a new Procedure (which is a quote or invoice).
- List Procedures : List all procedures (Quotes, Invoices and Reminders) on the system.
- Invoices : List all invoices (just those procedures that are currently invoices).
- Receipts : List all receipts.
- Receipt allocations : List all allocaitons of the receipts to the invoices. In MB3 one receipt (eg a cheque) can be assigened to multiple invoices and vice versa.
- List Doctors : Lists all the doctors (or practice entities) that are on your system.
- Reports : Shows a list of reports that are built into the system. There are other custom reports that are added already and you can add as many of your own reports as you want.
- GL Accounting : MB3 can export accounting information for accounting packages (eg MYOB or Quickbooks).
- Configuration : Shows a different area of the Control Centre that deals with setting up parts of MB3.
- Utilities : Shows a different area of the Control Centre that deals with technical utilities that would normally only be used in specific technical circumstances.
- Events Calendar : Opens the Events Calendar where the activities of the practice and doctors can be scheduled.
- Events List : Shows all the information on the Events Calendar in a simple list format that can easily be searched, sorted and reported on.
- Task Manager : Opens the Task Manager which is used to perform various functions for the practice, some of which will be standard and others can be added according to your needs. For example, it can show you all overdue accounts, or all accounts with a very low balance or a credit balance. Or patient notes that need to be followed up.
- Exit : To close the program.
The floating palette provides easy access to a number of the commonly used areas of the program (all of which can be accessed via the Control Panel as well). Importantly it also contains the Default Doctor field. If a doctor's name is selected in here then any new procedure, receipt, calendar event ect will be allocated to that doctor. If no doctor is set here then you will be prompted each time you create one of these to see which doctor you want it allocated to.
The Host Application palatte contains an enterable field for the default doctor used in data entry. For example, when entering a new procedure, it must be assigned to a specific doctor. This is enforced so that when the Terminal Application synchronises with the host application, this procedure will sent to the correct doctor and no one else.