The Cost Calculator report will give you the totals that you are looking for. :-)
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Okay, I get it. Whenever I really want a total for something that I need to go to the CC rather that Find/History reports. The totals on some reports, other than the CC, are really mostly icing on the cake. I simply thought that some more UI consistency throughout the reports would be nice. I'm just trying to figure out what one report function provides vs another.

Thanks for the feedback, Antonio and Bruce. :)

If I can add my "two cents": I almost think that the term "medical history" is misleading. For some individuals (esp. those dealing with chronic illnesses/ disabilities) have medical histories that do not necessarily have direct cost implications tied to a specific action/date of service. It's an important distinction to make.

MEM is a quantitative, financial software tool for managing medical exenses. It is NOT, unfortunately, comprehensive software for COMPLETE household medical managment. I certainly hope that this is the long-term goal of the MEM product team (hint, hint)!!!! Otherwise, some of us will NEVER be able to have "everything" in one place. I'm in better shape but still need to have files, multiple systems, etc.

Barrie

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Okay, I get it. Whenever I really want a total for

something that I need to go to the CC rather that

Find/History reports. The totals on some reports,

other than the CC, are really mostly icing on the

cake. I simply thought that some more UI consistency

throughout the reports would be nice.

I agree that more consistency would be nice, but for me that means removing the dollar values from the Medication History. A History report should be one that I should have no qualms about showing any of my providers, but it is my belief that the provider has know business knowing how much I paid for what. Perhaps it's my small-town background showing through, but a provider knowing this type of financial history can affect how you are treated and billed in some communities.

I'm just

trying to figure out what one report function

provides vs another.

Thanks for the feedback, Antonio and Bruce. :)

-Tony

Excellent points.

Barrie, you hit the nail on the head. We called it a "patient history" instead of a "medical history" for just that reason -- it shows expense-related items, i.e. appointments and prescriptions, with their related billing and medical notes. Good enough for some people, not nearly as much as some could use. (hint taken)

Tony, we missed the point that people might not *want* to have financial info showing on medications. (And yes, LanMan, this wasn't consistent.) Since this information is available elsewhere (i.e. in Cost Calculator), maybe we should leave that out of Patient History in future versions.

And now that you've gotten me to thinking... it would probably help to let you include or exclude billing and medical notes in Patient History print-outs; you might want one or the other but not both.

Thanks, as always,

Bruce

P.S. You three are all regulars who know this... but it may be worth mentioning for new/prospective people cruising the forums that MEM is a finished product, even if it's still evolving.

:-)

In other words, I'm proud of it, but I'm always looking for ways to improve it.

Bruce, you and the QMEM should be proud. Don't take my feedback as criticism. My comments merely reflect my way of viewing things, and I wanted to see what others might think. While there is always room for improvement, or one persons wants/needs differ from others the QMEM product is very nice and has helped me a great deal already. That is really a high compliment as I am a new user. I can now see a clear picture of my medical expenses (not really a pretty picture), and that's very helpful. I may actually get a post-FSA funds tax deduction this year! ;)

By all means, keep your comments coming! You've all made some great points in the forums, and you help other people use MEM better, and you help other people deal with their medical-expense issues better, and you get us thinking about better ways to do stuff -- all great.

I just put that point in the end of my post in case there are prospective customers looking around the forums and saying to themselves, in effect, "I'm not buying that, it's not a finished product". We had a few commen

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We had a

few comments like that a few months ago, that they

thought it was still in beta, which frankly was kind

of crummy because they hadn't seen it and were just

reacting to the (very open) comments in the forums.

Well, also for the benefit of new browsers here, those comments were all aimed at version 1. I don't remember seeing a "this is beta" cry since v2 came out. Anyone can feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but I feel pretty comfortable saying that.

-Tony