Continue to place hearing aid orders as normal through the manufacturer or buying group, utilizing Blueprint to print the manufacturer order form, track outstanding orders, and generate a clinic-specific purchase agreement.
Optionally, select aid options to order with the aid, within the Options panel.
To select multiple aid options, press and hold the Control key (Ctrl) on the keyboard while clicking the desired options. |
Click the Prescriber drop-down menu to select the hearing aid prescriber.
The list of prescribers includes all users who have the role Audiologist or Specialist, as well as any external prescribers who may refer patients and are listed as a referral source within the Audiologist referrer type. The list of fitters includes all users who have the role Audiologist, Specialist, or Dispenser. See: Setting up roles and users for more information. |
Optionally, click the Fitter drop-down menu to select the hearing aid fitter.
Click the and/or button to order a hearing aid for the patient's left and/or right ear respectively. The button can be used for ordering serialized accessories.
Once aids are selected, the and buttons are disabled. Removing an aid from the order will re-enabled the corresponding button. See: Removing items from sale for more information. |
2. Click on the desired orderable item in the list.
3. Click the Prescriber drop-down menu to select the hearing aid prescriber.
4. Optionally, click the Fitter drop-down menu to select the hearing aid fitter.
5. Click the and/or button to order an orderable item for the patient's left and/or right ear respectively. The button can be used for ordering serialized accessories.
6. In the Enter aid color/notes dialog box, do one of the following:
7. Click .
If the sale will be paid for by an insurer for which special pricing applies, select the insurer within the Products & services panel. Correct pricing is displayed and used for the order. If the patient is covered by an insurer, whom normally pays the full amount of all purchases, the insurer will be selected by default. |
On the Order items tab, within the Products & services panel, click the Insurer drop-down menu to select the insurer.
Items with a benefit code and/or special pricing defined for the selected insurer are highlighted with a check mark. Insurer-specific services are highlighted with a star and are only visible when the insurer is selected. See: Setting up insurer coverage for more information. |
If the insurer does not appear in the drop-down menu, enter the policy information in the patient's Insurers tab before continuing with the sale. |
To quickly locate the desired item, type the first few letters of the item description in the Quick Find field. |
2. Select one or multiple products or services by double-clicking the items to add them to the order. The items appear on the Order items tab within the Other products & services panel.
Batteries which match a patient’s existing hearing aids are highlighted with L and/or R icons, signifying the left and/or right aid respectively. |
On the Order items tab, within the Other products & services panel, click in the Quantity cell beside the selected item.
Click the up and down arrows to adjust the quantity.
3. To save the change, click out of the cell, or click Enter on the keyboard.
The amount in the Total column is updated to match the Quantity x Unit price values. |
4. Click .
Item quantities can also be adjusted on the Cost allocation tab. |
Click Yes to generate the manufacturer order form. In the Enter report parameters dialog box, optionally enter a Rush date, Venting instructions, Canal length instructions, and Other instructions. Click Ok. Click the save or print icon in the top left-hand corner, or click to save a copy in the patient's Documents tab.
The Purchase order form can be customized with account numbers upon request, printed, and sent to the manufacturer. |
The order appears in the patient's Hearing aids tab and within the Aid orders screen, found by clicking the button on the main toolbar. A journal entry records the new aid order. |
If you have manufacturer specific order forms in your Blueprint OMS you can R-click on the hearing aid and select the order form. |
Locate the ordered hearing aid by doing one of the following:
Click to view or edit the order as needed.
On the Cost allocation tab, click .
Locate the ordered hearing aid by doing one of the following:
From the patients hearing aid tab right click on the desired aid and select order details.
From the general orders tab highlight the desired aid and Click .
On the Cost allocation tab, click .
In the Cancel order dialog box, do one of the following:
Click Yes to proceed.
Click No to cancel.
Upon cancelling an order, the aid is removed from the Ordered/delivered items tab and appears in 'Order cancelled' when you select the button within the patient's Hearing aids tab. The order is also removed from the Aid orders screen, found by clicking the button on the main toolbar |
If the 'Ordered' aids have already reached 'Received' status, process a return of the hearing aids instead. See: Returning hearing aids for more information. |