What's New?

RALS™ SYSTEM 8.4.0

This release of the RALS™ SYSTEM includes:

• Added support for purging recertification attempts
  • System Settings
  • Updated Purge System Settings to include the following:
    • Purge Recertification Attempts Older Than
  • Tasks
  • Updated Database Maintenance Tasks to include the following task:
    • Purge Recertification Attempts Purge Older Than
• LMS
  • Support for multiple File-Based and HealthStream LMS
• Support for certification groups
• Ended support for Legacy VB6 Interface
• Preferences
  • Expand Menu
  • You have the option to default the navigation menu to its expanded state. By default, navigation menu is collapsed (icons only).
• Linearity
  • Improved user experience when printing
• Reworked Dashboard
  • Updated the dashboard to work as a grid
  • Added side-menu for dragging widgets
• Added System Admin E-mail setting
• Added tooltips for the following data table columns:
  • Operator
    • Device Access Locations
  • Institution
    • Features
  • Locations
    • ADT Units
• Support for creating a Test RALS™ SYSTEM
  • Added Test System Settings Group
  • Added visual indicators for Test System to distinguish from a production system
  • Ability to restore unpopulated as well as populated databases
  • Ability to more aggressively purge results
• Reports
  • Added PTplus column to i-STAT® 1 Reagent Usage by Location report
• Enhanced exporting for the following data table columns:
  • Devices
    • Download Time
  • Download Points
    • Last Ping Time
  • Materials
    • Expiration Date
  • Operators and Certifications
    • Device Type
    • Last Message
  • Tasks
    • Due Time
• Device Configurations
  • Gem® Hemochron® 100
    • Support for EQC and Control rolling lockout interval
• Devices
  • Added Time Zone and Device Data Manager columns to the data table
  • Added configurable URL field for the data manager
  • Added configurable Time Zone field for certain device types
• Device Types
  • i-STAT/DE
    • Added support for multiple i-STAT/DE servers
    • i-STAT/DE servers are now managed as their own device type in the RALS™ SYSTEM
  • Haemonetics® TEG® 6s
    • Support for Heparin Neutralization cartridge
  • Microscopic UA
    • Added manual device test type
  • Fentanyl
    • Added manual device test type
  • Rapid DAT
    • Added Fentanyl parameter
• Support for devices connecting to the CONNECT Universal Gateway across the host network

RALS™ SYSTEM 8.3.0

This release of the RALS™ SYSTEM includes:

• Enhanced column selection to now adhere to system filters
• Import
  • Support for Outbound Configurations
• Device Types
  • Quidel® Sofia® 2
    • Added support for POCT1a communication
    • Added support for Campylobacter and SARS+ test types
  • Gem® Hemochron® 100
    • Support for firmware 1.3.0
  • cobas® liat system
    • Support for firmware v3.4.0
    • Support for SARS-CoV-2/Flu/RSV test type
• Institutions and Locations
  • LIS Memo renamed to LIS Customization 1
  • Added two additional LIS Customizaton fields
• Levey-Jennings
  • Improved user experience when printing
• RALS now supports patient names containing up to 60 characters
• Resetting Your Password
  • Improved change password workflow
• Support for connecting a device to a CONNECT Universal Gateway wirelessly is now available for use with the RALS™ SYSTEM hosted environment

RALS™ SYSTEM 8.2.0

This release of the RALS™ SYSTEM includes:

• Import
  • Support for Configurable Device Drivers
• Export
  • Support for Configurable Device Drivers
• Panels data table
• Roles
  • Added Download Points Manage permission
  • Added homepage option for Add Result
• Device Types
  • LumiraDx
  • Sight OLO®
  • i-STAT® 1
    • Support for HTTPS-enabled i-STAT/DE
  • i-STAT Alinity
  • MEDTOXScan® Reader
    • Support for PROFILE-V 11 (604031)
    • Support for PROFILE-V 12 (604032)
  • ACCU-CHEK® Inform II
    • Support for TLS authentication
• Enhanced column header filtering for the following data table columns:
  • Devices
    • Download Time
  • Download Points
    • Last Ping Time
  • Materials
    • Expiration Date
  • Operators and Certifications
    • Last Message
    • Device Type
  • Results
    • Sample Type
  • Tasks
    • Due Time
• Configuration
  • System Settings
    • LDAP System Settings
      • Added Operator Batch Size setting

RALS™ SYSTEM 8.1.1

This release of the RALS™ SYSTEM includes:

• Bug Fixes

RALS™ SYSTEM 8.1.0

This release of the RALS™ SYSTEM includes:

• Device Types
  • GEM Premier ChemSTAT®
  • i-STAT® 1
    • Support for PTplus cartridge
• Added MIG System Settings group
• Updated Mirth Connect to version 4.4.1

RALS™ SYSTEM 8.0.1

This release of the RALS™ SYSTEM includes:

• Added date range filter option:
  • Today
• Statuses
  • Added the following statuses:
  • History DB
  • HL7InMsg DB
  • LDAP DB
  • LMS DB
  • Logs DB
  • MIG DB
  • RALS DB
  • Backups system view renamed to Databases
• Database System Settings
  • Updated to include Database Size Warning Threshold
• Warning message will display on the RALS™ SYSTEM if any of the databases are problematic
• Tasks
  • Updated Database Maintenance Tasks to include the following tasks:
  • Access Logs Purge
  • History Database Health Check
  • HL7InMsg Database Health Check
  • LDAP Database Health Check
  • LMS Database Health Check
  • Logs Database Health Check
  • MIG Database Health Check
  • RALS Database Health Check
• Added new option to automatically fail Acknowledgement Pending results
  • Interfacing System Settings

RALS™ SYSTEM 8.0.0

This release of the RALS™ SYSTEM includes:

• Added Types for Statuses
• Roles
  • Added Diagnostics Execution permission
• Tasks
  • Added Database Maintenance Tasks
  • Added Gateway Sync Tasks
  • The Due Time for tasks configured for automatic execution is no longer updated when the task is executed manually.
• Institutions
  • Updated Features Section
• Preferences
  • Include Deactivated Records in Filters
  • Enabled for new operators by default
• Operators and Certifications
  • Support for “Six Months” or “One Year” Certificate Expiration when adding or editing operator certifications
• Support for “Today” option on calendars
• Results
  • Added device-specific sample type filter
• Reworked Data Tables
  • Updated striping option
  • Added new option for Refresh Data Table After Action
• Device Types
  • CONNECT Universal Gateway
• Wireless Configurations is now replaced with Network Configurations
• Enhanced Sessions Performance
  • Added ability to export device session’s stream log data
• Support for multiple time zones
• Devices
  • Added device status for devices that do not download
• Data
  • Export
  • Support for Cost Per Test Summary

RALS™ SYSTEM 7.1.5

This release of the RALS™ SYSTEM includes:

• Added date range filter option:
  • Previous Minutes
• Device Types
  • HemoSonics Quantra®
    • Support for QStat™ Cartridge
  • Cepheid® GeneXpert® Dx
    • Support for Xpert Xpress MVP and Xpert GBS LB XC assays

RALS™ SYSTEM 7.1.4

This release of the RALS™ SYSTEM includes:

• Bug Fixes

RALS™ SYSTEM 7.1.3

This release of the RALS™ SYSTEM includes:

• Resetting Your Password
• Preferences
  • Time Format
• Data Tables
  • Dragging and dropping columns
  • Enhanced pagination
  • Added columns to the following:
    • Operators
    • Materials
    • Recertification Sets
    • eQuiz Quizzes
    • eQuiz Questions
    • Device Configurations
    • Evaluation Criteria Sets
    • Flag Configurations
    • Patient Ranges Sets
    • Comment Sets
  • Added date range filter options:
    • Year To Date
    • Previous Month
    • Previous Days
• E-mailing
  • E-mailing report PDFs
• eQuiz Assignments
  • Updated to include deactivated quizzes
• Institutions
  • Support for Interface Configuration fields
  • Support for Features field
• Logs
  • HL7 Logs
• Configuration
  • Device Types
  • System Settings
  • General System Settings
  • Database System Settings
  • E-mail System Settings
  • LMS System Settings
  • Interfacing System Settings
  • LDAP System Settings
  • Purge System Settings
  • Security System Settings
  • Respiratory Parameters
  • Specimen Sites
  • Specimen Types
• Interfacing
  • Outbound Connections
• Data
  • Import
  • Support for Institutions, Locations, and Device Configurations
  • Export
  • Support for Institutions, Locations, and Device Configurations

RALS™ SYSTEM 7.1.2

This release of the RALS™ SYSTEM includes:

• Levey-Jennings
  • Improved printing user experience
• Dashboard
  • Added message column to Status data table
• LDAP
  • Added option to disable referral chasing
• Device Types
  • cobas® liat system
    • Support for Cdiff test

RALS™ SYSTEM 7.1.1

This release of the RALS™ SYSTEM includes:

• Dashboard
  • Widget refresh rate is configurable
• Results
  • Result Time filter is required

RALS™ SYSTEM 7.1.0

This release of the RALS™ SYSTEM includes:

• Updates to RALS™ SYSTEM Help:
  • Troubleshooting
    • Communication with Devices
    • Result Evaluation

RALS™ SYSTEM 7.0.0

This release of the RALS™ SYSTEM includes:

• New user interface website is the official default website for the RALS™ SYSTEM
• Added support for the following browsers:
  • Google Chrome
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Microsoft Edge
• Ended support for Internet Explorer browser
• System Filtering
• Download Points
• Devices
  • Support for navigating to i-STAT® 1 DE Server
  • Support for epoc® Reader fields/info
• Export
  • Support for epoc®-specific exports
• eQuiz
  • Operator Home Location
  • Operator Home Institution
  • Quiz Institution
• Results
  • Assign Orders
• Linearity
• Tasks
  • Linearity Task Type
• Wireless Configurations

RALS™ SYSTEM 6.0 SP9

This release of the RALS™ SYSTEM includes:

• ADT Units
• Reports
• Tasks
• Support for Legacy VB6 Interface
  • Interfacing
    • Profiles
  • Results
    • LIS Comments
    • LIS Upload Failures
  • Operators, Institutions, and Locations
    • LIS Memo
• Printing
  • Printing a record
• E-mailing
  • E-mailing a data table
  • E-mailing a record
  • E-mailing an operator message
• Firmware is replaced with Device Files

RALS™ SYSTEM 6.0 SP8

This release of the RALS™ SYSTEM includes:

• eQuiz
• Firmware is now replaced with Device Files
• Operator Messages
• Respiratory Configurations
• Recertification Set Execution Attempts

RALS™ SYSTEM 6.0 SP7

This release of the RALS™ SYSTEM includes:

• Dashboard
• Device Configurations
  • DIGIVAL™
  • Gem® Hemochron® 100
  • HemoCue DM
  • HemoCue Glu 201 DM
  • HemoCue Hb 201 DM
  • Signature Elite
  • Signature+
  • IRMA TRUpoint
  • Roche Coagulation
  • Nova StatStrip® GLU
  • Nova StatSensor® CREAT
  • Nova StatStrip® LAC
• Levey-Jennings
• LDAP
• Roles

RALS™ SYSTEM 6.0 SP6

This release of the RALS™ SYSTEM includes:

• Patients and Orders
• Results
  • Result transfers
  • Add for manual device types
• Device Types
  • Quidel® Solana®
  • Draeger JM-105
  • Nova Stat Profile Prime Plus®
  • ID Now
  • Support for COVID-19 Test

RALS™ SYSTEM 6.0 SP5

This release of the new RALS™ SYSTEM user interface includes:

• Evaluation Criteria
  • Disabled Flags
• Patient Purge Sets

RALS™ SYSTEM 6.0 SP4

This release of the new RALS™ SYSTEM user interface includes:

• Flag Configurations
• Materials
• Results
  • Edit for patient results
  • Actions
• Device Configurations
  • Coag-Sense®
  • HemoSonics Quantra®

RALS™ SYSTEM 6.0 SP3

This release of the new RALS™ SYSTEM user interface includes:

• Patient Range Sets
• Results
  • Read-only result values
  • Read-only manual test results

RALS™ SYSTEM 6.0 SP2

This release of the new RALS™ SYSTEM user interface includes:

• Results
  • Read-only without result values
• Device Configurations
  • Abbott Glucose
  • ACCU-CHEK® Inform II
  • epoc® Host
• Manual Test Configurations
• Evaluation Criteria Sets

RALS™ SYSTEM 6.0 SP1

This release of the new RALS™ SYSTEM user interface includes:

• Comment Sets

RALS™ SYSTEM 6.0

The initial release of the new RALS™ SYSTEM user interface includes:

• Operators and Certifications
• Devices
• Institutions and Locations
• Recertification Sets
• Device Configurations
  • Afinion™