============================================================================= Run Date: DEC 01, 2020 Designation: GMRC*3*164 Package : GMRC - CONSULT/REQUEST TRACKING Priority: Mandatory Version : 3 SEQ #144 Status: Released Compliance Date: DEC 16, 2020 ============================================================================= Subject: CONSULT TOOLBOX 1.9.0078 Category: - Informational Description: ============ ************************************************************************** This is an informational patch explaining changes in Consult Toolbox. NOTE: This patch is loaded on individual PC workstations via System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)software update push from local/regional Office of Information and Technology (OIT). There is nothing that local sites can or need to do besides communicate changes to the clinical users. No code changes were made to the VistA Consult application package to accommodate these enhancements. ************************************************************************** Version 1.9.0078 modifies the Consult Toolbox application as described below: 1. New functionality will suppress the launch legacy CTB when using CPRS connected to a VistA installation configured to support the web based CTB application. 2. Launch DST behavior has been updated to work with a change to the install locations for the Chrome browser beginning with Chrome v85 ************************************************************************** This software was created by the Atlanta VA Medical Center in response to a need to manage the process of consult management. During the life of a consult, there are prescribed steps of actions to be taken, and there is a need to be able to track these steps at an individual patient level. Additionally, there is a need to be able to understand the overall status of consult management at a macro level, and identify specific services needing attention or resources. Without opening and reading a patient medical record, it is difficult to identify which patients have had which scheduling steps completed. This software does several things. First, it makes it very easy for staff to document actions completed quickly and consistently. Second, it uses consistent verbiage to document these steps. Third, it eliminates the need to take a second action or make a separate entry to track scheduling steps. Fourth, this consistent verbiage allows software analysis of records without needing to have software changes to VistA or CPRS. A separate process using Corporate Data Warehouse (CDW) queries and reports allows the creation of views showing such things as, patients who have not had a first call, or a second call, scheduling letter sent, or how much time has passed between these events. Together, these allow tracking and managing consults without the need to keep a separate list or other workflows to know which consults need attention. Additional Information: ----------------------- This software watches keyboard and mouse activity, and comes to life when certain conditions occur. 1. It only activates when CPRS windows titled "Receive Consult", "Add Comment to Consult" or "Discontinue Consult" are displayed and have focus. Otherwise, nothing happens. 2. When the user initiates a trigger event and one of the windows identified above has focus, then depending on the open window, a menu appears for the user to select the appropriate action. Based on the results of this action, the software inserts the appropriate text into the CPRS window. 3. The defined trigger is usually a right mouse click in the supported CPRS window but, based on user settings, may be tied to other CPRS actions such as the display of one of the windows identified above. New Service Requests (NSRs): -------------------- N/A Defect Tracking System Ticket(s) & Overview: -------------------- N/A Problem: -------- N/A Resolution: ----------- N/A Test Sites: -------------------- Ft. Harrison, MT Madison, WI Salisbury, NC Software and Documentation Retrieval Instructions: ---------------------------------------------------- Documentation describing the new functionality and/or a host file containing a build may be included in this release. Sites may retrieve the software and/or documentation directly using Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) from DOWNLOAD.VISTA.DOMAIN.EXT Documentation can also be found on the VA Software Documentation Library at: http://www.domain.ext/vdl/ Title File Name FTP Mode ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Consult Toolbox User Guide consult_toolbox_1_0_um.pdf Binary Consult Toolbox User Guide consult_toolbox_1_0_um.docx Binary Deployment, Installation, Back-Out, and Rollback Guide ctb_dibr.pdf Binary Deployment, Installation, Back-Out, and Rollback Guide ctb_dibr.docx Binary Patch Installation -------------------- N/A Installation Instructions: -------------------------- Software is being released via SCCM package to Enterprise Systems Engineering (ESE). This software installs on the PC desktop at the Windows level and will reside in the system tray. Installation of this Windows feature will occur via an SCCM software push to PCs via a Local/ Regional process. Routine Information: ==================== No routines included. ============================================================================= User Information: Entered By : Date Entered : OCT 13, 2020 Completed By: Date Completed: NOV 30, 2020 Released By : Date Released : DEC 01, 2020 ============================================================================= Packman Mail Message: ===================== No routines included