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HIFIS 4.0.60.3 Release Notes

Warning

Before implementing this release, a backup of your database is necessary. Taking a snapshot of your application tier before implementing this update is also important in the event that a roll back of the changes should be required.

Note: When updating to release 4.0.60.3 of HIFIS, communities will have the opportunity to apply Coordinated Access consent to every client that currently has explicit consent on their installation. This is for communities that 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 the community will need to manually add the Coordinated Access consent for each client separately, as applicable. The option will not present itself again in the future.

Please note that Microsoft is ending its support for SQL Server 2014 on July 9th, 2024. As a result, the lowest version of SQL Server supported by HIFIS will be SQL Server 2016.

We strongly recommend upgrading to SQL Server 2016 before July 9th, 2024. Future versions and releases of HIFIS will require SQL Server 2016, and Microsoft will not be able to assist with any server related problems experienced using SQL Server 2014. For more information on SQL Server 2014 support, you can visit the Microsoft website.

If your community has not yet implemented releases 4.0.58.1 or above, note that updating to release 60.3 may have an impact on your custom reports. This is due to changes to your database's underlying structure that were introduced in release 4.0.58.1 of HIFIS. Check release notes 4.0.58.1 for additional information on the affected tables.

Consult your report service provider if you have any issues.

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Download HIFIS version 4.0.60.3

Release highlights

  • New Veteran Summary Form
  • Updated PiT Count module with 2024 version of the survey
  • 31 Minor changes and 22 bug fixes.

New features and major changes

No new features or major changes introduced as part of this release.

Minor changes

Changes in this release affect the following modules or sections:

Application Settings

Introduced a configuration option to prompt users for attestation after a specified period of time.

Assessments

Updated headers and tool tips for SPDAT/VI-SPDAT assessments.

Case Management

  • Added "Case Worker" to filter options.
  • Added pagination to the case management sessions list for improved navigation performance.

Clients

Added an option to divert a client after their file has been created.

Coordinated Access

Reduced the number of decimal places in percentage housing history to two.

Coordinated Access Summary

  • Missing data points now appear as "0" or "unknown".
  • Added a new rights option to allow users to access the Coordinated Access Summary.

Diversion

  • Added the ability to return the diversion workflow instructions to the default text
  • Added Diversion to the list of activities.
  • Added a "Housed Safely" question to page 3 of the diversion workflow.
  • Added the ability to create a new person (People) from the diversion form.
  • Added Housing History preview to the standard Diversion form.
  • Diversion records are now listed when a family member has been added to the diversion form.

Incidents

Added the ability to delete documents in incident records.

Medication Dispensing

  • Changed 'Pill Count' label to 'Unit Count' to accommodate different types of medication.
  • Allowed medication dispensing for clients that aren't admitted to a Service Provider.
    Note: Only the service provider who is the owner of the medication record will be able to dispense medication to a client.

Outreach

  • Added a filter to view outreach service records within a specific time frame.
  • Introduced a non-map view for locations attached to outreach services.

Look-up Table

  • Updated look-up values to align with the Homelessness Glossary for Communities terminology.
  • Added "Dosage Type" to the list of look-up tables to allow uses to customize the values.

PiT Count

  • Updated the PiT Count module with the 2024 version of the survey.
  • Added validation to Question 3 of the survey to screen out respondents below the age of 13.
  • Limited possible answers for Question 7 based on the response to Question 6.
  • Introduced an "Abandoned" button to the Data Entry Survey.
  • Added “Enumeration” as a value in the "Reason for Abandoned Survey" table.

Service Provider

Created a new table to record changes to Service Provider details.

System

Province and city information is no longer mandatory for addresses outside Canada.

Veteran

  • Updated the Veteran module to allow for better data capturing.
  • Added a "Referred to VAC" date field in the Veteran Summary form.

Bug fixes

Bug fixes included in this release:

Assessments

Moved question 9 and 10 of the VI-SPDAT Family V3 survey to the correct category (Issue ID: 770328).

Bulletins

Corrected pagination implementation for bulletins on the domain side (Issue ID: 770254).

Clients

  • Resolved rendering inconsistency for apostrophes in HIFIS name fields in client vitals (Issue ID: 770275).
  • Fixed issues with duplicate “unknown” housing statuses (Issue ID: 770307).
  • Fixed the “Display Client Vitals” right being associated to the wrong right (Issue ID: 770318).
  • Resolved issue where client search was not generating expected results (Issue ID: 770199).
  • Fixed Alias 2 field not being searchable (Issue ID: 770201).
  • Improved performance for Client Search by optimizing Racial Identity handling (Issue ID: 770344).

Diversion

Fixed date fields in HIFIS_Services to correctly use the diversion record date instead of the created date (Issue ID: 770271).

Encampments

  • Resolved issue where the number of anonymous clients resets after editing an encampment (Issue ID: 770301).
  • Fixed 'Anonymous Clients' label being covered by the associated field (Issue ID: 770273).

Questionnaire

Exported questionnaires now validate null values in answered questions (Issue ID: 770299).

Service Providers

  • Implemented restrictions to limit user access rights when creating a new service provider (Issue ID: 770101).
  • Corrected parent Service Provider list display when editing settings of a Service Provider outside the current cluster (Issue ID: 770276).

Reservation

Added proper validation for blank date and time fields when creating a reservation (Issue ID: 770295).

Service Restriction

Fixed the sorting feature for the "Reason for Restriction" column in the Service Restriction list (Issue ID: 770312).

System

  • Updated the DateGreaterThan validation message for clarity (Issue ID: 770249).
  • Aligned HIFIS logo properly on all window sizes (Issue ID: 770272).
  • Fixed incorrect link in the Housing History out-of-date banner (Issue ID: 770350)

Turn Aways

Ensured turn aways list shows records when a client is added as a family member (Issue ID: 770297).

Users

  • Fixed the Quick Access Button functionality in the new HIFIS update (Issue ID: 770270).
  • Corrected the password reset URL to include the missing prefix (Issue ID: 770382)

VAT

Resolved the issue where the VAT form would process non-stop when entering client and case worker names (Issue ID: 653805).

VI-SPDAT

Fixed the missing description error message appearing when a description is provided (Issue ID: 753874).

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