Software Update: new features and release notes

Release date:

• Software release 15/06/2024
• Software release 19/10/2022
• Software release 25/02/2022
• Software release 19/08/2021
• Software release 29/01/2021
• Software release 18/11/2020
• Software release 05/08/2020

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Software release date 15/06/2024

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Software release date 19/10/2022

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The majority of the updates concern improvements to the layout of the homeflow and bladder diary reporting, as well as to the settings and user management.

1. Improved setup/control of bladder diaries
2. Support for self intermittent catheterisation in bladder diaries
3. User management
4. Notification center
5. Layout improvements and new settings page
6. Improved setup/control of bladder diaries
7. Japanese translations added

Minze Flow app

1. Improved patient assistance during bladder diary and homeflow use
2. Optimised for patients using self intermittent catheters
3. Japanese, Arabic and Hebrew translations have been added

MINZE CLINICIAN PORTAL

1. Improved setup and control over bladder diaries

When prescribing a bladder diary or homeflow assessment, the clinician has better control on the setup of the evaluation. Choose the right type of evaluation, the amount of days and whether the evaluation should be done in consecutive days:

 

2. Support for self intermittent catheterisation in bladder diaries

The reporting of the bladder diaries now also includes specific insights on catheterisation to evaluate catheterisation routines or follow them up over time. 

The timeline view also shows the voids that were registered with a catheter and indicates whether it was a residual volume or full catheter void.

 

3. User management

Your distributor can assign admin rights to a certain user. As from that moment, the admin user can add new users, change roles or send reset password emails.

4. Notification center

We have added the possibility to send notifications to the users of the Clinician Portal. These will be used to inform the users on scheduled maintenance or software updates and new features that will be released.

5. Overall layout improvements and new settings page

Throughout the clinician portal, minor changes have been made to the layout to improved usability and visual comfort.

Next to this, also the settings page has received an upgrade to get a better overview of the functionalities that have been added over the last few software releases. The settings page has been split into 'personal settings' for your personal account and 'organisation settings'. The latter can be changed by the admin and are valid throughout the whole organisation.

6. Support for Japanese language

The portal is now also available in Japanese.

 

MINZE FLOW APP

1. Improved patient assistance during the bladder diary and homeflow use

Pop-ups, tutorials, reminders and questions have been added to the app to make sure that the patient receives all the necessary information to smoothly fill out his/her bladder diary. 

- Personalisation and explanation when starting the diary

- Assistance and questions in case of suspected double entries

 

2. Optimised for patients using self intermittent catheters

Questions have been added with regards to self intermittent catheterisation and the app will assist the patient in keeping a diary correctly, taking into account residual volumes after a natural flow or complete emptying with a catheter.

 

3. Japanese, Arabic and Hebrew translations have been added

 

 

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Software release date 25/02/2022

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The main updates are linked to (1) the reporting and visualisation of the remote monitoring solutions (homeflow, bladder diaries) and (2) the development of the HL7 integration with EHR systems.

1. EHR (HL7 integration)
2. Uroflowmeter connectivity & battery status live updates with app
3. Beautiful new export function for Homeflow and Diary Pod assessments
4. New editing tools for the clinician in Homeflow and Diary Pod assessements
5. Dynamic amount (not limited to 3) of cycles for uroflow/bladder diaries
6. Patient progression now shows spread instead per assessment instead of cycles

Minze Flow App:

The updates to the app are mainly related to the user experience of the patient. The app has become more user friendly and its intelligence assists the patient in executing the home assessments correctly.

1. User friendly tutorials and popups
2. One timeline and automatic cycle detection
3. Patient input evaluation and assistance
4. Self-catheterization can now be indicated by the patient

MINZE CLINICIAN PORTAL

1. EHR (HL7 integration)

Full HL7 integration is now available. Search in the hospital EHR for patients and export both hospiflow and remote monitoring reports directly into the patient's medical records.

More details? Get in touch!

2. Uroflowmeter connectivity & battery status live updates with app

Until now, the connectivity status and battery percentage were only shown and updated when connected to a gateway.

Not anymore. With this release, the connectivity and battery status will be updated live also when using the Hospiflow app.

3. Beautiful new export function for Homeflow and Diary Pod assessments

Also .csv exports of the raw data are now available. Please get in touch if you are interested for clinical studies or research.

4. New editing tools for the clinician in Homeflow and Diary Pod assessments

Even though the patient is assisted more than ever by the app with completing the home assessments, the clinician also gets more tools to correct or update some of the data points if necessary.

 

 

5. Dynamic amount (not limited to 3) of cycles for uroflow/bladder diaries

Uroflow and bladder diaries are not limited to 3 cycles anymore. The clinician can select the amount of days that are required or the patient can opt in the app to continue measuring even after the requested amount has been completed.

6. Patient progression now shows spread instead per assessment instead of cycles

Minze Flow App:

1. User friendly tutorials and popups

 

2. One timeline and automatic cycle detection

The patient will still be able to see the measurement history and the measurements of the previous cycles. Up to now, when starting a new day, the patient could only see the measurements of that day.

The app will detect the cycles automatically, making it more intuitive to use for the patient

 

3. Patient input evaluation and assistance

The app's AI will ask questions to the patient in case of data entries that do not make sense (e.g. entering a nighttime void, at 1pm) and suggest improvements to the information entered.

4. Self- intermittent catheterization can be added by the patient

Patients using self intermittent catheters (CiC) can now also indicate whether they have emptied their bladder naturally or by use of a catheter.

 

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Software release date 19/08/2021

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1. Two factor authentication
2. Demo patient with full uroflow and bladder diary data
3. User management and roles
4. Improvements to Bladder Diary and Homeflow results
5. Customer management for distributors

Minze Backend

1. General improvements and updates

Minze Flow App

1. ePROMS and QoL questionnaires in app

Minze Clinician Portal

1. Two factor authentication

To improve the security of your account, we have implemented Two Factor Authentication to the login process. Currently the 2FA options are the mobile applications FreeOTP or Google Authenticator that can be installed on your smartphone (Android & iOS).

The 2FA can be configured on the settings page of your personal account as pictured below. 

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2. Demo patient with uroflow and bladder diary data

In every (new) account, the user will find two default Demo patients with pre-filled measurement data. This can be used to get familiar with the functionalities of the Minze Clinician Portal.

3. User management and roles

A new 'Admin' role has been created where the Clinician Admin will be able to see e list of users and manage their access rights and roles. Please ask your local distributor for more information on this subject.

 

4. Improvements to Bladder Diary and Homeflow results

Some minor improvements have been made to the results of Homeflow and Bladder Diary evaluations. Clinicians now receive more information about the measurements and can update some data entries where necessary.

 

5. Customer management for distributors

Distributors get access to improved user insights and user management to support their customers even better.

 

Minze Backend

1. General improvements and updates

Updates to the backend of the Minze system have been made to support the new features and to improve overall speed, reliability and stability of the system.

 

Minze Flow App

1. ePROMS and QoL questionnaires in app

The functionality of the ePROMS and QoL questionnaires in the Clinician Portal has been expanded. It is now possible to send it to your patient together with a Homeflow or Diary Pod evaluation. The Patient will be able to open the questionnaire directly from the Minze Flow Application through the messaging functionality or in the accompanying email.

 

 

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Software release date 29/01/2021

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Also the 'Add assessment'for Homeflow of Diary assessments button has been moved (+ Add ).

When a patient needs a new cup for his Homeflow assessment, the previous Cup ID's can be shown by hovering over the Cup ID in the sidebar.

 

2. 'Add assessment' redesign

The workflow for adding a new Homeflow or Bladder Diary assessment has been redesigned. Whether a new assessment is created on the Homeflow page or on the Patient Profile Page, the new workflow will guide the Clinician through the steps of the process.

When adding the assessment, it is now also possible to add the email address of the patient. In this case, the clinician can add a note and send instructions (see preview email) to the patient.

 

3. Homeflow and Bladder Diary 

The Homeflow and Bladder Diary Assessment page have been redesigned completely to provide better insights in the data coming from the patient. A full and comprehensive user guide will follow soon.

 

4. Patient progression analysis

To monitor the evolution of the patient's Homeflow or Bladder Diary measurements over time and to compare it to a baseline set earlier, a new 'Patient progression page' has been added to the Patient Page. This can be found in the sidebar. A full and comprehensive user guide will follow soon.

 

5. Overall usabililty improvements

Throughout the Clinician Portal, several small updates (e.g. improved error messages)  were implemented for an improved user experience for the Clinician.

Minze Backend

1. General improvements and updates

To support the new features in the portal and app, as well as to improve the overall usability of the system, some updates were made to the Minze Backend.

 

Minze Flow App

1. Tutorials and guidance for the patient

When using the Minze Flow app, patients will be guided through the process of connecting, using and completing the assessment. Specifically for voiding diaries, the patient will be forced to read through a pop-up that explains specific terms and how to keep it properly, before actually starting the assessment. Also during the assessment, the patient will be guided through the steps of the 24h cycles.

 

2. Message from clinician to patient

When creating the assessment as a clinician, it is now possible to include a note for the patient (similar as in the email). This note will be shown to the patient in the app to make sure that the message comes across.

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Software release date 18/11/2020

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1. Added new license option 'Capital Equipment'
2. Scaling and visualisation of uroflowmetry graphs
3. Voiding diary visualisation
4. Reduced loading times for processing Hospiflow
5. Improved readability of pdf export
6. Additional delimiters for .csv export have been added
7. Overall usability improvements

Minze Backend:

1. Improvements to IOT and backend 

 

Minze Clinician Portal

1. Added new license option 'Capital Equipment'

To be in line with the most recent pricing structure, it is now possible as a distributor to select in the 'clients section' the Capital Equipment option.

 

2. Scaling and visualisation of uroflowmetry graphs

On the patient's profile page, the option has been added to change the scale of the graph for both axes. This means that also very long measurements can be displayed completely.

On the same page, a bug with scaling of the nomograms has been fixed.

 

3. Voiding diary visualisation

Improved voiding diary table visualisation to resolve duplicate morning void entry when the wake and bed time have been incorrectly added by the patient.

 

4. Reduced loading times for processing Hospiflow

In some cases, users might experience delays when assigning a Hospiflow measurement to a patient. This issue has been solved with the current release.

 

5. Improved readability of pdf exports

The visualisation of uroflowmetry when exporting to pdf has been improved for better readability. Improved (homeflow) uroflowmetry reports graph visualization so a uroflow graph is not split over multiple pages in the pdf export.

 

6. Additional delimiters for .csv export have been added

When exporting CSV data from the Portal, it is now possible to use the following characters as delimiters: , ; :

 

7. Overall usability improvements

Throughout the Clinician Portal, several small updates (e.g. improved error messages when adding cups or gateways) were implemented for an improved user experience for the user.

 

Minze Backend

1. Improvements to IOT and backend 

Various improvements to the backend acrhitecture were made to ensure a stable IoT connection between the different components.

 

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Software release date: 05/08/2020

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