Phonebar V8.3.3
A gradual rollout for this version will run from Wednesday 3rd September - Thursday 2nd October. You will be notified via the Phonebar when the update is available for your site
Due to an update to our Phonebar certificate, you may need to update your App Locker via Powershell with the new certificate when you update to the latest version
Your IT team will need to make this change for you, but if you require further assistance, please get in contact with our Support Team by raising a ticket in the Support Portal
🚀 What's New
Surgery Intellect
Surgery Intellect, powered by TORTUS, is a voice-enabled AI assistant that uses ambient voice technology (AVT) to listen, transcribe and code consultations in real time via the Phonebar
It reduces the cognitive load for GPs and provides accurate, secure documentation. Once a clinician is happy with the summarised data, Surgery Intellect can file it into Surgery Connect for accurate, joined-up patient records
You can now sign up for a FREE, one-month trial of our voice-enabled assistant. Click here to register and see how it can transform your patient conversations and save minutes per consultation
Patient-Led Intellect
Surgery Intellect offers a streamlined workflow that saves clinician's time by automatically associating patients with launched consultations - eliminating the need for manual association, enhancing efficiency
When the Phonebar is connect to your clinical system and a patient is selected, Surgery Intellect pulls through their information ready for you to complete your consultation
Once the consultation is complete and the outputs have been generated, the content can then be saved directly to Surgery Connect for accurate, joined up patient care
Standalone Mode
Surgery Intellect can also be used in Standalone Mode, allowing you to generate consultations or dictations without attaching this to a patient. This can be used as a way to explore the feature, test your setup is ready for patient clinics, or to support other non-patient tasks
For more information, see our Surgery Intellect Help Guides and Academy Course
💡Other Updates
Introducing Call History to the Communications Window
As part of our efforts to centralise communications within the Phonebar, we have added a new Calls Tab to the Communications Window
Selecting an item from the left hand column displays the call information, as well as the ability to listen to the call recording
Calls can be filtered within this tab, allowing you to easily locate items by Direction, Outcome, Type and Dates
For more information, see our Communications Window Academy Course and Help Guide
🛠️ Minor Fixes
Stability improvements and minor fixes
General UI improvements
Surgery Connect Updates 2025
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