Acupuncture Technology News

Let’s talk about Patient Management… When you first open AcuGraph, it opens in Secure Mode. Secure Mode is HIPAA compliant and doesn’t show any personal health information. If you’re in a safe place and there’s no prying eyes around, you can click to show all patients for your management and staffing needs. Click again to hide all the patient records, returning to Secure Mode, thus, maintaining the confidentiality of your records. To find a patient, whether... Read more

In this tutorial, we’re going to talk about the spinal treatment recommendations that AcuGraph makes. When you’re looking at the graph you can click on the Spinal tab. Here, you’ll see a picture of the Spine with some areas shaded. The shading has several different degrees of red, and some areas are not shaded at all. The more shading and the more red that you have in a particular area, the more likely there is to be a spinal... Read more

In this tutorial we’re going to look at how to use the Patient File in AcuGraph 5. To see the patient file, first type in a patient’s name. Once you found and selected the patient,  there are icons on the top-right corner which shows the: Overview Patient File New Exam Last Graph Let’s start with Overview. This shows you a general overview about this patient. You can put an image on the patient’s profile to recognize... Read more

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to archive and unarchive patients from your AcuGraph patient database. We’ll start in the AcuGraph Home screen and click on Show All Patients. This will reveal the entire list of patients in your database. Select a patient and click on the pencil icon on the right to edit the patient information. In the edit patient window, click on Archive Patient, then Save.   Now, when you return to the Home screen you’ll notice that... Read more

AcuGraph Food Treatment Plan Let’s look at the Food portion of AcuGraph and how you can use the food recommendations in designing your treatment plan. When you look at your patient’s graph you can click on the Food tab and you’ll see a miniature graph in the top left corner. You can click on a channel on that graph thumbnail to reveal a list of  TCM Patterns associated with that channel. Select a TCM pattern to reveal the Key Symptoms,... Read more

In this walkthrough we’re going to talk about how to print or email a report to your patient. AcuGraph 5 – Printing and Emailing When we’re ready to print a graph, we simply click on the Print/Email button below the graph. Clicking this button has the same effect as clicking on the Summary tab above the graph. The software will automatically create the report and show a live preview as adjustments are made in the settings. You can... Read more

Let’s walk through the process of performing an Exam. We’ll start by selecting a patient. Then click on New Exam. By default, AcuGraph measures the Source points. As you perform the exam you will see a picture of the point your measuring. On the right side of the screen, two visual indicators show additional information about the measurement. For each measurement you’ll see that countdown timer so you can see how much longer you have on that point before the... Read more