1 - Differences between SOAPware 4 and SOAPware 2008

Understanding the scope of implementation is crucial at this point. Many clinicians expect that learning/using SOAPware 2008+ will be more like riding a bicycle. Most clinicians know how to ride a bicycle, and they can hop on just about any bicycle and just ride it. Clinicians also know how to create medical records, so they expect to be able to be able to just walk up to SOAPware 2008+ and jump right in. They often don’t realize that using SOAPware 2008+ is more like jumping into an airplane than jumping onto a bicycle (BTW, SOAPware v4.x was more like a sophisticated bicycle). Once clinicians realize they are shifting to a completely different paradigm, this guide has proven to be a useful flight trainer. 

Fairly comprehensive Guide as to the steps to take and many links - SOAPware V4 to 2008 Migration Guide  

Also see:

• Document Design Codes That DO NOT Convert from Version 4.x
• After conversion from v4, Note that drug interactions will be triggered anytime there is old, v4 meds in the summary medications field or old items in the summary allergies field.

Prescriptions are no longer printed from the same list as other types of documens. Prescription printing should only be performed in the Rx Manager.

A robust offering of pick list funcitonality has replaced Pen Templates. Unfortunately, the redesign to offer more flexible pick lists rendered the lists in pen templates as non-convertable.

Health Maintenance rule information in v4 is only partially converted. The information in the Notes section of the v4 rules are combined and placed into a single entry for each rule after the conversion.

The Consultant List in v4 is converted into the Contact List in SOAPware 2008+.

Reference:

What's wrong with my converted codes from v4?

What is structured text, discrete data or more granular text?

Would you refill my gobbilty goop?

Some Key Issues when upgrading from v5 are addressed here =  SOAPware 2008.0 . This has some good information for v4 users, but is primarily for v5 users.

Created in 2007, these are a little dated, but about as concise a review of how functions have been renamed and moved from v4 to v5. it is about 10 minutes of overview - Videos of the Differences between SOAPware 4 and SOAPware 2008

Here are the first videos that introduced SMARText and docuplates in 2007 for v6 - Next Generation Documentation "Get Started"