Cisco Cisco Patient Connect 1.4 Release Notes
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Cisco Patient Connect Release Notes
Cisco Patient Connect Release Notes
New Features and Enhancements
Change Patient button and manually enter the room and bed number to find a different patient. After
confirming the patient details are correct, the care team staff presses the Start Screen Sharing button.
When screen sharing is started, a message is displayed on the Patient view app that screen sharing
is about to start and a seconds countdown timer appears.
confirming the patient details are correct, the care team staff presses the Start Screen Sharing button.
When screen sharing is started, a message is displayed on the Patient view app that screen sharing
is about to start and a seconds countdown timer appears.
Note
In some cases, the patient has the option to reject incoming screen sharing.
The orientation of the Android device (i.e. portrait or landscape) determines the orientation of the
content that is screen casted to the Patient view app monitor.
content that is screen casted to the Patient view app monitor.
The care team staff can share applications and annotate on the screen. To stop sharing, the care team
staff presses the Stop Screen Sharing button on the Screen Sharing app. If the tablet/phone screen is
idle, the session will timeout to protect patient privacy.
staff presses the Stop Screen Sharing button on the Screen Sharing app. If the tablet/phone screen is
idle, the session will timeout to protect patient privacy.
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Support for High Availability (HA).
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Dual-mode OpenLDAP + AD for Cisco API Gateway: The Cisco API Gateway provides login
authentication and authorization for users including care team staff and Cisco Patient Connect
administrators to access the Care team view and Admin view apps. It also provides user profile data
(e.g. names, job titles, and, in some cases, staff photo URLs) that are displayed on the Patient view
app in the footer (i.e. patient’s doctor and attending nurse) and in the My Visitors page.
authentication and authorization for users including care team staff and Cisco Patient Connect
administrators to access the Care team view and Admin view apps. It also provides user profile data
(e.g. names, job titles, and, in some cases, staff photo URLs) that are displayed on the Patient view
app in the footer (i.e. patient’s doctor and attending nurse) and in the My Visitors page.
As of version 1.4, each Cisco Patient Connect solution system can be configured in one of three
modes (and changed back and forth among the three):
modes (and changed back and forth among the three):
1.
OpenLDAP only configuration: Bundled as part of the Cisco Patient Connect solution, the Cisco
provided mode has predefined test users such as “nurse1” and “admin1”.
provided mode has predefined test users such as “nurse1” and “admin1”.
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Active Directory (AD) only configuration: This mode is integrated with a customer-supplied
AD server. Cisco Patient Connect accesses it in the read-only mode.
AD server. Cisco Patient Connect accesses it in the read-only mode.
3.
Dual-mode OpenLDAP + AD configuration: This mode is new in version 1.4. It is a
combination of both the bundled OpenLDAP and customer AD modes. This mode ensures that
if connectivity to AD is lost or is misconfigured, the administrator can log into Cisco Patient
Connect and update the configuration as needed.
combination of both the bundled OpenLDAP and customer AD modes. This mode ensures that
if connectivity to AD is lost or is misconfigured, the administrator can log into Cisco Patient
Connect and update the configuration as needed.
Patient View App
The following are new features and enhancements to the Patient view app:
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Password protection for patient data privacy: Patients can lock the Patient view app to prevent
visitors from seeing personal and medical information such as requests, questions, schedule, etc. A
padlock icon appears over those protected features once the app is locked.
visitors from seeing personal and medical information such as requests, questions, schedule, etc. A
padlock icon appears over those protected features once the app is locked.
This feature is preconfigured. The customer also has the option to configure it or disable it.
Patients set the amount of time that the application as a whole should remain unlocked. When the
time expires, the protected features lock. If any protected features were in use, they close. They
remain locked until the patient enters a pin number.
time expires, the protected features lock. If any protected features were in use, they close. They
remain locked until the patient enters a pin number.
The pin number is obtained from the care team staff. If a patient wishes to have a new pin, the patient
can request a new pin using the Patient view app.
can request a new pin using the Patient view app.
To unlock a feature, patients either choose the padlock icon in the header, any feature with the
padlock icon over it, or the Privacy Lock toggle on the Applications screen within Profile
Preferences. A pop-up box appears prompting the patient to enter the 5-digit pin and select the
number of minutes or hours that the app should remain unlocked.
padlock icon over it, or the Privacy Lock toggle on the Applications screen within Profile
Preferences. A pop-up box appears prompting the patient to enter the 5-digit pin and select the
number of minutes or hours that the app should remain unlocked.