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title: Release Notes - 8.8.12
slug: portal-sub/release-notes-8812
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createdAt: 2026-03-04T12:03:21.601Z
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November 14th, 2023

# Appointments

## Group Meeting - DNA and Cancelled Clients

A change has been made where patients with a DNA or Cancelled flag in an Appointment Meeting will not be included in a Group Session.

# Care Plans

## Fixes for HPV screening care plan

Some bugs were identified with the recently released HPV screening care plan and build. These bugs included incorrect dates being set for patients that had been moved from the Cervical to HPV screening.  These have been fixed.

# Chat

## Chat Statuses update

Corrected the issue with the chat status not always reflecting the current state of the user.

# Design System

## Changed 'Tabs' functionality

The 'Tabs' functionality no longer uses the StayOnTop window style to prevent unexpected hiding of modal dialogs

# Email

## Receiving notification freezing issue

Profile could freeze after receiving a notification that a new e-mail message has been received. This has been fixed.

## Custom Message for Appointment Reminders via Email

When selecting the custom message option for the Appointment Reminder scheduled task, the custom message would only be applied on SMS and not Email. This has been fixed.

# Portals

## Flow Sheets loading information issue in Accession Patient

Flow sheets didn't load any data in Accession Patient. This has been fixed.

## Consumer Telemedicine Readiness Bug

The warning associated with Consumer Readiness would be inaccurate if one or both communication preferences are missing. Changes made: 

- A Green Tick icon will appear in the OK column when patient is ready to receive the link. 
- A message on the Required Information window will appear when the patient is ready to receive link.

# Referral

## Progress dropdown error

An exception error would occur when closing the Progress drop down in Outward Referrals. This has been fixed.

# Reporting

## Footer area issue for prescription printing

When generating a prescription report, if Date/Time, User, Patient Name, Patient national Number are unchecked in Report Preferences and the footer text is center justified, the central area would take up the entire footer area. A fix has been made.

# Results

## Matching results and order messages appearing twice

When unsigned transactions are viewed, the macro message for matching results and orders would be displayed twice. This has been fixed.

## Duplicated details after updating imported lab results with PDF content

After updating imported Excelleris lab results with PDF content, the Facility and Observation date details would be duplicated under the PDF line. This has been fixed.

## Another provider's result viewing and signing issue

A Provider was able to see and Sign results assigned to another provider in Process Unsigned transactions window if there was a copy of this result assigned to them. This has been fixed.

## The Pathology category is displayed in the Edit Transaction Properties window for Cardio Respiratory result

The Pathology category would be displayed in the Edit Transaction Properties window for the Cardio Respiratory result after the Excelleris BC import. This has been fixed.

# User Management

## Current POS setting in the "Work Centre\To Do List" does not work

In Work Centre\To Do List view, all tasks were shown regardless of the POS set. This issue has been fixed.

## Copy To provider can view and sign an original result instead of the copy through WC\Today view

In Work Centre/Today view, an original result could be seen and signed by a provider when a copy was sent to them instead of the copy. This issue has been fixed.

## EDI Address checkbox positioning

In Edit External Provider/Reference tab, the EDI Address checkbox had the wrong vertical position. This has been fixed.

# Misc.

## ACC45 eForm issue

When submitting an ACC45 form to ACC via API, an error would come up and the submission would fail if in Alter Patient the email address and phone fields were ALL empty. This has been fixed.

## IHServer freeze issue while the ePrescribing eMessage service running

The IHServer would freeze while running the ePrescribing eMessage service. This has been fixed.

## Checking certificate exception error

Checking a certificate in Provider Directory Service would cause an exception error. This has been fixed.

## Alerts window stays in the background after Log out

When logging out of Profile, the Alerts window for a patient would not close. This has been fixed.

# Additional Details

For additional technical and workflow information regarding the 8.8.12 release, please click on the attached Excel file below.