SOAPware 2008

You must contact SOAPware BEFORE upgrading - the product will not work with a v5 License.
It requires a SOAPware-2008 License.

There are numerous database changes to track document signatures and multiple other changes to how security is managed. The new product packaging information is also in the database. 

The upgrade from v5 to SOAPware-2008 is one way.  It is impossible to revert back to v5. Going from v5 (with PostgreSQL) to SOAPware 2008 is more similar to an update from one version of v4 to another version of v4.  It more of an update that an upgrade. It is basically going from v5.1 to v5.2 with a changing of the naming convention and product packaging at the same time.There is no need for data conversion, nor the need to become familiar with a new interface.

Going from v5 (with MySQL) will require a data migration. Tools to accomplish this are in early production. Therefore, there may be some quirks that will only surface after there is more actual usage.

In previous, non-certified versions of SOAPware, it was possible for users who are not “providers” to be able to sign off documents. With SOAPware 2008 all documents in the record must be signed off by the provider that is assigned as the owner of the document. In a subsequent release, we will be adding in a means for non-clinical(i.e. financial) documents to be added to the chart that do not require a provider/owner of the document to sign off. Rather than giving specified users passwords belonging to provider/owners so that they can sign off these non-clinical documents, it might be best to consider putting these documents into a temporary, holding pattern or create another work flow less onerous to the providers until the next release.

When converting from v5 to SOAPware-2008, Original V5 shortcuts still reside in Start menu after upgrading to 2008.

In previous, non-certified versions of SOAPware, it was possible for users who are not “providers” to be able to sign off documents. With SOAPware 2008 all documents in the record must be signed off by the provider that is assigned as the owner of the document. The solution is a workflow change allowing for the bulk sign-off of  documents - Sign Off Multiple Documents, Multiple Patients.