$TXT Created by CEBELINSKI,GREGORY at DEV.DEV.FO-HINES.MED.VA.GOV (KIDS) on Tuesday, 11/22/11 at 12:18 ============================================================================= Run Date: JAN 12, 2012 Designation: RA*5*107 Package : RA - RADIOLOGY/NUCLEAR MEDICINE Priority: Mandatory Version : 5 SEQ #99 Status: Released Compliance Date: FEB 12, 2012 ============================================================================= Associated patches: (v)RA*5*47 <<= must be installed BEFORE `RA*5*107' (v)MAG*3*49 <<= must be installed BEFORE `RA*5*107' (v)RA*5*78 <<= must be installed BEFORE `RA*5*107' Subject: NTP II: HL7 upgrade; VISN configuration enhancements Category: - Routine - Enhancement (Mandatory) Description: ============ RA*5.0*107 has two purposes: the first is to correct a design issue with RA*5.0*78 (v2.3 query/response) and the second is to build the query/response messaging interface to work with v2.4 of HL7. The first issue is that the original NTP Query/Response software (RA*5.0*78) was not designed to accommodate multiple legacy facilities, each with their own NTP gateway, referencing a single VistA production system or VistA instance. A single VistA instance knows of only one NTP Gateway: the gateway tied to the RA-SCIMAGE logical link. What happens is that query responses are being broadcast to the incorrect NTP gateway. RA*5.0*107 will address the issue by: * receiving the NTP gateway query * identify the NTP gateway which receives the query responses * build the responses to that query * broadcast the responses to the correct NTP gateway In order to implement this business rule, all relevant NTP gateways must be identified and logical link records created specifically for those NTP gateways. Note: The number of NTP gateways can differ from VISN to VISN. It is up the NTP technical team and the IRM staff responsible for supporting the NTP interface to create the correct logical link records. The historical information included in the responses to a query serves as a reference for the teleradiologists working for the National Teleradiology Project (NTP). *** ATTENTION - for present NTP sites (only), when installing RA*5.0*107 it is critical this vendor be contacted to turn off the NTP Query component of the interface. Contact the Outlook mail group VHA NTP SUPPORT to coordinate VA facility and vendor implementation and configuration. *** The client (ScImage) requests results based on the following query parameters: * A patient, within a patient care event date/time window, & maximum number of results to be returned. Note: ScImage is a specific vendor. The query was developed to be vendor independent, however ScImage is the vendor currently contracted by the NTP. In order to operate properly, the following conditions must be met: 1) Determine the IP address of the HLO multi-threaded listener. The listener is setup as a TCP/IP service and is defined to 'listen' on port 5001. This information is necessary for ScImage to properly communicate with the VistA Radiology/Nuclear Medicine application. 2) If your VistA instance is to broadcast HL7 responses to more than one dedicated NTP Gateway, new logical links must created. The following steps must be taken: a) The TCP/IP ADDRESS field of these newly created logical links must be entered as the TCP/IP address of the specific NTP Gateway. b) The DNS DOMAIN field of these newly created logical links must be entered, in lowercase, as the DNS DOMAIN of the specific NTP Gateway. 3) Newly created NTP Gateway logical links must have the TCP/IP PORT (OPTIMIZED) field set to a port value of: 21998. Note: VA facility support staff are responsibility for creating or editing NTP Gateway logical links. * Contact the NTP troubleshooting staff via Outlook at mail group: VHA NTP SUPPORT or call: 877-780-5559 (please select option #1). The following components are exported with RA*5.0*107 ===================================================== ROUTINES -------- RAHL23Q RAHL24Q RAHL24U HLO APPLICATION REGISTRY ------------------------ RA-NTP-QRY-CLIENT RA-NTP-QRY-SERVER Associated NSR(s) ================= 20080510 Associated Remedy Ticket(s) =========================== 469328 Documentation ============= These are the documentation changes associated with this patch: HL7 Interface Specification: RA5_0HL7spec.doc & RA5_0HL7spec.pdf Release Notes for RA*5*107 : RA5_0RN_P107.doc & RA5_0RN_P107.pdf The software and the documentation can be found in the following [ANONYMOUS.SOFTWARE] directories: PREFERRED ADDRESS ------------------------- First available ftp server download.vista.med.va.gov SPECIFIC FIELD OFFICE FTP ADDRESS --------------------- ------------------------ Albany ftp.fo-albany.med.va.gov Hines ftp.fo-hines.med.va.gov Salt Lake City ftp.fo-slc.med.va.gov Test Sites ========== Bath, NY Iowa City, IA Muskogee, OK Installation Instructions ========================= *** ATTENTION - for present NTP sites (only), when installing RA*5.0*107 it is critical this vendor be contacted to turn off the NTP Query component of the interface. Contact the Outlook mail group VHA NTP SUPPORT to coordinate VA facility and vendor implementation and configuration. *** This patch must be installed with VistA Radiology users off-line. The estimated installation time for this patch is three minutes. 1. Use the 'INSTALL/CHECK MESSAGE' option on the PackMan menu. This option will load the KIDS package onto your system. 2. The patch has now been loaded into a transport global on your system. You now need to use KIDS to install the transport global. 3. On the KIDS menu, under the 'Installation' menu, use the following options: Print Transport Global Compare Transport Global to Current System Verify Checksums in Transport Global Backup a Transport Global 4. On the KIDS menu, under the 'Installation' menu, use the following option: Select Installation Option: Install Package(s) Select INSTALL NAME: RA*5.0*107 ========== Want KIDS to INHIBIT LOGONs during the install? NO// Want to DISABLE Scheduled Options, Menu Options, and Protocols? NO// Routine Information: ==================== The second line of each of these routines now looks like: ;;5.0;Radiology/Nuclear Medicine;**[Patch List]**;Mar 16, 1998;Build 2 The checksums below are new checksums, and can be checked with CHECK1^XTSUMBLD. Routine Name: RAHL23Q Before:B131709576 After:B135675772 **78,107** Routine Name: RAHL24Q Before: n/a After: B17508754 **107** Routine Name: RAHL24U Before: n/a After:B179243251 **107** Routine list of preceding patches: 78 ============================================================================= User Information: Entered By : CEBELINSKI,GREGORY Date Entered : NOV 16, 2010 Completed By: HA,THANH-HUONG HUU Date Completed: JAN 12, 2012 Released By : MILLIGAN,KERRY Date Released : JAN 12, 2012 ============================================================================= Packman Mail Message: ===================== $END TXT