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    Healthdirect Video Call Priorities

    26th June 2024

    This page gives you a list of priorities that are in development. You can see the top 10 priorities, open feature requests and issues as well as work that has been completed below.


    The top ten priorities

    This is a dynamic top ten issue list and will be updated every Wednesday. Please check back each week to see the latest version of the list. 



    Number Summary 
    1 Far End Camera Control
    2 Additional media content in the waiting area 
    3 Improve patient join flow for better waiting area entry experience - Custom Waiting Content
    4 High fidelity audio control in audio settings
    5 Address issue with changing microphone/camera occasionally not displaying properly for iOS devices
    6 Improved overall Call quality negotiations
    7 Devolved Organisation Admin configuration to carousel
    8 Improved virtual background performance
    9 View and communicate with users - Message Hub
    10
    Additional Organisational settings to filter down to Clinic levels



    Upcoming features and fixes

    The following is a list of upcoming features and fixes in alphabetical order. These will be rolled into the top ten priorities as work is completed on the current top ten list. Priorities on these features and fixes are reviewed on a weekly basis.

    Feature
    Ability to search for a user (e.g by email address) and display/edit roles they have and manage access
    Account Management: Ability to add a user into multiple clinics and other improvements
    Account Management: Ability to see all the team members you manage and the entities they belong to (clinics, organisations) on one page and report on it.
    Add a note while the patient is being transferred from within the call screen for one clinician to another or triage. Only visible to clinician and admin staff.
    Add additional phone numbers for SMS notifications
    Audit trails for Email/Users/Organisation changes
    Bulk import for organisation admins (self service)
    Caller device & operating system information to be seen in reports.
    Camera off image adjustable per user
    Improved reporting on activity and user accounts
    View to display all currently occurring calls in waiting areas and meeting rooms across all organisations in one place
    Improved platform enterprise administration for clinic waiting area management and user communication by clinic/organisational administration 
    Improved waiting area experience for patients managed by clinic/organisational administration, such as Splash screen and Video messages, surveys, etc to be configurable and displayed during patient waiting period
    Interactive Forms during consultation
    Meeting Rooms to be easily accessible from the home page
    Organisational level short URLs creation
    SMS notifications improvement for clinicians
    Transfer patients into a non-public (hidden) Waiting Area



    Completed features and fixes

    The following is a list of completed features and fixes in order of when they were completed. This will be updated on a weekly basis with the completed items from the top ten.



    Summary Completed
    Fix for video being cropped on certain iPhone models
    June-24
    Make the reports download buttons show before the card has completed loading
    June-24
    Fix for emoji skin tones on specific browsers
    June-24
    Introduce medical device Audio capability
    June-24
    Introduce emojis for use with stickers on annotations
    June-24
    Add Minimise capability for managing open Apps
    June-24
    Add Dice and Spinner widgets to annotation capabilities May-24
    Add new Picture in Picture capability May-24
    Allow In call invitation screen to send to sms and email simultaneously, as well as allow the "From" field to be edited
    May-24
    Improve connection check behaviour and accuracy
    May-24
    Add additional audio control settings for Gain Control and Echo Cancellation
    May-24
    Fix rendering issue for mobile devices to improve optimisation May-24
    Fix video quality settings to apply to screenshare content as well May-24
    Improvements to chat message drawer May-24
    Added support for mobile phones starting with 0493 prefix April-24
    Introduced beta version for updated version of Virtual Backgrounds
    April-24
    Infrastructure work for Message Hub and Custom Waiting Experience
    April-24
    Allow 1300 numbers to be included in support contacts
    April-24
    Add size limit to upload of virtual background images to improve performance
    April-24
    Refreshed sign-in page
    April-24
    Update post call survey prompts  March-24
    Improve device selection performance March-24
    Improve call invite (in call screen) behaviour March-24
    Device selection in the patient join flow March-24
    Improvement to the snapshot function in Video Call - High Resolution
    March-24
    Added feature to resend all pending invitations February-24
    Making a users full name searchable (First and Last) in the platform February-24
    Added ability to administer users directly from the All Users page February-24
    Group Room call quality settings improvements February-24
    Updated messaging for waiting area calls to show when they exceed the maximum user limit February-24
    Added on-hold callers being able to be added to group calls from the waiting area
    February-24
    Update patient join flow to have patient entry fields at the top of the patient entry screen February-24
    Add full screen self view capability for iOS devices February-24
    Improve network connectivity tests February-24
    Improve browser detection in precall test February-24
    Improved microphone detection in precall test February-24
    Recording improvements on iOS devices January-24
    Rename grid view January-24
    Precall test improvements January-24
    Improved display for users when a mobile device is interrupted by a phone call  January-24
    Improved stream communication for multi-party calls January-24
    Improvements on camera switching for mobile devices  January-24
    Improved call quality settings performance in group call  January-24
    Removed non functional option to hide apps and tools from other hosts in a call January-24
    Introduced snapshot button to take a snapshot of a video feed January-24
    Added configuration option to disable video preview on patient entry flow January-24
    Video call quality settings improved for group calling experience January-24
    Add tool tip for custom background selection options January-24
    Improved visibility for the raised hand feature  January-24
    Improvements for switching camera on mobile devices January-24
    Further pre-call test improvements January-24
    Extend templates to room invitations January-24
    Added full screen option for self video view January-24

    Improved and simplified pre-call test

    January-24
    New Email and SMS templates under Communication Tab in the clinic waiting area configuration January-24

    New Video Call Button in the clinic waiting area to invite a participant

    January-24
    Improved and simplified pre-call test December-23

    New Email and SMS templates under Communication Tab in the clinic waiting area configuration

    December-23

    New Video Call Button in the clinic waiting area to invite a participant

    December-23
    Improved permissions functionality  December-23
    Group calling capability added to the waiting area December-23
    Improvement to MBS bulk billing back end performance December-23
    Updated help links for dashboard December-23
    Improve display of speaker indicator and name badge November-23
    Allow annotation tools to be deselected November-23
    Improved confirmation on waiting area configuration changes being saved November-23
    Fix phone call out bug with additional participants November-23
    Change behaviour of audio share to be on by default November-23
    Improve "Are you talking" alert prompt  November-23
    Fixed default country code to be +61 (Australia) November-23
    Improved youtube app guest controls November-23
    Added Services on Demand to default app installation list November-23
    Fixed hidden input fields to function as intended November-23
    Fixed errors displayed for callers using the skipsetup=1 feature November-23
    Added raised hand feature November-23
    Introduced max participants view slider November-23
    Added new customised virtual background feature November-23
    Updated new call manager for phone call out options November-23
    Fixed sorting of organisation names on "My Organisations" page November-23
    Fixed call duration timer performance October-23
    Added new improved call manager with new multi-select functionality October-23
    Added full screen participant button to maximise participant view October-23
    Group Calling stability improvements October-23
    Improved validation for waiting area patient entry field configuration October-23
    Introduced fix for blurred background when WEBGL was not available October-23
    Fixed issue with Waiting Area entry Fields with white spaces  October-23
    Fix issue where users waiting may not always see disconnection errors  October-23
    Default screen sharing to high frame rate 25FPS sharing
    October-23
    Improved performance of participants switching streams
    October-23
    Improved mobile user view with merged feeds
    October-23
    Fixed issue with mobile users not loading Apps correctly
    October-23
    Added Services on Demand application to each clinic September-23
    Improve clear all annotation tool September-23
    Updated org and clinic support contact to display in same format September-23
    Added tool tip for changes to configuration pages when saving configuration changes September-23
    Update join flow logo sizing September-23
    Fix for duplicate waiting area patient entry fields  September-23
    Fix for logo sometimes not appearing correctly in call screen September-23
    Fix for grey bar staying on mobile after accessing the settings drawer September-23
    Improve deletion annotation tool
    September-23
    Change portrait view on mobile to show full video feed instead of cropped view September-23
    Fix call interface reporting issue September-23
    Introduce new video call layout with great improvements for group calling September-23
    Improve tool tips to fade away after hover September-23
    Fix document camera to correctly show in grid view September-23
    Introduced Clinic clerk role September-23
    Improve guest mic/camera pre-call options configuration September-23
    Fix for screen sharing feed showing up as participants September-23
    Renamed dashboard to "Clinic Dashboard" September-23
    Improved patient view for mobile users September-23
    Changed default draw colour in annotations August-23
    Added deny button for call queue manager August-23
    Added new check box to hide the apps and tools drawer from guests August-23
    Added new clinic dashboard with enterprise admin capabilities August-23
    Fixed device settings not being saved when you switched between room types  August-23
    Fixed issue with drawer resources not displaying correctly August-23
    Improved whiteboarding sticker and colour selection functionality August-23
    Added participant is typing feature to chat window August-23
    Fix for user profile view on mobile devices implemented July-23
    Update the waiting music tab to be called "waiting experience" July-23
    Update group calling to fix "musical chairs" effect when users are joining/disconnecting from the call  July-23
    Introduced ability for patients to mute camera and microphone whilst waiting in the waiting area July-23
    Add ability to restore defaults for customised views of columns in waiting area dashboard July-23
    Introduced high frame rate screen sharing for better screen sharing performance July-23
    Make checkbox patient entry fields editable July-23
    Introduced Live Captions to all clinics July-23
    Improve refresh connection behaviour June-23
    Fixed bug that was presenting the call quality survey on transfers June-23
    Improved video feeds for connection processes June-23
    Fixed error when using the skipsetup functionality June-23
    Improve mute functionality June-23
    Improved FHD video performance on edge browser June-23
    Introduced dark background colour option for Video Call screen June-23
    Fixed filtering of timezone down from Organisation level to Clinic level May-23
    Allow Firefox to screenshare with other browser types May-23
    Fixed toast notifications disabling video feed buttons to allow you to switch sizes, etc  May-23
    Updated team members page to always refresh upon changes being made May-23
    Fixed ability to change username on user profile May-23
    Added ability to horizontally flip local video feed so it is no longer appearing mirrored May-23
    Updated bulk import process to allow for inclusion of display name May-23
    Introduction of new display name (Alias) May-23
    Improved FHD quality  May-23
    Adjust templates for organisation and clinic reports May-23
    Improved connectivity for group calling  May-23
    Added new video not available indicator to call screen May-23
    Virtual Background released on the platform April-23
    Release of Full High Definition (FHD) on the platform April-23
    Organisation logo is inherited by the clinics in that organisation April-23

    Reset Password page - UI refresh

    April-23
    Addition of filtering in Team Members Configuration Tab April-23
    Expansion and closure of the bandwidth traffic light indicator April-23
    SSO Configuration and Edit Profile UI improvement April-23
    Update back end to allow filters to be used in team members list April-23
    Updated UI to ensure team members details aren't being truncated on team members page April-23
    Fixed clinic logo not being shown when set at org level for service providers April-23
    Fix issue where sometimes the mic does not appear muted in group calls April-23
    Ensure that Noise suppression audio option is remembered when selected April-23
    Fixed Precall test to ensure audio and video streams are released after test April-23
    Improved Virtual Background performance for iOS devices April-23
    Improved audio handling for meeting rooms with multiple participants March-23
    Improved outage page to auto refresh if users are unable to access platform March-23
    Fixed android issue with settings drawer covering screen March-23
    Updated links to resource centre March-23
    Improved reporting functionality March-23
    Improved aspect ratio for iOS users March-23
    Improved filters in Waiting Area Dashboard March-23
    Updated Join room call flow for taking a photo March-23
    Updated dashboard page to ensure always showing the latest information March-23
    Fixed clinic admin user access control issues March-23
    Improved layout for two way messaging March-23
    Added Advanced Waiting Area Entry Fields functionality March-23
    Improve alignment with annotation tools across users February-23
    Fixed issue with uploading organisation logo February-23
    Improve toast notifications in group calling February-23
    Fixed consultations report to include phone participants  February-23
    Added "are you talking" notification to call screen when a user is muted February-23
    Improve Youtube Video player application performance February-23
    Fixed traffic light indicator not always showing
    February-23
    Fixed "failed to load clinics" error when accessing the my clinics page February-23
    Updated chat styling and added ability to download a transcription of the chat log (for providers only) February-23
    Fixed uploading of organisational logos February-23
    Fixed clinic logos not displaying correctly on join flow February-23
    Fixed back button after password reset request was sent through January-23
    Updated wording on my roles page to show correct role information January-23
    Introduced Mute and Pin functionality for classic layout
    January-23
    Improved post call links to ensure all user types receive them
    January-23
    Updated alert notifications to go to waiting area dashboard page
    January-23
    User Profile - updated layout December-22
    Translated appointment flyer with QR code - Dari and Khmer languages added
    December-22
    Two-way messaging for callers put on-hold in a call
    December-22
    Improved browser detection for older versions of iOS November-22
    Added Organisation Co-ordinator role November-22
    Improvement to profile photo update November-22
    Updated Configure call interface preview November-22
    Improved user management for admins November-22
    Added new call quality rating to the end of calls where no custom survey is present November-22
    Fixed issue with custom URLs set at Organisational Level not trickling down to Clinics  November-22
    Improved participant list for group calling November-22
    Improved audio quality for iOS devices November-22
    Fixed annotation issue with pointers not displaying correctly for some users November-22
    Improved connectivity for Group Calling November-22
    Improved screen sharing connectivity for all calls
    November-22
    Improve renegotiation of media tracks when connectivity is lost October-22
    Fixed issue where inviting a user would sometimes not update the team member list October-22
    Improvement to pagination displaying total number of pages October-22
    Removed volume slider from iPhone devices October-22
    Improvement to user invitations modal October-22
    Updated group calling to better display when users leave a call October-22
    Removed volume slider for iOS devices October-22
    Added Pagination to clinics with long member lists October-22
    Fix for audio distortion when an iOS user tabs away from their Video Call screen October-22
    Update user invitation modal to be able to add more than one user at a time October-22
    Indicate to user when their internet connectivity is lost within a call October-22
    Group Calling toast notification improvements September-22
    Fixed room calendar invitations to ensure all users are BCC'd when multiple invitations are sent September-22
    Improved call screen visibility when a mobile user is interrupted by a phone call September-22
    Improvements to SIP calling optimisation September-22
    Improved detection of browser versions for yellow banner notifications etc September-22
    Improved camera switching on devices September-22
    Toast notifications improvements for group calling users September-22
    Reporting API improvements September-22
    Improvements for iPad users for SIP September-22
    Fixed Settings Drawer bug on Android devices when an app is in use August-22
    SIP dialpad functionality added August-22
    Introduced download prompting for shared resources prior to ending call August-22
    SSO configuration to support Okta Configuration August-22
    New clinics are now open 24 hours by default August-22
    Group Calling Capability first release August-22
    Fixed issue with SSO logins being case sensitive August-22
    Updated "yellow banner" to be able to target specific types of devices, browsers, OS, etc  August-22
    Group call preparation work August-22
    Updated reports to include the full details around transfer of calls August-22
    Updated sms/email invitations to automatically clear message on successful send of invitation August-22
    Improved rolls and permissions to include selection of data collection July-22
    Improved pending invitations function July-22
    Added configuration for clinic closed message to be displayed July-22
    Fixed issue with displaying the correct option for photos on room call entry July-22
    SIP improvements for better interoperability with iOS July-22
    Two-Way Messaging between patients and clinic during wait time
    June-22
    Improved call overlay for smaller screen sizes June-22
    Further SIP improvements June-22
    Added subdomain column to Clinics Report June-22
    Added reporter roles for Organisation and Platform levels June-22
    Fixed iOS issue where users may be disconnected when muting/unmuting the call May-22
    Fixed iOS issue where users may be disconnected when saving annotations May-22
    Introduced alert sounds for users entering and exiting the call screen May-22
    Added Accessibility to App Marketplace powered by Coviu May-22
    Added new hide/show right hand side column button for the waiting area dashboard May-22
    Fixed issue where on hold users were being displayed "phone call" instead of "video call" May-22
    Added Minimised/Maximised/Collapsed options for your self view to the call interface for both clinic and organisational level configurations. April-22
    Updated PDF editor to allow saving all annotated pages April-22
    Added meeting Favourites feature April-22
    Added new Waiting Area Filters (including duration) to dashboard April-22
    Fixed waiting area status column on clinic reports sometimes not reporting correctly April-22
    Fixed reset button for call interface colours April-22
    DLR improvement with firefox browser for saved recordings April-22
    Mobile users can now "Select Camera" from the settings drawer instead of just switching April-22
    Re-introduced ability to hide self view of camera with new styling April-22
    Introduced new call screen design March-22
    Added visual indicator of active speaker with highlighted border within call screen March-22
    Fixed bug when clicking on meeting room link that would not display page properly March-22
    Updated Tools button to be Apps and Tools with new design and icons March-22
    Introduced new small video preview of self view March-22
    SIP improvements to allow better URI calling March-22
    Improved margins for dashboard layout March-22
    Patient name to be displayed correctly in participants modal when trying to disconnect March-22
    Patient name to be visible when sending notification March-22
    User rooms no longer showing in clinics with no User rooms  March-22
    Fixed bug where users who were on-hold were not being transferred correctly March-22
    New users now enter First and Last name when creating account March-22
    Make last name field mandatory March-22
    Automated messages for on hold configuration from waiting area added March-22
    Manual notifications now successfully sent to users in the call screen March-22
    Fixed automated notifications to successfully come through to on hold users March-22
    Increased memory and size for reporting threads March-22
    Increased and updated reporting capabilities for reports longer than 2 months that are emailed February-22
    Introduced report history functionality February-22
    Updated Notify modal to have new "chat view" styling and include notification history February-22
    Introduced new "Notify all" feature for callers in the waiting area February-22
    Configure automated messages for On Hold status callers January-22
    SSO Logs improvements January-22
    Improved Left Hand Side menu from within dashboard and the My Clinics/My Organisations pages January-22
    Added the ability to place caller "On Hold" from within a waiting area consultation  January-22
    Increased iOS volume slider max gain to 800% by default  January-22
    Fixed issue with screen sharing on iOS devices January-22
    Local Video Feed position updated to ensure guest as close to the top of the screen as possible January-22
    Improved SSO backend debugging January-22
    Devolved Local Recording Testing December-21
    Volume Slider in Call Settings for iOS devices to increase speaker volume over 100% December-21
    Update to Annotation pen colours and sizes
    December-21
    SIP improvements to waiting area workflows December-21
    Notification icons now live refreshed for all users in the clinic dashboard December-21
    Resolved issue that allowed service providers to be able to join multiple calls December-21
    Improved reporting backend December-21
    Updated call drawer to remove old "menu" from meeting room call screen December-21
    Added security warning when sharing a file using the file transfer tool November-21
    Clinic Reporting configuration page now visible for Organisation and Clinic Admins November-21
    Added disconnect confirmation modal to Call Manager November-21
    Changed name of Add-ons to Apps November-21
    Created Grid Layout for better user experience with group calling November-21
    Addition of feature to be able to show position in in queue of callers November-21
    Service Provider report now includes meeting room activity November-21
    Increase in performance for reporting queries November-21
    Further improvements to SIP call capability November-21
    Add to Call functionality from different clinic now available for Platform and Organisation administrators. November-21
    Improvement to voice call quality in the voice callout gateway October-21
    Ability to "add to call" from a different clinic for team members
    October-21

    Updated status.vcc.healthdirect.org.au page to include AEST hours October-21
    SIP capability added to the waiting area for testing October-21
    iOS browser version detection improved October-21
    Added invite button to the top of the waiting area dashboard October-21
    SSO improvements to allow greater configuration options October-21
    Fixed the ability to send multiple SMS invites from the invitation modal September-21
    Updated emails received for Organisation with SSO disabled September-21
    Fixed Grid View to correctly display September-21
    Resolved issue with desktop alerts not being set correctly September-21
    Completed patient user journey with new "continue" to accept listed policies.  September-21
    Fixed overlapping text in waiting area dashboard September-21
    Improved compatibility for phone numbers on patient entry September-21
    Improved room information in reports September-21
    Updated Important information page view to align with the rest of the improved user journey workflow September-21
    Added Clinic tagging reporting capability September-21
    Introduced new look waiting area dashboard September-21
    Added new modal to display report downloading progress August-21
    Updated patient journey to include new allow animation gif  August-21
    Added meeting room/user room report to clinic level reporting August-21
    Improved reporting UI for date selection and reporting cards August-21
    Improved accessibility display of patient user journey August-21
    Pre-call test improvement to allow users with high latency to pass the network connectivity tests August-21
    Further SSO improvements for login processes August-21
    Added End Call confirmation modal to be able to disconnect calls from the waiting area dashboard August-21
    Reporting cards now load individually to improve performance for platform level reports August-21
    Included meeting room data in Organisation level report July-21
    Updated clinic tagging configuration to display in clinic setting July-21
    Improvement to switching camera stream on iPad July-21
    Fix to properly detect Microsoft Edge version in the precall test  July-21
    Updated precall test to properly show the resource centre links on failures
    July-21
    Added additional configuration field for SSO July-21
    Request Camera tool no longer flips camera feed July-21
    Patient entry flow updated designs of buttons July-21
    Updated SSO behaviour for domains who have switched SSO off temporarily July-21
    Introduced fix to stop users from changing their email address to an invalid email July-21
    Updated wording of Consultations report to be "Waiting Area Consultations" July-21
    Added new confirmation modal for Joining a Call (configurable by clinic) July-21
    Introduced more user friendly precall test experience for users.  July-21
    Added first changes to UI Kit to enable new pre-call test functionality June-21
    Created new report to show user room and meeting room activity June-21
    Changed default options to have user rooms disabled when adding a new user to a clinic June-21
    Updated logo for Microsoft Edge on the call entry page June-21
    Added screen sharing capability for MacOS users on Microsoft Edge and Firefox June-21
    Added browser support for Microsoft Edge on Android devices June-21
    Improved screen share stream negotiation to ensure that users no longer receive the "no stream is available message"  May-21
    Increased font size to 16px across the platform May-21
    Added additional compatiblity for iOS web browser usage May-21
    Removed the disable live clinic updates option from the my clinics page May-21
    Clinic list on the waiting area dashboard is now displayed in alphabetical order April-21
    Added feature to quickly enable a microphone or camera on a mobile device when interrupted by a phone call April-21
    Fixed transcoding of video files for playback March-21
    Fixed issue with drop down menu failing to close in some situations March-21
    Updated Users reporting card to be more appropriately named as "Service Providers Summary" and updated wording inside the report March-21
    Fixed issue with allowing 0429 mobile prefix to be sent sms invitations March-21
    Enabled screen sharing for Safari on macOS devices (to chrome)  March-21
    Added ability to email reports that are shorter than 2 month period February-21
    Added help tip for changing password to ensure 13 character password complexity was met February-21
    Added popup help tip for new callers in a meeting room February-21
    Update to my clinics page to ensure better refresh times and accuracy of information February-21
    Ezispeak on demand interpreters Add-on available for testing January-21
    Change to behaviour of transferring users back to "the waiting room" in rooms. January-21
    Added ability to be able to run reports for longer than a 2 month period December-20
    Improved technical issue notification yellow banner  December-20
    SSO Available for testing on UAT November-20
    Added display of waiting users to meeting rooms  November-20
    Callers who enter without completing details now show as "Anonymous user"  November-20
    Added ability to set tools and add ons to view only mode for patients November-20
    Added ability to set default behaviour for taking a photo as a guest when entering a meeting room.  October-20
    Fix synchronised video playback of video recordings (healthdirect After Hours GP helpline only)
    October-20
    Sharing audio via screen share
    October-20
    Fixed email invitation/password reset links to be directed properly to vcc.healthdirect.org.au October-20
    Added check to ensure that a clinic unique domain cannot be created if it exists as a shorturl. October-20
    UI change for login page in preparation for Single Sign On October-20
    Introduced security check for devices who have been disconnected from the server for longer than 2 minutes to not automatically rejoin calls. September-20
    YouTube sharing add-on
    September-20
    Lock/Unlock video call session functionality
    September-20
    Show warning message to iOS users to not navigate away from the screen when in the waiting area queue
    September-20
    My clinics page not properly updating with large amount of clinics September-20
    Microphone only goes to your default mic in Chrome, Edge and Safari during a Video Call.
    September-20
    Created short URL links go to vcc2 instead of videocall.direct
    September-20
    Sharing Waiting Area URL via SMS and email
    September-20
    As mentioned in previous communication, the sign in page has been updated with a link ‘Need an account?’ which will link to a directory of telehealth contacts at each health service. ‘Need help?’ will link to a page with tips on how to sign in
    August-20

    Reporting improvements: Consultation reports will now accurately reflect call duration. Summaries (the cards) within reports will now accurately reflect call activity for the date range selected.

    August-20
    SMS notification processing now validates a mobile number - meaning if incorrect number of digits entered, it will flag to the user to correct to continue
    August-20
    Added counter of users in meeting rooms to show occupancy July-20
    Inviting a user to multiple clinics before account has been created behaviours
    July-20
    Added ability to put a delay on Email Waiting Area notifications
    July-20
    Video Call optimisation for low powered CPU devices on Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge Chromium browsers
    July-20
    Music Playlist updated and does not link to music provider page July-20
    Advanced options: Noise Suppression [ON/OFF], default is on June-20
    Side effect issue resolved with Google Chrome redirecting some users to an invalid link June-20
    Notification to prevent users trying to open more than one tab for the same video call session
    May-20
    Meeting room participants can now be transferred to other meeting rooms. May-20
    Resolving issues with precall tests on some iOS devices (e.g. iPad Pro) related to detecting microphone and camera May-20
    Improvement of Audio and video connection on iOS devices May-20
    Refresh and hang-up buttons not appearing on some iPhone devices (e.g. iPhone 6s). Refresh and hang-up buttons are now visible May-20
    If a user hits cancel for camera access when asked to allow camera: it is difficult to then subsequently allow if this was done in error. If a user has cancelled camera access in error as they enter a consult, they will now be able to refresh the page by clicking the 'restart camera' button - so they are presented with the option to give permission again May-20
    When navigating away from a tab whilst on-hold in a waiting area, the caller may have dropped from the queue. The caller can now tab away from the waiting area and remain in the queue. They will see an indicative message while on hold May-20
    Bandwidth data returned to Organisation level reports May-20
    Fixes and improvement to reports  May-20
    Camera switch shortcut if service provider has more than one camera available to use
    May-20
    Availability of Reporting at Clinic Level
    May-20
    Default timezone for new clinics set from Organisation configuration
    Apr-20

    Admin users will now be able to change to a new default timezone at the Organisation-level, under the Organisation Configure menu. This default setting will be adopted by all new clinics created under that Organisation. See screenshot below

    Apr-20

    iOS devices can successfully complete the connection test when attempting to enter a call on a waiting area with permissive settings turned on.

    Apr-20
     Microsoft Edge Chromium is listed as a supported browser in the Pre-Call Test results. Apr-20

    Improved the input field UX on the profile page

    Apr-20
    Independent report summaries, foundational work for clinic-level reporting
    Apr-20
    Fixed 'Failed to answer call' error when attempting to rejoin a session that is still in the answer state
    Apr-20
    Music Player version fixed Apr-20
    Microsoft Edge is listed as a supported browser in the Pre-Call Test results Apr-20
    Meeting Rooms now support up to 6 connections (6 participants from different locations in a single video call) Apr-20
    Update music player (for iOS) Apr-20
    Video Call upgrade as a separated, larger instance in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud, dedicated to healthdirect Video Call use only Apr-20
    Add ability to whitelist IPs to brute login rate limiter Mar-20
    Fix alias generation issue for register/me and register/token Mar-20
    Increase login attempt for IP to 20 Mar-20
    Add detection of support for new Microsoft Edge Browser Mar-20
    Fix Waiting area transfer from dashboard Mar-20
    Add outage notification mechanism for call, team, platform, waiting area and sign-in. This is for notification of ongoing issues while the platform is available Mar-20
    Fix Organisation report template typo Mar-20
    iOS audio device input capture test and recapture if failure takes place  Mar-20
    Update the message displayed on vcc.healthdirect.org.au Mar-20
    Update consultations report for leave time based on participant leave event Mar-20
    New clinics created are now available in the transfer list  Mar-20
    Improvements in platform admin reporting Mar-20
    Improvements in connection time for joining calls Mar-20
    Reporting on restricted waiting area setting in Google Analytics Mar-20
    Initial optimisation of report queries Feb-20

    Added exception mode checking for audio input test in the waiting area call check, and add a default exception mode to each check type

    Feb-20
    Implement workaround to make iPad Safari 13 display correctly in the participant information Feb-20
    Prevent mobile devices sleeping while in an empty room by providing a porthole video (or muted audio) element that plays in the hold screen Feb-20
    Update reporting interface to add a button when changing report parameters to apply and re-run the reports Feb-20
    Clinic dashboard updates slowly for a larger number of clinics Feb-20
    Fix team switching paths under the team switch selector when operating under platform relative paths Feb-20
    Fix addon configuration, help link loading, and logo upload on platform relative paths Feb-20
    Improves the accuracy of the media start time by using the timestamp of the first written RTP frame as the reference Feb-20
    Fix precall configuration under platform relative URLs Feb-20
    Fix issue with first time user profile setup on meeting room URLs when operating under platform relative URLs Feb-20
    Fix room entry URL for platform relative URLs Feb-20
    Fix connecting of the team socket when operating under platform relative paths Feb-20
    Fix waiting area first name validation Feb-20
    Fixed data collection submissions CSV export bug (AGHP Video Call) Feb-20
    Fix video recording playing finished videos in the background (AGHP Video Call) Feb-20
    Fix video buffering and loading spinner on video sync, improve video's getting out of sync on unexpected buffering. Videos should wait for all videos to be buffered before playing (AGHP Video Call) Feb-20
    Platform teams will automatically redirect to platform relative pathing Feb-20
    Prevent portable devices (ie. Mobile Safari on iOS devices) from opening multiple windows with competing media capture Feb-20
    Fixed Consultations report custom tags misalignment  Jan-20
    More improvements to video recording playback  Jan-20
    Correctly show the state of the participant audio/video tracks in the participants modal  Jan-20
    Handle issues with recapturing video on iOS devices when the microphone has not stopped correctly.  Jan-20
    Add waiting area status column, and enabled waiting area total to Waiting Area report  Jan-20
    Updates to fix variable total clinic counts in reports  Jan-20
    Enable the Cancel button to work on the Important Information page. Jan-20
    Improve synchronised video play Jan-20
    Error 404 pages on platforms should show a correctly white labeled page  Jan-20
    Fix audio recording not recording all streams (AGPH Video Call) Jan-20
    Extend expiry count time on notifications Jan-20
    User should now be able to remove post call survey form link  Jan-20
    Check clinic subdomain when creating a new clinic and report errors appropriately Jan-20
    New instance rotated in to replace previous instance, and NodePing configurations updated  Jan-20
    Fix recording upload processor to stop hanging (AGPH Video Call) Jan-20
    New base AMI updated with new security updates, and Threatstack security monitoring to track logins and data exfiltration attempts  Jan-20
    Abandoned calls captured in AGHP collection reporting.  Jan-20
    Update input label for patient name  Dec-19
    Improve patient UX when disconnected in the waiting area  Dec-19
    Updated recording video playback control (AGPH Video Call) Dec-19
    Fix issue with a pending call not being removed from the waiting area queue when the patient closed the window before the connection to the queue was fully established.  Dec-19
    Add support for waiting area collection requests to be queued prior to join completion, to be processed once the join is completed.  Dec-19
    Add support for a separate terms of service URL for users signing up to a platform  Dec-19
    Turn off autocomplete on the waiting queue entry form  Dec-19
    Improve redis scan performance  Dec-19
    Add in support for reporting AHGP patients in the waiting queue (with plugin updates)  Dec-19
    Add analytics on the waiting calls route  Dec-19
    Further improvements to the video recording player (AGPH Video Call) Dec-19
    Adds recording player for audio recording submissions (AGPH Video Call) Dec-19
    Adds a loading spinner to the call list when loading the list initially  Dec-19
    Add support for searching collection item metadata (such as Patient Identifier)  Dec-19
    Refactor audio recordings APIs to support streaming and byte-range headers (AGPH Video Call) Dec-19
    Provide an improved video recording playback player (AGPH Video Call) Dec-19
    Provide camera, microphone, browser and bandwidth information for participants from the waiting area dashboard  Dec-19
    Add support for byte-range headers for media seeking from data collections  Dec-19
    Adds session ID search to data collections  Dec-19
    Add search by session ID to collections  Dec-19
    Fix issues with recordings not being correctly uploaded when they are not terminated correctly (AGPH Video Call) Dec-19
    Ignore empty files, or recording files that do not report any codec information(AGPH Video Call) Dec-19
    Add metadata column to submission items  Dec-19
    Fix refreshing connections in SFU calls  Dec-19
    Support the submission of data collection metadata  Dec-19
    Fix recording upload path for storage of session audio recordings(AGPH Video Call) Dec-19
    Metadata aware recording processor (AGPH Video Call) Dec-19
    Update the SFU connections to report bandwidth and call quality metrics. Add overall metrics to the connection store (this will support the connection information in the waiting area)  Dec-19
    Fix exporting of file columns in collection export  Dec-19
    Update video recording to pass in metadata associated with the call, and display it (AGPH Video Call) Dec-19
    Initial video recording playback viewer (AGPH Video Call) Dec-19
    Allow splash images (eg organisation logo) up to 5MB Nov-19
    Google Analytics for user journey Nov-19
    Adds video recording waiting room configuration (AGPH Video Call) Nov-19
    Add ability to prefill patient entry fields from query parameters when entering a waiting area Nov-19
    Adds support for having video recorded sessions for AGPH Video Call based on caller selection.  Nov-19
    Adds a new data collection renderer to display queued call information for AGPH Video Call. Nov-19
    Ability to upload audio announcements that can be played during the waiting room music playlist. Nov-19
    Ability to configure the default playlist for the waiting area (and waiting room) music player Nov-19
    Call quality level check settings Nov-19
    Automatic setup & test before consult begins Nov-19
    minimum consultation duration' on the reports page itself. Oct-19
    Adds ‘Longest hold’ column to clinics list to display the longest time that a caller has currently been on hold for. Oct-19
    Clinic activity summaries and clinics lists realtime, resulting in quicker data updates, and auto incrementing timers. Oct-19
    On hold summary statistics to the clinics' list views Oct-19
    Time to abandon reporting: time the participant waited in the queue before abandoning the call. Oct-19
    Bandwidth inclusion in reports. Oct-19
    Implement multiselect for reporting tags Sep-19
    Default waiting area session duration to 3 hours Sep-19
    Show warning message when sharing potentially dangerous files. Sep-19
    Fix issue with some cameras capture of higher resolutions. Sep-19
    Add some explanatory help text to the 'Name' field. Sep-19
    Support for switching the HTTP long polling signalling connector in the event of a websocket failure. Sep-19
    Make platform reports accessible to multi org users. Sep-19
    Changes ‘Hangup' to ‘Disconnect caller’ in call manager. Sep-19
    Updates the text present when a caller is on hold. Sep-19
    All users Pagination Sep-19
    Allow desktop notifications to be enabled/disabled from the My Clinics view. Sep-19
    Restrict the creation and deletion of meeting rooms to admins Sep-19
    Add chevron in the organisation clinic select box Sep-19
    Added Reports to platform Sep-19




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