Changes in Version 2.13.11 include:
- Improved MAC address fetching. bbRad gateways can now run on more types of virtual machine, including VirtualBox and VMware.
Feb 092012
Feb 092012
Changes in Version 2.13.10 include:
- Fixed a bug where columns on the List Studies screen would sometimes show the wrong field. This bug only affected the display of study data, not the actual studies, so would not affect them once Forwarded into PACS.
Feb 092012
Changes in Version 2.13.09 include:
- Improved handling of re-sent studies. Studies where images have been changed since first sending will no longer go “Take Failed”.
- Other minor bug-fixes.
We have been rolling out bbRad version 2.13 across all our installed base, and have scheduled with our users 13th, 14th, and 21st December out of hours to batch a large number of sites, targeting the oldest versions installed.
These updates will also include our latest auto-update mechanism, so from now on, all sites will be automatically kept up-to-date.
We have also asked sites to configure firewalls to enable access to a new backup bbRad.net service, which will come on-line in early 2012.
Dec 072011
Please come and visit Tom and Opey!
Cypher IT’s 2013 Transition Service, comprising full Data Migration and exoPACS Vendor Neutral Archive are being exhibited at the NHS South of England PACS/RIS Showcase Event today and tomorrow, 7th & 8th December.
The event, held at the Arora Hotel near Gatwick Airport, allows us to showcase to a wider audience how NHS Trusts save money by starting their 2013 Transition early, running concurrently with their OJEU procurements.
If you’re unable to make the event, please email Opey on pacs2013@cypherit.co.uk
NHS South of England comprises South Central, South East Coast and South West Strategic Health Authorities.
Dec 062011
The main features of note in version 2.13.08 are:
- Auto-Refresh – the Admin Console updates automatically whenever the status of a study changes.
- Filters and column memory – each user’s filters and column sorting/sizing are remembered between sessions.
- Improved support for multiple filters – combining multiple filters works in more intuitive way and the most recently updated results are shown first.
- Messages – a message can now be attached to studies to explain why the study was sent.
- Support for lossy compressed studies.
- Many other bug fixes and improvements
Forward thinking NHS Trusts are already gaining first-mover advantage by starting with Cypher IT’s 2013 Transition Service.
Orders coming in for our Proof of Concept vindicates that there is real demand for the unique advantages that our service brings to NHS hospitals.
Other interested Trusts please contact me for more information.
It has been asked “Why use a VNA for an intermediate archive?” This is a good question, because at first sight it would seem sensible to keep the VNA once the data is transferred to it.
There are two answers to this question:
First, procurement – our Transition Service means NHS Trusts regain local ownership of their data, moving themselves from a weak negotiating position into a strong one, thus saving money. Even if staying with the existing vendor, there are ‘migration’ costs to move data out of the DataCentre onto local storage. As committing to a VNA architecture for a long contract means going to OJEU, that decision cannot be made ahead of time. So our transition service delivers cash savings, irrespective of whether Trusts procure a new PACS or extend the existing vendor’s contract. This is further explained here.
Second, clinical usability – in order to be able to ‘switch off’ the Data Centre contract as soon as possible (and start saving money), historical data must be kept clinically usable, i.e. up to date. This is achieved through standard interfacing of demographic updates, a feature not available is the data in just a basic DICOM archive (or off-line). An outline schematic is here.
Welcome, University Hospital of North Staffordshire. They went live on the 9th September 2011 with bbRad, joining the growing bbRad network. Thank you for your support!
To share with them, please send from your bbRad admin console here, or set them up as a favourite here. Their contact details if needed are of course on the customer portal.
Sep 072011
bbRad version 2.13 has been released, we are in the process of rolling it out across bbRad sites.
The main features of note in this version are:
- Recipient based missing identifier rules allow users to configure incoming studies and allow/disallow missing study details such as Accession number, Patient number, NHS number & Procedure code
- Fix for manual Route jobs when sent from the bbRad Admin Console.
- Improved compression transfer between gateways to reduce transfer times of large studies
- Improved Report handling using DICOM Standard Basic Text SR
- Added a right click -> Send Report option to send only the report for a study without the images
- Fixes to the bbRad Admin console to ensure compatibly with Java 1.4 and upwards.
- Many other bug fixes and improvements
bbRad v2.13 is also the first version to use our new bbRad Auto Updater. This will allow scheduled updates to run at a specific time of day, which will run automatically and on completion notify the same email address’ that are configured to receive bbRad study notifications. This allows an easier roll out for new bbRad versions meaning sites will get newer versions more quickly than before.