{"id":92937,"date":"2020-11-05T11:40:51","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T11:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.phorest.com\/updates\/october-product-update-usa\/"},"modified":"2020-11-05T11:40:51","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T11:40:51","slug":"october-product-update-usa","status":"publish","type":"updates","link":"https:\/\/www.phorest.com\/gb\/updates\/october-product-update-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"October Product Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<script src=\"https:\/\/phorest.wistia.com\/medias\/ht6kviyeaz.jsonp\" async=\"\">\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/assets\/external\/E-v1.js\" async=\"\">\n<\/script>\n<div class=\"wistia_responsive_padding\" style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\">\n<div class=\"wistia_responsive_wrapper\" style=\"height:100%;left:0;position:absolute;top:0;width:100%;\">\n<div class=\"wistia_embed wistia_async_ht6kviyeaz videoFoam=true\" style=\"height:100%;position:relative;width:100%\">\n<div class=\"wistia_swatch\" style=\"height:100%;left:0;opacity:0;overflow:hidden;position:absolute;top:0;transition:opacity 200ms;width:100%;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/embed\/medias\/ht6kviyeaz\/swatch\" style=\"filter:blur(5px);height:100%;object-fit:contain;width:100%;\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" onload=\"this.parentNode.style.opacity=1;\">\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><br>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s been a busy month in Phorest&#8217;s Product &amp; Development team as we launched a host of features updates and new features. 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