What’s New – TouchMD Consult v5 Update

With feedback from our users in mind, TouchMD Consult has been updated to be faster and easier to use.  Available now in the Windows Store and Apple App store.  Requires Windows 10 for Windows devices, or iOS 13 for iPads.  Changes in this update will include:

• New modern look and layout
• Tab navigation
• Drawing switch
• New Select Image Method
• Compare Tool Update
• Updated drawing tools
• New color picker
• Image tray update
• View Recommendations & Homework from the patient dashboard
• Welcome Sheet
• Create a Note
• Social media
• Auto content syncing

New modern look and layout

A fresh new look for the TouchMD Consult app is headed your way! Just as before, patient educational materials are organized into Binders, Sheets, and Sections. However, the new update provides an easy-access and beautiful layout of these materials. These materials are conveniently housed in the Presentation tab that is located at the top of the Consult wherever you are within the app. Using the new “enhanced” sheet focused navigation, binders are now listed on the left-hand side. When a Binder is selected, Sheets are aesthetically displayed in tiles that may be quickly accessed by tapping the desired Sheet or dragging your finger from right to left to locate your desired Sheet. The placement of Sections didn’t change at all, however, be sure to notice the small, but gorgeous changes to fonts and icons. To navigate through the Sheet’s contents, drag your finger from right to left. No need to learn new tricks in recommending Sheets and Sections, playing videos, and opening illustrations and images. We left those the same!

By default, clients upgrading from version 4 will have the “Classic” binder navigation mode that you are used to using.  To try out the new “Enhanced” sheet focused navigation mode, tap the “Presentation Tab” to enter then new shortcut menu, then tap on the “Try New Navigation Mode” option.  The presentation will change back to classic mode if your tap “Home” from the app menu or reopen the app.

If you like the new “Enhanced” navigation mode, make it permanent on the “Content” admin dashboard. PLEASE NOTE: This is a shelf setting, if you have multiple shelves in your presentation, you will have to change the navigation mode for each desired shelf:

Tab navigation

With a fresh new look comes a snappy new layout of your favorite TouchMD features. This new update provides three convenient tabs – Patient, Presentation, and Image Tray. The Patient tab houses all the specific information and functions for your patients including Gallery, Consents, Homework, Interests, Recommendations and introducing Create a Note. The Presentation tab contains your patient educational materials for your different products and services. The Image Tray accommodates advanced image templates.

Tabbed navigation allows quick switching between the patient tab and your presentation while remembering your place within the content.

Drawing switch

When viewing any image, you can now quickly switch into drawing mode with one tap of the “Draw” button.  No navigation needed!

From the drawing, tap cancel to close the drawing tools and return right back to where you were before you started drawing.

New Select Image Method

We made selecting images faster and easier: Tap the “Select” tool and quickly tap the desired images, or tap the date to select all the images for that date. The bulk tool options delete, rotate, show/hide, & add to image tray will display.

Compare Tool Update

We reversed the workflow to make comparing images easier: Tap the compare tool button first, then select two images to compare. Once the second image is selected the image compare screen will open automatically.

Updated drawing tools

We are proud to present a new design of intuitive drawing tools in the latest update of the TouchMD Consult app. Each major tool has its own settings with this new design.  Each drawing tool setting may be altered individually, and that alteration setting saved for the next drawing session!

New color picker

This feature allows a specific color to be selected and used to alter a patient image. It may be used for simulation purposes to contour a patient’s face or body and/or to erase skin blemishes. The Color Picker is used in conjunction with the Pen, Square, Circle, and Line tools with each tool having 4 Color Pickers slots. To utilize the Color Picker, select the desired tool, such as; the Pen, tap one of the Color Picker slots and select the desired color found within the patient image. Once the color has been selected, use the pad of your finger, Apple Pencil or stylus to mark the image. To adjust the color selected, select the desired tool, and hold and press on the Color Picker slot and select the desired color. Note that the Color Picker slots will save and may be used in following consultations.

Image tray update

The image tray is now one of your new tabs so you can quickly access it.  Patient and content images are automatically organized into their own categories in the tray now located on the left of the screen. From the tray, drag and drop images into templates.

View Recommendations & Homework from the patient dashboard

From the patient dashboard, tap any recommendation or homework tile to see a preview of that item.  No more searching for recommendation stars, or guessing what is included in the patient’s homework.

Create a Note

Quickly add a note to a patients file. We’ve even included easy voice dictation to reduce the onscreen keyboard typing!

Welcome & Summary Screen

A new welcome screen allows you to access other areas of the patient file without having to display patient pictures.  Swipe right to reveal patient details and the most recent activity.

Welcome Sheet

You can now designate any sheet to be the starting point of your presentation.  This can be any sheet already in your presentation, or design a completely new one with information about your practice, new, and specials!   This is an optional feature, so you still have your practice image display on start.

Social media

Get ready to up your social media game with the new updates to TouchMD Consult app. This new feature allows you to display and showcase your social media platforms to your patients utilizing the updated Consult app. We encourage you to set these up today to prepare for this upcoming feature by utilizing the TouchMD Dashboard. To do so, log onto the Dashboard with your username and password and select “Content”. Once inside “Content”, navigate to the social media area and enter in your social media information. Your social media will display at the bottom of the updated Consult app while in the Presentation tab.

Auto content syncing

You can expect a simpler syncing process with the new TouchMD Consult update. Currently the app requires a “content sync”, but no more with this update! It features “Auto Sync”. As you browse your content in Consult, any new or updated patient educational materials that were added to the Content section of the TouchMD Dashboard will be updated automatically.