Basics on the Noah integration

Overview of Noah integration

Blueprint OMS can be integrated with Noah version 4.7 (or newer). You can check what version you have by opening Noah and going to Help > About Noah. 

The integration provides the following functions:

• Transmitting patient data from Blueprint OMS to Noah
• Transmitting audiometric data from Noah to Blueprint OMS

BPLink application

Communication between the Noah server and Blueprint OMS is facilitated by a service called the BPLink, which runs only on the Noah server. The BPLink will start as soon as the server computer is turned on. 

If you want to check that the BPLink is running click on your Start menu/Windows icon > start typing services > select Services Desktop app.

The services menu will open and you should see the BPLink listed with the status of Running. 

Setting Pure Tone Average Frequencies

For audiograms transferred from Noah, the frequencies used to determine the pure tone average and calculate the hearing loss severity can now be set within Blueprint OMS. A user with the Maintain pure tone average frequencies user privilege can do this by selecting Noah > Pure Tone Average from the main menu.

If those frequencies are not set here, Blueprint OMS will default to using 500Hz, 1000Hz, and 2000Hz to calculate the PTA.

Setting other Noah import settings

Since Blueprint OMS has no method of determining the patient's hearing loss type or audiogram shape from the imported audiological data, it assigns a default type and shape to these data sets. To change these defaults, a user with the Maintain Noah import settings user privilege can go to Noah > Noah import settings from the main menu, and set new defaults from the pull-down menus.

Hearing Loss Severity Limits

To determine hearing loss severity, Blueprint OMS uses the following pure-tone average limits. To have these limits adjusted for your system, please submit a support ticket.

Exporting patients to Noah

1. On the Patient browser, do one of the following:
   • Highlight a patient name.
   • Open a patient file.

2. From the Noah drop-down menu, select Export patient to Noah.

3. A confirmation message appears when the patient is successfully exported

Patient data that transfers from Blueprint OMS to Noah 

• First Name
• Last Name
• Gender
• Birthdate
• Creation date
• Address
• City
• Zip
• Province
• Email
• Home telephone number

Automatically importing audiometric data into Blueprint OMS

1. Open the patient file in Noah and perform the hearing assessment.

2. When complete, save the test results in Noah.

3. The audiometric data automatically populates in Blueprint OMS within the patient’s Audiology tab.

Manually importing audiometric data into Blueprint OMS

If you need to import the audiometric data from Noah into Blueprint OMS at a later time you can follow the instructions below:

1. Open the patient file in Noah
2. R-click the hearing assessment
3. Select Web Export
4. The audiometric data will populate in Blueprint OMS within the patient’s Audiology tab.

Completing the data set

The  symbol next to the assessment date in the patient's Audiology tab indicates an incomplete data set.

1. Double-click on the assessment in the History panel.

3. In the Edit test results dialog box, select the Provider, Test Method, hearing loss Severity, Type, and Shape.

4. Enter diagnostic codes as desired using the ADD ICD CODE(S) button. See: Patient hearing assessments.

5. Click SAVE.

Deleting the data set

In the History panel, right-click on the data set you wish to delete, and select Delete.