There are important considerations to keep in mind before transitioning to OSCAR Pro. The table below highlights some of the common changes noted by IndiviCare users during this transition. Understanding these adjustments will help ensure a smoother process.
| Feature | OSCAR Pro | IndiviCare |
| Consultation creation | The consultant’s name is displayed. Pasting prescriptions will only paste active medications. | The consultant’s name and address are displayed. Pasting prescriptions pastes all medications. |
| Ticklers | Ticklers can be assigned to an individual user. | Ticklers can be assigned to a specific role. Each user with that role will have the tickler in their list. |
| eChart Customization | Users can customize the CPP areas’ location, and whether some of the areas are shown on the chart. | Users can customize the eChart by hiding or displaying specific sections. |
| eForm Attachments | The ‘Rich Text Letter – Attach’ with attachment functionality eForm allows you attach documents from the patient’s chart to the eForm. This is the only eForm allowing attachments. | Attachment manager offers more options when it comes to adding attachments to eForms. This feature will be integrated into OSCAR Pro shortly. |
| Prevention Report | OSCAR Pro offers flexibility to customize patient sets, allowing for timely adjustments based on the Ministry’s guidelines. Consequently, reports from OSCAR Pro are more likely to reflect the most current information, ensuring accuracy in determining patient eligibility, compliance, and other status classifications. | A provider is selected to run prevention reports, allowing no customization of the patient set. |
| Rich Text Letter (RTL) | The ‘Rich Text Letter – Attach’ eForm replaces the IndiviCare letter tooling. | The IndiviCare letter writing tool is not compatible with OSCAR Pro. |
| eChart Prescription List | Only long-term and active acute medications are displayed in the eChart view. This allows you to easily reference your active medications without having to open the Rx module. This feature is intended to streamline your access to critical medical information. | All medications, including expired prescriptions, are displayed on the eChart view. |