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PMHC MDS Update v1.8.2

We are pleased to announce that PMHC MDS Update v1.8.2 was released on February 25, 2021.

The following functionality has been added to the data entry interface:

  • Added Practitioner Level of Care to the IAR-DST Measure which can be associated with a HeadtoHelp (!covid19) tagged episode.

The following functionality has been added to the upload interface:

  • Added Practitioner Level of Care to the IAR-DST Measure which is required when uploading using the HeadtoHelp Hubs v3 Specification.

The following improvement has been made in the reporting interface:

The following bug fix has been implemented in uploads:

  • Fixed a bug in v3 specification uploads (The Way Back and HeadtoHelp) where an appropriate error was not returned when checking the collection occasion date against the episode end date.

The following bug fix has been implemented in data extracts:

  • Fixed a bug where some keys were incorrectly being interpreted as a scientific number causing an error in Excel.

HeadtoHelp Hubs Data Specification Update v3.0.2

We are also pleased to announce that the HeadtoHelp Data Specifications update v3.0.2 was released on February 25, 2021. The following updates have been implemented:

Data model and specifications

PMHC MDS Upload changes

We are also pleased to announce that changes have been made to improve the security of PMHC MDS uploads.

Uploads will be rejected by our incoming data scanning system if they do not meet the following requirements.

  • Must be either an Excel Workbook (.xlsx),
  • OR a zip (.zip) file containing CSV files,
  • AND must be less than 512MB

The first and second of these requirements were enforced already however files will be rejected at an earlier stage in the process after this update and as a consequence the behaviour of the system when files are rejected for this reason will be slightly different.

The file size restriction prevents our systems from becoming unstable if extremely large files are uploaded. We will monitor if this limit causes issues for anyone and adjust it if necessary.

The user guides have been updated to reflect these updates. They are available at:

PMHC - https://docs.pmhc-mds.com/projects/user-documentation/en/latest/

HeadtoHelp - https://docs.pmhc-mds.com/projects/data-specification-headtohelp/en/v3/

The Way Back - https://docs.pmhc-mds.com/projects/data-specification-wayback/en/v3/