New features

1. DICOM images can now be sent via an ORU R01 message

Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) images can now be sent via a ORU R01 radiology report by setting the Data type (OBX-5.2) to ‘APPLICATION’ and the Sub-data type (OBX-5.3) to ‘DICOM’.

2. M4A audio files can now be sent via HL7 MDM T02 document message

M4A (MPEG-4 Audio) audio files can now be sent via HL7 MDM T02 document message and can be played directly on the page or downloaded to play on an external player.

3. Patients can now set their email notification preferences

Patients can now choose whether they want to receive email notifications about all new data added to their records or limit their notifications to time-sensitive changes only. These preferences can be managed from the ‘Profile’ page. All email notifications will include a link to manage email notification preferences. More information is available in the PKB manual.

Feature updates

1. Coordinator patient search controls

We have updated the coordinator patient search screen to only enable the action buttons at the bottom of the patient list if at least one patient has been selected.

2. Removal of symptom alarms

We have removed the alarm function from symptom monitoring. Teams can still choose which symptoms their patients should be prompted to monitor and in what order they should be displayed. Coordinators no longer see the fields to set weighting and alarms on the symptoms page and professionals no longer have a monitoring tab.

3. QRISK3 measurements

The following measurements can now be added and viewed in the vitals section, for more information please see our manual.

• QRISK3 10 year cardiovascular disease risk score

• QRISK3 healthy heart age

4. Sending PKB Location resources now included in the FHIR aggregated record.

We are updating our aggregator capabilities to include FHIR Location resources. Customers can now send PKB Location resources and the information in these will be included in the FHIR aggregated record.

Bug fixes

1. Library upload limit set to 5GB

We have resolved an issue to allow users to upload files up to 5GB in the library section, for more details please see How do I upload a file to the library?

2. Carer invites

We have resolved an issue that prevented users of PKB’s 2FA login method from accepting a carer invitation via an email link. Users who use PKB’s 2FA can now accept the invitation directly from the carer invitation email link.

3. Data not showing for patients using NHS login when password reset initiated and by team coordinator

We have resolved an issue which prevented patients from seeing their data when using the NHS login option, this only occurred when a password reset had been initiated by a team coordinator and the password was reset by the patient. Patients were still able to access their data by using the normal PKB login.

4. Symptom tracking

We have resolved an issue which made it mandatory for coordinators to specify an order of symptoms when setting up symptom tracking. Coordinators can now set up symptom tracking without setting an order.

Technical Improvements

We are reverting to a fully manual certificate rotation process for our HL7 API. This update is a preparation for the next upcoming certificate rotation at the start of September, additional communication on this will be sent in due course. We expect no user impact from this update.