Category: 2.0

• Added account filtering to the Exports Tab
• Sorted the account selection at login alphabetically for portal users
• Added validation to Alt Email
• Fixed an issue with modal and loading icons persisting on the login screen
• Fixed an issue where the most recent search data was not always loaded
• Added an option to delete a barcode in the Barcode Setup
• Fixed an issue where Roles were not being filtered correctly
• Fixed an issue with the “Submit (Received)” button when editing an order
• Fixed an issue where the grid would show a “loading” icon when it shouldn’t
• Fixed an issue where the user would receive an error when editing a barcode format
• Made improvements to pagination

General Updates

• Account admins can now add all locations at once when creating a doctor or user
• Account admins can now attach a new location to all doctors or users
• Lab admins can restore deleted orders within 24 hours of rejection to their previous status.
• Lab techs can create new orders with a status of ‘Submitted’
• Added function to combine patient records
• Added phone fax, and contact name and email info for the insurance carriers
• Added additional validation to date fields (make sure dates are within a logical range)
• In the address fields, State name are now stored as the State abbreviation
• Removed account email and phone requirements when creating a new Account
• Add options that help Lab admins organize accounts by user-defined tags
• Added option to filter orders by account tags
• Lab admins can add additional contact info on the requisition form (e.g., a website or email address)
• The Lab Time zone is used to build the sample UID
• Added optional CHAIN OF CUSTODY requisition form

Updates on Barcode Printing

• Barcode formatting is now defined by the analyzer model
• QC and Samples can have different Barcode formats
• The number of barcodes’ to be printed per sample/QC can be defined
• Additional Barcode formats have been added
• Added Formats that show received at and collected at date on the barcode

Minor General Fixes

• On the portal login, the list of accounts is not in alphabetical order
• Improved error handling on the signature capture

This update allows the import of Pharmacogenomics results, as well as other non-numerical results.

These are referred to as ‘external results’.

To enable this feature:

• Locate the ‘Results Externally’ flag for the analyzer and set to “on”
• Locate the ‘Results Externally’ flag for the test and set to “on”

Note: Once an analyzer or test is created and set to ‘Resulted Externally’, it cannot be changed.

Release Notes

Effective May 22, 2022 at 10:00 PM CST

• Result importing time has been reduced by up to a factor of 10.
• Added On Hold Feature:
  • Lab user can place orders on hold and note why.
  • Portal and Lab users can see what orders have been placed On-Hold, when the hold occurred, and why.
  • “On-Hold” can be used to filter orders.
• Added the Insurance companies the compendium download.
• Custom panels are now indicated on barcode with an asterisk (*).
• Orders can now be filtered on if they have a custom panel.
• On the order entry screen, Account, Collector, Collection Site, Physician, and Specimen will auto-fill if only one option is available for any of those fields.
• Photos can be attached to Patient records now either via upload or webcam.
• Improvements to the Patient searching:
  • Removed Edit/New Patient from left Menu, Replaced with Patients (used for searching patients)
  • Search view will show a new UI Grid with Account Name, Patient name, SSN (Masked), sex, race, DOB,  and address.
  • Option to print a Patient history.
  • Option to delete a Patient (Note: Only works if no orders are tied to the patient record).
• Custom Result report notes:
  • Lab admins can now define what notes show up on result reports.
  • Notes can be set to show based on date, test, and/or methodology.
    • All previously listed report notes for each lab have been added to the lab’s administration area. This includes all retroactive date range or lab specific notes.
• Prevent Panel template names from containing an asterisk (*).
• Overall performance improvements:
  • Additional Database indexes added.
  • In memory server (REDIS) added for role and permission caching.
• When compendiums are downloaded, the file name will now be the name of the compendium.

Bug Fixes:

• Results from deleted test were displaying in the Order Results view.
• In the Order Form, the cursor hover on the file name was text-selection, and is pointer now.
• When creating a panel, the user was able to select Tests that didn’t match the panel methodology.
• Doctor signatures were not showing on the requisition form if the signature is a jpg.
• QC Charts graphing error when dates were out of chronological sequence.
• Order Entry doctor list was not showing a complete list of Doctors.
• When only one specimen-type is in the drop-down on the order form, the test panels did not show up.
• Fixed the portal “Selected account” dropdown displaying an incorrect list from the previous cached user (No access rights were available).

Release Notes:

• Orders now show if they are unread, or have been read
• Redact Order functionality added
  • Redact any order from the View All Orders table
  • Orders which have been released will be marked Redacted
• Updates to User Invite functionality
  • Invites can now expire, be revoked, and be resent
  • Now shows when invites were sent, accepted, and user’s last login time
• Bulk Import functionality added for Patients and Insurance Carriers
• Doctor’s signatures are now appearing on signed Doctor’s forms
• Orders which have been released are flagged as such on on the Order Results table
• Time zones are now included in time fields displayed on orders
• Added a secondary Requisition Report design with the option to select which your Lab would like to use

Hot Fixes:

• Fixed an issue with user tokens being created
• Resolved an error where the requisition form button was not working on the Result Samples page
• Fixed a bug where HL7 tabs were not showing & clarified the messaging on resending a draft message
• Resolved an issue with Result Reports  & QC barcode printing
• Various UI polishes to the Exports feature including clearer messaging and export status

Release Notes

• Added the option to enable HL7-DFT export for all orders.
  • Upload on release or through bulk process via FTP
  • Reports can be export and emailed for download
  • HL7 exports, generations, and uploads are logged
• Clarified UTC on time fields
  • Collection date/time now includes a time zone dropdown
  • Collection time is stored in UTC
• Added the Insurance/Payor list to manage insurance listings linked with accounts.
  • Insurance listings can be uploaded via excel template
• Added a flag to the order results table to denote orders that have been released.