When clinical software users enter the clinical data transfer utility they will see a new section in the middle of the screen. If your agency uses ftp transfers for uploading and downloading data, this section will show a grid displaying all files that have been sent from the laptop to the main office via ftp for the last 7 days. It also shows the date sent and the size of the file sent. Every time a user uploads/transfers their data to the main office via ftp, this is done by the system creating a transfer file and sending it to the ftp site so the main office can import it. We are now saving that file in case it needs to be resent, i.e. something happened and their data was not processed at the main office. The file sent will appear in the grid for 7 days. If that file needs to be resent the user can just highlight the file and press a “Re-Send” button.
Users should not resend files unless instructed by the main office. If they do resend a file it does not disappear from the grid. It will remain for 7 days.
In the past if a users data failed to be processed by the main office, the main office had to determine which documents were not received and have the clinical user mark each document for resubmission. This could be a slow and lengthy process. In the future they can just resend the file that failed to process which usually takes less than 30 seconds.