Vaper Software

It’s been a fair while since the last update to Vaper (April 2011) but there have been some exciting new developments and features added to the programme.  Although there have been many additions and improvements, here is a quick walk through of the top nine features added to Vaper 2.0.  Make sure to backup your database before upgrading.

1. Passcode protection

   Set a passcode that protects your sensitive patient data from prying eyes.  see video…

2. Automated reporting

   Enter your personal details and select the dates that you want to analyse. Or choose to analyse your whole logbook. Touch one button and – hey presto – Vaper generates a complete report of your practice activity. The report can be viewed on your device or easily sent by email and can be viewed by any browser or a suitable spreadsheet programme (like Excel).  see video… 

3. Patient history

   You can now quickly enter important points of your patient’s history – neatly divided into Cardiac, Respiratory, Medications and Other. Once patient history has been entered, see a summary of all important features with a single touch.  see video…

4. Improved user lists

   We have been listening to your feedback. Now you can link a speciality to surgeons and the procedures they perform. Then, when you choose a speciality, only the surgeons and procedures linked to that speciality appear – making it easy and quick to make the appropriate choice.  see video…

5. Better bookmarks

   Not only do the bookmarks look better, they perform better too. In addition to bookmarking a case, simply double-tap on the bookmark to choose why you want to remember it. Perhaps it was an interesting case, or a complication for follow-up. A number on the bookmark indicates how many reasons you had for remembering the case.  see video…

6. Searching

   A new Search tab allows you to search for names, medical record numbers or notes that you’ve entered about a case.

7. Faster age entry

   Don’t want to enter the date of birth? You no longer have to. Simply enter the age by entering a number and choosing ‘Days’, ‘Months’ or ‘Years’. Vaper will still analyse the age in its automated reports.

8. Telephone calling

   If your device is capable of making telephone calls and you have recorded a telephone number for your patient, just tap on the telephone icon to automatically initiate a call.

9. Improved UI

   Many tweaks and improvements to the user interface make Vaper the easiest, most intuitive logbook programme out there.

Well, it’s been a long time between blog posts but a fair bit of water has flown under my personal bridge.

On 31st July, I had a fall (BAC 0.00 in case anyone was wondering) and fractured my first cervical vertebra (C1) with instability of C1 on C2.  In layman’s terms: broken and unstable neck.  In non-layman’s terms: an unstable Jefferson burst fracture.

After several weeks under the expert care of the Royal Adelaide Hospital Spinal Unit (I cannot praise highly enough the professionalism, dedication and compassion of all the staff I encountered there) and with the extraordinary love and resilience of my amazing wife, children, extended family and ever-helpful friends, I have emerged relatively unscathed: alive, with no neurological deficit and thankful for the precious and sometimes precarious gift of life.

A little more Lurch-like in appearance, with a halo pinned into my skull for at least the next 3 months, I am back at the keyboard planning updates to apps.

Thanks for all your patience and support over the last few weeks: as a small token of appreciation, all the app prices are down for September.

With the latest release of Pocket MBS currently sitting at #1 in the ‘What’s Hot’ for Medical iPad Apps, it might be time to sit back (just for a short time) and reflect on the success of the current offerings:

Pocket MBS has been consistently in the top 100 Medical Apps ever since its first release in June 2009.  The recent update to a ‘universal’ app – meaning that it now also works for iPad with some cool new features – has meant that Pocket MBS has spent most of the last month in the top 25 Medical Apps for iPad.  A new (free) update for the July 2011 updated schedule is ready in the wings.

Pocket RVG has been consistently in the top 150 Medical Apps since its initial release in July 2009.  It has been kept constant.y up to date with the changing RVG schedules and new cool calculators have been added along the way.  As for Pocket MBS, a new update will be available imminently.

Vaper, an electronic logbook for Anaesthetists, has been consistently a top 200 Medical Apps performer since its release in May 2009.  A major update is currently under development and will include many of the cool features you all have been requesting.  An update is a little further away, but development is making good progress.

Bubbling along in the background has been a major software development to provide integrated Anaesthesia Practice Booking and Billing.  While details are, obviously, secret at the moment, this project will provide some really cool features for both Anaesthetists and their staff to make running a practice easier and more clinically relevant.  Watch this space for developments.  Or, drop us a line and we will keep you informed.