Friday, February 17, 2012

iCPRS v 1.0.1

We released a new version of iCPRS with some minor feature additions and fixes.  It should be available for upgrades and downloads today(2/17) or tomorrow.
A few items:
1.  Long list for the all patients selection screen is now available.  You can select more at the bottom of the list.
2.  Default login information for the OpenVistA Demo server.  If this server is the current one, iCPRS automatically fills in the standard user login, PU1234 and the password.
3.  Some users had complain it was too easy to hit the back button to logout, so we added a warning
4.  We are trying out iAd to help recoup the cost of the Apple Developer program.  Just on the login screen.
5.  Other minor fixes and tweaks.

Next up:
We are anticipating the following features next:

  • SSH support
  • Add/Edit Vitals
  • Problem list management



Friday, February 3, 2012

iCPRS: VistA for iPhone/iPad

So I ported vistarpc4r to iOS for our product development needs and I realized...why not create an iPhone/iPad version of CPRS, the Windows GUI front end to the VA VistA electronic health record system.
So we did.  Apple today approved iCPRS for listing in the App Store, so we are letting people know.
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Version 1.0.0 is a very basic version.  It mimics the functionality of the cover sheet tab in the CPRS GUI in a read-only fashion.
  • It's free.
  • Does not require any additional software to be installed.
  • By default, it will login into Medsphere's OpenVista demo server with the demo access and verify code(PU1234 and PU1234!!).
  • Additional servers can be added by clicking on the switch button.
  • It has been tested with OpenVista and WorldVista.  It should work with any version of VistA that is based on the VA FOIA and has RPC Broker enabled.
  • Uses the same RPC calls as CPRS.
  • Advice button on the patient information screen is for users of our clinical decision support product, CompleteNote.  This is completely optional.  We also intend it to be used for any one interested in the Infobutton HL7 standard.
Known issues:
  • Long lists of patients.  If selecting all patients, right now the app only shows the first 40 or so.  Will be addressed in next release
  • Visual cue for network fetching.  Right now, there is no indication that the application is fetching data from the VistA server.  I'm working on modify the ios vistarpc code to allow for it.  
Future:
If people like it, we'll add the rest of the CPRS functionality: the other tabs, ability to create and modify information, etc.

Enjoy!