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What's New
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Release 2025-04
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The major change in this release is the rebranding from |OLDAPPNAME| to |APPNAME|.  Updated user interface, new logos, new functionality,
new web site, new email addresses, same great support.

.. note::

   All existing contacts, email addresses, |OLDAPPNAME| web site, support emails etc will continue to work.  

Application Interface Changes
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

* Main Menu Reorganization
* Web Interface style changes, updated icons and controls  

Report Changes
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

*  Added Excel file formats to many of the existing report styles. :ref:`See report matrix for details.<reportsbyedition>` [#fn1]_
    
    * Technique Distribution (previous report style - By Technique)
    * Moment Compliance (previous report style - Type Indicator)
    * Indicator by HCP
    * Quarterly Status
    * Observer Summary
    * Year End Summary
    * Observation Notes (previously Comment Report)
    * Indicators by HCP
    * Observer Summary by Indicator
    * Indicators by Unit/Patient Care Area
    * Compliance Indicators by Month
    * Summary of Audits
    * Audit Progress Summary
    * Observation Note Frequency
    * Last Six Months
    * Last Six Quarters
    * Three Month Rolling
    * QIP Indicators Last Twelve Months
    * QIP HCP Last Twelve Months
    * Glove, Bracelets, Rings, and Nails Compliance Reports
  
* :ref:`New Poster Report Versions<OurHandsTouchPoster>` 
* Updated Report Type Filter Dropdown - Reports types are now organizated by Group 
* New Page footers added to many of the existing reports
* :ref:`Support for multiple languages in Audit Form Report<auditform>`  

New Legacy Data Import File Formats
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

* :ref:`Support for importing iscrub files<iscrubeimports>`

Auditing Software
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

* New version of auditing application |OLDAUDITSOFTWARE| |RIGHTARROW| |AUDITSOFTWARE|

.. note::
   
   |OLDAUDITSOFTWARE| and |AUDITSOFTWARE| are 100 percent compatible with each other, and can be used interchangeably with
   |OLDAPPNAME| or |APPNAME| backends.


LDAP/Active Directory Authentication
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

* Active Directory Support for |APPNAME| |UEDITION| edition for on Premise Deployments
  
**FootNotes**

.. [#fn1] More reports will be updated to support Excel and CSV file formats in future releases.