Release Notes
Facilities

Release Notes

Currently running v2.0.0
Version history for the Hinds LifeCare Facility Protocol Guidelines app. New entries are added as features ship. Have a feature request or bug to report? Use the Suggestions page.
v2.8.5
June 2026
Latest
Changed
  • The E-Signature field in Orders & Medications is now labeled "E-Signature OK". Label-only change — existing data is preserved.
v2.8.4
June 2026
Changed
  • Team pills are now tinted to match the team's color — a Red team shows a red pill, Green a green pill, Blue a blue pill, and so on, in both the facility list and the detail view. Teams whose names aren't colors (e.g. MEROP) keep the default green pill.
v2.8.3
June 2026
Fixed
  • PDF reports now break across pages more cleanly: a section header is never left stranded at the bottom of a page, a single field no longer splits across two pages, and table rows stay intact (with the header row repeating on each page). This removes the "orphaned" headings and split entries that could appear on multi-page reports.
v2.8.2
June 2026
Removed
  • The MD Signature Required field (added in v2.8.0) has been removed from the Orders & Medications section, the detail view, the PDF, and the Excel export.
v2.8.1
June 2026
Fixed
  • PDF reports were printing raw HTML (e.g. <span class="check">[X]</span>) instead of the intended checkboxes for Care Plan, Pain Assessment, and Symptom Assessment. These now render correctly as [X] / [ ] next to Facility and Hospice.
v2.8.0
June 2026
Added
  • New MD Signature Required Yes/No dropdown in Orders & Medications, alongside Signature required for Medication Dropoff and E-Signature. Shows in the detail view, PDF, and Excel export.
Changed
  • The Orders & Medications fields in the facility form and detail view are now ordered to match the printed PDF report — MD Orders Format and the signature/delivery fields lead the section, with comfort-kit and clinical-notes fields grouped at the end.
v2.7.0
June 2026
Changed
  • Medication Exclusions field renamed to "Special Medication Instructions". Label-only change — existing notes are preserved.
v2.6.0
June 2026
Added
  • New Bubble Pack Required Yes/No dropdown in Orders & Medications, alongside Roxanol Allowed and Prefilled Syringes Allowed. Shown in the detail view, PDF, and Excel export.
Changed
  • Verbal Orders field renamed to "Verbal Orders OK".
  • Signature Required field renamed to "Signature required for Medication Dropoff".
  • Both rename changes are label-only — existing data is preserved.
v2.5.0
June 2026
Added
  • New E-Signature Yes/No dropdown next to Signature Required in the Orders & Medications section. Shows in the detail view, PDF, and Excel export.
v2.4.0
June 2026
Changed
  • MD Orders Format dropdown now has four options: Written, Faxed, Faxed or Written, and Faxed and Written.
Added
  • New Verbal Orders Yes/No dropdown next to MD Orders Format — for noting whether the facility accepts verbal orders. Shows in the detail view, PDF, and Excel export.
v2.3.0
June 2026
Added
  • New free-text field "Stand up/Line Up Time(s)" under Sign-In Information — for recording when the facility's daily stand-up or line-up meetings take place. Shows in the facility detail view, the PDF, and the Excel export.
v2.2.0
June 2026
Added
  • Two additional contact slots — Other Contact 1 and Other Contact 2 — now appear under Receptionist in Facility Contacts, each with Name, Phone, and Email. They show in the facility detail view, the PDF, and the Excel export, and are searchable like the other contacts.
v2.1.0
June 2026
Changed
  • Death Procedure & Patient Discharge section reworked. "Provides Post-Mortem Care?" is now a single dropdown with Facility, Hospice, or Both options (previously two checkboxes).
Added
  • New free-text field "Documentation for Post-Mortem Care" for recording the specific paperwork/process each facility requires.
Removed
  • The "Contacts Family? (Death)" and "Contacts Family? (Discharge)" fields have been removed from the facility form, detail view, and PDF.
v2.0.3
June 2026
Fixed
  • Yes/No dropdowns no longer lose their value. When re-opening a facility to edit it, the Yes/No menus (Roxanol allowed, Signature required, Half/Full rails, Serenity App, etc.) were silently showing blank even when a value was saved — so the next save would wipe them. They now correctly show the saved value. The data was always stored correctly in the database; this was purely a display bug in the edit form that caused the value to be overwritten on the following save.
  • Note: any Yes/No values that were already blanked out by this bug will need to be re-entered once — but they'll stick from now on.
v2.0.2
June 2026
Added
  • iPhone & iPad app icon. Adding the site to the home screen on an iPhone or iPad now installs a proper app-style icon (Hinds navy with the white "H" and cyan accent) — no Safari outline, no blurry favicon. Tap it and the site opens full-screen like a native app.
  • Icon ships in five sizes (120, 152, 167, 180, and 1024 px) so it stays crisp on every device, including older iPhones and iPad Pros.
  • To install: open partners.hindslifecare.org in Safari on your phone → tap the Share button → Add to Home Screen.
v2.0.1
June 2026
Security
  • Excel import (Admin → Backup) is now admin-only and rejects files larger than 10 MB or that aren't real XLSX archives (header bytes are checked, not just the extension).
  • Spreadsheet column headers are now strictly allowlisted before they touch the database — unknown columns are dropped instead of being written into the SQL statement. This closes a SQL-injection avenue that would have required an authenticated user uploading a crafted file.
  • Excel imports now correctly write to both the main and extended facility tables (extended-column data in imported spreadsheets was previously being dropped silently).
  • Server-side email format validation added for create/update user (was client-side only).
  • Change-log API now caps page size and offset to prevent unbounded scans.
  • Facility IDs in the list view are now HTML-escaped before being inserted into onclick attributes (defense in depth — IDs are server-generated UUIDs).
v2.0.0
June 2026
Added
  • The app is now public on the web at partners.hindslifecare.org with full HTTPS. No more local server, no more network share — sign in from any device, anywhere, with the same credentials.
  • The Admin dashboard tiles (Facilities, Users, Database, Last Backup) are now clickable shortcuts that jump straight to the relevant section.
Changed
  • Permission model simplified. The "Reports & PDFs" and "Archive / backup" checkboxes have been removed from the user editor. Reports access is now automatically granted to anyone with View records, and archive/backup is now restricted to administrators only.
  • Reports page now shows only the Facility Detail Sheet for Viewers. Editors and admins still see the full set (Directory, Detail Sheet, and — for admins — the Change Log report).
Fixed
  • Sign-in no longer loops back to the login page after a successful login.
  • PDF exports (Facility Directory, Facility Detail Sheet, Change Log) no longer fail with a 500 error.
  • The "Updated date" line on each facility card now shows the correct date instead of "Invalid Date".
Removed
  • The "Reports & PDFs" checkbox in the user permissions modal — now auto-derived from the View permission.
  • The "Archive / backup" checkbox in the user permissions modal — now restricted to the Admin role.
v1.9.3
April 2026
Added
  • Website icon (favicon) in the Hinds navy/cyan palette now appears in browser tabs, bookmarks, and — when the app is saved to an iPad or iPhone home screen — as a proper app icon. Includes an SVG source, a multi-size .ico, and 16 px, 32 px, 180 px, and 192 px PNGs so it looks crisp on every browser and device.
  • After installing this update, hard-refresh your browser (Ctrl + Shift + R on Windows, Cmd + Shift + R on Mac) to flush any cached blank icon.
v1.9.2
April 2026
Fixed
  • "Last file saved" line at the bottom of Backup Settings now updates immediately after a backup runs. Previously a fixed 2-second delay could fire before the server finished writing the zip; the admin panel now polls for the change and only updates once the new filename appears (with a "Backup complete" toast).
v1.9.1
April 2026
Fixed
  • Complete backup ZIP wasn't always landing in the backups/ folder. Staging files are now written directly inside the backup folder (not the system temp directory), sidestepping Windows antivirus/permission interference with SQLite snapshots on cross-volume copies.
  • Backup diagnostics now log to the log file at INFO level with the exact path, file sizes, and full traceback on failure — much easier to figure out why a backup didn't land.
v1.9.0
April 2026
Changed
  • "Download Backup" now produces a complete application backup instead of just an Excel export. The downloaded .zip contains a raw SQLite database snapshot (all facilities, users, permissions, lookup tables, SMTP and backup settings, suggestions, and the change log), the Excel file for easy reading, and a manifest with restore instructions.
  • Notification emails on backup now attach the full .zip archive.
  • Admin panel labels and button text updated to reflect the new complete-backup behavior.
  • Retention settings now prune old .zip archives (and any legacy .xlsx files) past the configured retention window.
Added
  • SQLite online snapshot used when creating backups, so the database copy is consistent even if writes are happening during the backup.
v1.8.6
April 2026
Changed
  • Loosened the spacing on the Facility Detail PDF cover banner and the meta strip (Date Completed / Last Edited By / Generated) — title, subtitle, address, and meta fields now have breathing room instead of being crammed together.
v1.8.5
April 2026
Changed
  • Bumped text size up by 2 points throughout the PDF reports (Facility Directory, Facility Detail Sheet, Change Log) so printed and on-screen copies are easier to read. Section headers, body text, labels, and cover banners were all scaled up, with line spacing increased to match.
v1.8.4
April 2026
Changed
  • Death Procedure & Patient Discharge section moved to appear after Additional Information, keeping it near the bottom of the form with the other end-of-visit details.
v1.8.3
April 2026
Fixed
  • Google Password Manager was autofilling the Suggestion Subject and Details fields with your email address. Same decoy-field + auto-clear defense already in place elsewhere is now applied to the Suggestions form.
v1.8.2
April 2026
Added
  • Tooltips for facility type acronyms — hover any SNF / ALF / MC / RCFE / IL badge to see the full name. Works in the Facilities list, the detail view, and the edit form.
v1.8.1
April 2026
Added
  • Sort control at the top of the Facilities list — sort by name (A→Z / Z→A), recently updated, newest / oldest added, HCC, Team, Type, City, or State. Your chosen sort is remembered between visits.
v1.8.0
April 2026
Added
  • Release Notes page so everyone can see what's changed between versions.
  • Suggestions page — submit requests for new fields, features, or fixes. Admins can set status (Open / Planned / In Progress / Completed / Declined) and reply with notes.
v1.7.0
April 2026
Fixed
  • Google Password Manager was filling the Facilities search bar with your email after login. Added hidden decoy fields and a JS safety net that clears the search if an email-shaped value sneaks in. Also applied to the Reports facility search.
  • HCC names and team badges weren't showing on the Facilities list until you refreshed. Lookups now finish loading before the list renders.
Removed
  • "Facility Protocol Guidelines" tagline on the login page.
  • Sample email and password placeholders from the login form.
  • Default admin credentials hint from the login footer.
v1.6.0
April 2026
Added
  • Windows launcher: start_facility_app.bat + PowerShell helper with live ASCII spinner, uptime counter, and automatic log files in logs/.
  • Auto-start-on-boot guide (AUTOSTART_WINDOWS.md) covering both Startup folder and Task Scheduler options.
  • Self-service password change from the topbar "Password" button on every page, with live policy hints.
  • Password policy enforcement: at least 10 characters, uppercase, lowercase, number, and special character (applied to all new accounts and changes).
  • SMTP Configuration moved to its own admin panel so backup notification emails actually send.
  • Functional email notifications on backup — configured SMTP server now delivers a message with the backup .xlsx attached.
  • "Send Test Email" button on the SMTP panel so you can verify configuration without running a full backup.
Changed
  • App now binds to 0.0.0.0 so other devices on the office network can connect. Debug mode disabled by default.
v1.5.0
April 2026
Added
  • Copyright line on every page of every PDF report.
  • Timestamps in PDFs now use the viewer's local time and timezone (e.g. PDT, EST) instead of UTC.
  • "Special Documentation Instructions" field in Documentation Expectations (positioned between Hinds documentation location and the electronic-charts process).
  • "Additional Information" is now its own section above Parking.
Changed
  • PDF bullet points now line-wrap correctly — each bullet point starts on its own line in the Facility Detail Sheet.
  • Section header renamed from "Medication Preferences · Hospice Aide · In-Service" to "Hospice Aide · In-Service" since Medication Preferences were moved.
  • Supplies storing & ordering moved to the bottom of the Supplies & DME section.
  • "List anything not allowed" renamed to "DME Special Instructions" everywhere (database field unchanged, so existing data is preserved).
Fixed
  • Checkbox pairs in the Facility Detail PDF (Care Plan, Pain Assessment, Symptom Assessment, Post-Mortem Care, Contacts Family) all appeared filled regardless of their real value. Replaced the Unicode checkbox characters with [X] / [ ] which render correctly in every font.
v1.4.0
April 2026
Added
  • "Receptionist" field group added to Facility Contacts (name, phone, email) — appears after Activity Director throughout the app and PDFs.
  • "Other Clinical Notes" field placed above "Additional Information" in Documentation Expectations.
  • Medication Preferences — "Signature Required" and "Proof of Delivery" now sit directly under Preferred Pharmacy instead of in the Hospice Aide section.
Changed
  • Reports: Change Log Report is now admin-only. Facility Directory and Facility Detail remain available to anyone with the Reports permission.
  • Reports: Facility Detail Sheet facility picker replaced with a live-search combobox — type to filter the list of facilities instead of scrolling a long dropdown.
v1.0.0
April 2026
Added
  • Initial release of the Hinds LifeCare Facility Protocol Guidelines application.
  • Facility records: contacts, sign-in & access, referral & admission, documentation expectations, orders & medications, supplies & DME, hospice aide, death procedure, parking.
  • User authentication with roles and per-user permissions (view, create, edit, delete, export, archive, reports, admin).
  • Admin panel: user management, team & HCC lookup tables, automatic-backup scheduler, change log audit trail.
  • PDF reports: Facility Directory, Facility Detail Sheet, Change Log.
  • Excel export / import for full-database backup and restore.