September 2011

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• Not for Profit
• Improved Views and Functionality
• In Hospital Claiming
• Postcard from Latvia
• Taking CONTROL Workshops

Some of you will remember the Business Name Rubberball and the reference to Bryan Dysan’s (CEO of Coca Cola) comment: Life is made up of five balls: Work, Family, Health, Friends and Spirit. Nothing has changed. The Work Ball is made of rubber and you should let it bounce and look after the ‘glass balls’. Our aim is to help you bounce the ‘rubberball’. We all carry on in this crazy 'must have now world'. Some of us have lost loved ones recently or been awaken by a health scare. Take time to smell the Roses!

My John has planted eleven Peace Roses outside our office window that are now in flower. Absolutely wonderful working from home as do your Direct CONTROL support people enjoy … (Greg, David, Phil and Jessica and now let us welcome Leoni). … click here for more information on the Peace Rose

You will be receiving now your invoice for Annual Support. There is a 10% increase on Annual Support based on CPI/Inflation increases over the last five years. We know that our pricing is more than competitve and the support we offer goes well beyond supporting the product, Direct CONTROL. Please appreciate that we have built in many functions and processes to include ECLIPSE and IHC and not charged extra for these.

Robyn, Greg, David, Phil, Jessica and Leoni
The Team

 

 

Not for Profit

We are proud to be working with the Royal Flying Doctors Queensland,  Allowah Childrens Hospital and The Shepherd Centre. These are ‘not for profit’ clients that we ask you to be aware of and should you donate to such organisations, please consider them.

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Improved Views and Functionality

In the recent update you will note the improved views. All Grid Views now have much more functionality. This provides better management of lists particularly for our larger clients and Day Hospitals. Click here for an overview.

The Online Help Content is also being updated. There is much detail here and we are making it easier to access.

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In Hospital Claiming

Well it is finally happening for our Hospitals. We are in testing with Medicare … so just waiting for their approval.

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Postcard from Latvia

Phil is rugging up in Latvia with their winter approaching. He took a tour to Russia a few weeks back (see picture on left) but failed to note his tour Guide only spoke Russian.

Latvian words we have learnt to date are:

Good morning	Labrit
Good afternoon	Labdien
Thank you	Paldeas

 

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Taking CONTROL Workshops 2011

These are really taking off with great attendance at Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane. We are now offering them at the Gold Coast and Sydney. They provide you with the tools and resources to take CONTROL of the IT aspect of your Business based on your business needs as well as getting a complete overview or workflow.

Topics include:

• Be Informed and know your Options
  • Needs Analysis
  • Turn OFF the Computers
• IT Infrastructure Options and Cost
  • Networks In House or In The Cloud
  • Mobility with Remote Desktop Access
  • Mobility with iPADs and iPhones
  • Security
• Medicare Australia Online Direct Billing
  • Bulk Bill
  • DVA Streamlined Paperless
  • ECLISPE
  • Patient Claiming
  • Online Eligibility Checking
  • In Hospital Claiming
  • Provider Directory
  • HPOS
• Your Website
• Patient Portal and the Electronic Health Record
• Talk about ePaper
• Health Identifiers
• The Health Record

Cost is discounted per attendees from the same Practice/ABN. Cost is GST Inclusive

1st Attendee	2nd Attendee	3rd Attendee	4th Attendee	5th + each	Total Cost	Average it out
440	330	220	110	55

Cost includes:

• Refreshments on Arrival/Registration
• Lunch
• Refreshments at End of Session

Please email support@DirectCONTROL.com.au expressing your interest in attending, Preferred City and estimated attendees from your Practice.

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The Peace Rose

It was first pollinated on June 15, 1935, by Francis Meilland and his father. In the summer of 1936, they used some of its eyes for grafting. On October 10, 1936 they saw the first buds were opening.

In June of 1939, an international conference of rose hybridizers was held in Lyon. When it visited the Meilland firm, this was the rose that everyone noticed. Several months later when the Nazi invasion of France seemed imminent, Francis Meilland sent eyes of the plant to rose growers that he knew in Turkey, Germany, Italy, and the U.S.

When Robert Pyle of Conard-Pyle received the eyes, he propagated plants, and sent them to the American Rose Society for testing. In 1944 after France was liberated, Pyle wrote to Meilland, explaining that he planned to release the plants once the war ended.

He chose the name ‘Peace’ for the name-giving ceremony at the Pacific Rose Society Annual Exhibition on April 29, 1945, the very day that Berlin fell. That same year, Dr. Ray Allen, secretary of the American Rose Society, sent each of the 49 delegations at the inaugural meeting of the United Nations in San Francisco a single, long-stemmed ‘Peace’ rose with the following note, “We hope the ‘Peace’ rose will influence men’s thoughts for everlasting world peace.”

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