This document describes the changes available in each CheckUp Update. Updates are downloaded and applied using the Check For Updates feature found on CheckUp's Home Page. Updates are cumulative, so each new update contains all changes from previous updates. CheckUp users can submit change requests using the Comments & Suggestions feature.

Introduced in 1.5.5

Released July 16, 2007

Increased the size of the CheckUp window so scroll bars no longer appear when using Vista.
CheckUp will now allow Vista users to restart CheckUp after an update.
Increased the number of characters allowed in Notes and Reason fields for Medication, Immunization, Procedure, Visit, and Illness, Disease, and Injury entries to 400 characters.
Fixed bug that incorrectly allowed duplicate custom Tests.
Fixed bug in Exercise and Diet entries that causes a fatal exception when non-numeric values were entered.
Fixed bug that allowed an extra character to be appended to the end of a Journal entry that caused it to exceed the maximum length allowed by the database.
Fixed character encoding issue to allow formatted text copied from Microsoft Office products to be entered in the Journal.
Removed broken links from health.edu.

Introduced in 1.5.4

Released December 13, 2006

Made changes so CheckUp is compatible with Internet Explorer 7.
Fixed a bug that caused portions of large sets of Journal Test entries to be hidden.
Added a feature allowing you to search within the Person List when more than 20 names are listed.
Added sorting features in the Person List.
Fixed a bug to allow zero calories on Custom Food Entries.
Changed the health.edu section to not expire articles.

Introduced in 1.5.3

Released September 27, 2006

Fixed a bug in the Exercise Journal entry by making Calories a required field.
Added the test 'Calcitonin, Serum' to the Test Search Tool.
Added new health.edu articles.

Introduced in 1.5.2

Released June 7, 2006

Added the ability to filter entries for the Journal Report by keywords and providers.
Fixed a bug that caused a fatal exception when the name of a provider was deleted.
Fixed a bug that caused the Journal to shift to the right when a specific message was displayed in the Messages section.
Fixed a bug that caused an automatic backup to fail when CheckUp was restarted before the backup finished.
Added new health.edu articles.

Introduced in 1.5.1

Released March 16, 2006

Added the ability to graph many kinds of Tests.
Added the ability to graph Fiber.
Added the ability to copy Journal entries.
Rotated the X-Axis label on graphs 90 degrees so more would fit on each graph.
Added several tests to the Test Search Tool including many tests for Therapeutic Drug Levels.
Added the ability to specify exact date ranges and categories when printing the Journal. Also added summaries for the nutritional information from Diet entries.
Users can now edit the calorie field on Exercise Journal entries.
Added a Cost field and increased the size of the Notes field on the Illness, Disease and Injury Journal entry form.
Added a Cost field to the Diary entry form.
Added a Time field and increased the size of the Reason for Visit box on the Visit entry form.
Added a Notes box to the Procedure and Immunization entry forms.
Added a Setting to allow users to specify the storage directory for CheckUp's backup files.
Added a Last Successful Backup date to the About CheckUp page.
Added new medical facts and CheckUp usage hints to the Messages area.
Fixed a bug that prevented special characters like < and > from being displayed in the Normal Result area of Tests.
Fixed a bug that caused 12:00 AM to be displayed when a Journal entry was added with no time entered.
Fixed a bug that caused a fatal exception to occur when a user accidently double-clicked on the OK button when adding a new food.
Added new health.edu articles.

Introduced in 1.5

Released January 19, 2006

Fixed a bug in the Journal which caused a fatal error when trying to edit a Medication entry.
Improved the performance of the Medications and Providers Profiles.
Added field for Work Phone to General Profile and the PDF report.
Added a Provider field to the Vision Profile.
Increased the allowed length of a Provider name.
Introduced a new Home page with more information to help new users get started using CheckUp.
Added a new Setting that allows users to define how they want certain Profile sections sorted.
Added a checkbox to each Provider in the Providers Profile to allow users to indicate which Providers they currently see.
Added options to filter the Providers Profile.
Changed the Journal so that it remembers the date of the previous entry when the Apply button is used.
Added new health.edu articles.

Introduced in 1.4.8

Released December 7, 2005

Fixed bug which caused a fatal error when deleting Providers.
Providers in the Provider Profile can be collapsed or expanded by using the Plus and Minus icons. This allows users to see more providers per screen.
Changed the Provider and General Profiles to automatically capitalize the state in an address.
Added a second address line to each Provider entry.
Added occupation, place of birth, marital status, hair color, and eye color fields to the General Profile along with a place to indicate you have an Advance Directive.
Added support for Windows 2003, Windows XP 64-bit, and Windows Vista.
Added a new option to the Comments & Suggestions form.
Added new health.edu articles.

Introduced in 1.4.7

Released October 17, 2005

Added a new setting that allows users to customize the This Year and Last Year Time options to correspond with the fiscal year of their insurance company.
Added a Notes field to Illness, Disease and Injury entries.
Changed the Administered By and Performed By fields in the Immunization and Procedure entries to drop down boxes with Providers of type Organization only.
Added new health.edu articles.

Introduced in 1.4.6

Released September 9, 2005

Added address and phone number fields to the General Profile. Also included them on the Health Record Report (PDF).
Stopped the Diary Journal entry from allowing more than 500 characters to be entered. Any characters over 500 were being truncated later.
Symbols are now properly displayed in the Journal and Journal print layout.
Added School Nurse to the list of Provider types in the Provider Profile.
Decreased the time it takes to display the Person List.
Added new health.edu articles.

Introduced in 1.4.5

Released August 12, 2005

Fixed issue in Journal with entering blood pressure information using a Test entry instead of a Blood Pressure entry.
Fixed issue in Search Tool where custom values with extra spaces in the name were not recognized as valid entries.
Removed broken links in the health.edu section and added new articles.

Introduced in 1.4.4

Released June 8, 2005

Fixed issue in Profile that caused some entries to disappear in a specific situation.
Adjusted the Prescribed By drop down box in the Medication Journal Entry to account for Provider names entered in all caps.
Corrected the spelling of Prescribed in the Medication Profile print layout.
Fixed issue with Medication Profile which caused the word 'null' to be added to the Notes box when upgrading from a version prior to 1.4.

Introduced in 1.4.3

Released May 27, 2005

Added new health.edu articles.
Fixed issue with the General and Heart Profiles so that the height, weight, blood pressure and cholesterol values with the most recent date are displayed.
Changed the Expenses YTD section to not include costs associated with Journal entries beyond the current date.
Updated the Help page.

Introduced in 1.4.2

Released May 5, 2005

Added new health.edu articles.
Updated the Journal print layout to include the medication fields added in 1.4.
Changed the Health Record Report Generator to update the layout of the Medications page.
Corrected issue that caused an emailed Health Record Report .PDF file to not include medications when the medications box was checked.
Fixed bug in the Provider Profile that caused a fatal error when deleting some providers.
Fixed rounding error in costs over $10,000.

Introduced in 1.4.1

Released April 25, 2005

Added new health.edu articles.
Fixed an issue with Product Update System where it did not correctly identify when the file download had been interrupted.
Changed the Data Backup Tool to keep the last three backup files instead of only one.

Introduced in 1.4

Released April 8, 2005

Added Test for 'Pain Rating Scale, Numeric' and 'Overall Health Rating Scale'.
Added Exercise for 'Step Counting with Pedometer Pete'
Added Graphs for 'Pain Level', 'Overall Health Scale', 'Step Count' and 'Step Count per Day'.
Added new health.edu articles.
Graph types are now listed in alphabetical order in the Graphing Tool.
The Search Tool has been improved to show entries that begin with the search term first to make it easier to find the item you are looking for.
Added Today, Yesterday and Last Year as sorting options in the Journal.
Fields have been added to the Medication Profile and Medication Journal Entry for Prescription Number, Prescription Expiration Date and the location where the prescription was filled.
The Instructions and Warnings fields in the Medication Profile and Medication Journal Entry have been consolidated into one field called Notes to make room for the new prescription fields.
Users can now choose which medications are shown in the Medication Profile by changing the View between Current Only and All. They can also specify the type of medications shown by selecting All, Prescription, Over The Counter or Supplement.
The medication entries in the Medication Profile can be collapsed or expanded by using the Plus and Minus icons. This allows users to see more medications per screen.
The Medication Profile now has two print options. Once the print preview is opened, users can switch between a detailed view showing all fields and a summary view only showing the medication name, prescribed by, dosage and dates taken.
The fields in the Medication Profile and Medication Journal Entry are now more consistent.

Introduced in 1.3.3

Released March 18, 2005

Improved performance during startup and when switching pages in the Health Record.
Improved support for proxy servers.
Made cosmetic improvements to the Activation page.
Fixed issue in Medication Profile that caused an error when trying to save an empty entry.

Introduced in 1.3.2

Released February 11, 2005

Added High Blood Pressure to Family History Profile.
Fixed issue with the Data Backup utility that caused some backup files to be corrupted.

Introduced in 1.3.1

Released December 13, 2004

New tests have been added to the Test Entry form.
The PSA test has been added to the list of graphable values in the Graphing Tool.
Users can now create custom Tests and Allergies.

Introduced in 1.3

Released November 19, 2004

New foods have been added to the Diet Entry form including menu items from 10 popular fast food restaurants, soft drinks as well as diet and energy foods.
The health.edu section has been refreshed with new articles.
New graph types have been added to the Graphing Tool. Graphs can now be generated for blood pressure, cholesterol, and glucose.
The Expenses section of the Health Record now offers the Expense Report Generator. Click on the $ icon to begin creating customized financial reports.

Introduced in 1.2.1

Released October 29, 2004

The printable view for the Journal has been further updated to make it easier to read.
Fixed bug in PDF generation.
Fixed bug which caused an error to occur if a user tried to open the Help page before activating CheckUp.
Corrected the page title on the Providers Profile printable view.
Added a quantity to the servings in the Serving drop down box on the Diet Journal Entry form.

Introduced in 1.2

Released October 15, 2004

A Provider Profile has been added for storing contact information for healthcare providers.
The printable views have been updated to make them easier to read.
The Health Record Report Generator has been created to allow you to generate a PDF file containing selected pieces of your Health Record to view, save or email to your physician.
Diary Journal entries now have date and time fields.
All Journal entry forms are prepopulated with the current date and time.
The Journal now has an Apply button which will allow you to create a new Journal entry without closing the entry form each time.
The performance of the Graphing Tool has been improved.

Introduced in 1.1.1

Released September 17, 2004

Added an extensive list of injuries to the Illnesses, Diseases and Injuries Search Tool.
Added Stitches and Colonoscopy to the Procedures Search Tool. Also, corrected the spelling of Colostomy.
You can now enter custom procedure, medication, immunization, and illness, disease and injury information using the [Add New ...] buttons found in the top right corner of the associated Search Tools. This makes it convenient to customize CheckUp to your specific needs.

Introduced in 1.1

Released September 3, 2004

The [print] button has been replaced by a printer icon.
Added Stent Implantation to the Procedures Search Tool.
The Workout section of the Profile has been renamed Diet & Fitness.
You can now create and monitor Diet & Fitness goals for Weight Loss, Weight Gain, Calorie Consumption, Carbohydrate Consumption, Fat Consumption, Protein Consumption, Calories Expended and Exercise Minutes. An easy-to-follow graph is shown in the Assessment area of the Health Record for each goal to give you real-time results as new Journal entries are added.
You can now create graphs based on Journal entries to analyze trends in your heath information. Graphs can be created to show weight, calories consumed, calories expended, carbohydrates, protein, fat, exercise or calories consumed vs. calories expended. You can specify the date range and a time scale for each graph. You can access the Graphing Tool by clicking the graph icon found at the top of the Journal next to the printer icon.
You can now enter custom food and exercise information using the [Add New Food] and [Add New Exercise] buttons found in the top right corner of the Diet and Exercise Search Tools. This makes it convenient to customize CheckUp to your specific needs.

Introduced in 1.0.3

Released August 27, 2004

The Illnesses & Diseases section of the Profile and Journal has been renamed Illnesses, Diseases & Injuries.
Journal entries for Diet now allow partial serving sizes.
The Diabetes Assessment now takes Occupational Activity Level (from the Workout Profile) into account when determining risk.
The Print layout for the Journal now shows calories burned for Exercise entries.
Medication dosage entries now allow up to 3 decimal places.
Added Latex, Liquid Adhesives and Liquid Adhesive Removers to the Allergy Search Tool.
Added Knee Injuries to the Illnesses, Diseases & Injuries Search Tool.
Added Docusate Sodium and Calcium Carbonate to the Medication Search tool.
Added Port-A-Cath Placement, Central Line Placement, Peripherally Inserted Catheter (PIC) Placement, Gastric Tube Placement, Hemodialysis Tube Placement, Peritoneal Dialysis Tube Placement, Miscarriage Dilatation and Curettage (D & C), Fundoplication, Adenoidectomy and Knee Surgery to the Procedure Search Tool.

Introduced in 1.0.2

Released August 13, 2004

Medication dosages can now be entered as decimals where previously they were restricted to whole numbers.
New prescription medications have been added to the Search Tool.
Entries for broken bones are now available in the Illnesses & Diseases Search Tool as well as the Procedures Search Tool.
Enhanced Startup and Shutdown systems prevent multiple CheckUp processes from running at the same time.
Added a section to the Help page for a module specific to a partner organization.

Introduced in 1.0.1

Released August 4, 2004

The Journal display for Visit entries now reads "Reason: Not Specified" if no reason is given. Previously, "Reason: null " was displayed.
All exercises can now be deleted from the Workout Profile without an error being displayed.
Added complete family of Tylenol over-the-counter products to Medication Search Tool. Also added Advil Flu & Body Ache.
Corrected the way a person's name was displayed on the print pages of the Profile.
Added One-A-Day 50 Plus and Centrum to Medication Search Tool.
Corrected error in module specific to a partner organization that occurred on Window 98 and Window ME.

*CheckUp 1.0 was released July 19, 2004.