HIFIS 4.059.4 release notes

When updating to release 4.0.59.4

You can apply the coordinated access consent to every client that currently has explicit consent on their installation.

This is for communities who have:

• already sought the coordinated access consent from their clients, and
• recorded it in HIFIS as a “bundled” consent using the existing explicit consent functionality

Choosing to opt-out of this option means that you will need to manually add the coordinated access consent for each client separately. The option will not present itself again in the future.

Application settings

Added a mandatory star next to the “inactivity threshold” setting.

Assessments

Added validation messages to all assessments in HIFIS to notify users of any fields missing a response.

Coordinated access

• New filter options in the Coordinated Access module:
  • geographical region
  • gender
• Add new data fields to the unique identifier list export:
  • tri-morbidity
  • percentage of housing history completed over last 30 days
  • file number
  • date client record was created
  • geographic region
• The Unique Identifier List now looks at the total days homeless, as opposed to the housing status, to determine if a client is chronically homeless

Database

• HIFIS application now verifies the database version when the application starts
• New parameter for application version added to the database script. This will let HIFIS know which updates to run during installation

Financial profile

Added a drop down to the “pay frequency” field in the financial expense form.

Look-up tables

• Updated the service provider type:
  • old value: violence against women
  • new value: violence against women – emergency shelter
• Added a new service provider type value: “violence against women – transition house”

Look-up tables and waiting list

Users can now add custom values to the following look-up tables on the waiting list module:

• waiting request status
• waiting request reason

PiT Count

• Reintroduced the optional brain injury question to the PiT count survey
• HIFIS now verifies that a survey number is not already in use before saving a PiT survey entered using “data entry survey”

Application settings

Corrected missing French translations in the application settings.

Client – vitals

• Users can now delete comments entered in the comment tab

  Note: Comments can only be deleted by the original author or by using the HIFIS admin account. This also applies to replies.

• Fixed bug causing duplicate entries of some actions in the audit log
• Using the “create and add member” short cut in the family module is properly reflected in the client’s audit log
• Fixed issues that would reset the housing status of a client to "unknown" after editing a client’s vitals

Database

• Fixed the trigger for 2 factor authentication to send codes to users
• Added LegacyIDs for the new service provider types values introduced in release 59.1 of HIFIS. This change will solve some known issues with data imports/exports
• Aligned HIFIS look-up values with HIFIS 3 legacyID values

Family

Fixed the missing consent drop down values when using the “create and add family member” short cut.

Group activities

Client names now appear under the demographics tab of the group activities page.

Housing history

Reintroduced the housing loss prevention short cut.

Housing unit

• Fixed error when attempting to add a housing maintenance record
• Aligned the "filter options" button in the housing unit module

Look-up tables

• Removed all the blank look-up tables:
  • storage outcome
  • building type
  • relation to parent
  • school enroll problem
  • client flag
  • food item
  • parent situation
  • funding category
  • session
• Added translation for “reason housing not secured”

Programs

Removed icons for pages users were not granted the right to.

Service provider

• Fixed loophole that let users with access to the service provider module to access the HIFIS administrator’s profile
• “Address line 1” is now mandatory when editing a service provider record

System

Resolved irregular time out issue when using HIFIS in French.

Various

HIFIS now uses a 24-hour clock system when the application is in French.

Various factors

Applied proper translation to “Legal – Bail” value.