New version of PRIMIS CHART released

PRIMIS is pleased to announce that it has released an upgrade to CHART.

This version of CHART (immediately available to all Hub members) includes new functionality and improvements to both usability and display.

A significant improvement is that there is now only ONE version of CHART which works with any clinical IT system and on any version of Microsoft Excel from 2007 onwards¹. No more worrying if you have selected the correct version of the CHART installer file, as 'one size now fits all'.

Other changes in this release include:

• a mini-makeover of the CHART home page. Users will see new layouts and descriptions that provide clearer navigation and easier selection on the home screen
• all topics are now selected by default when you open an audit tool (previously each topic had to be selected one by one)
• a ‘reset CHART’ button now refreshes CHART after you have installed a new audit tool. Users no longer need to close down and then reopen CHART to enable the new audit
• exporting data to a new workbook and switching between workbooks have both been simplified to a single click
• minor bug fixes

Full details of all functionality within this version of CHART will be available in a new version of the CHART instruction booklet. This booklet is now available on the CHART webpage and in the PRIMIS HUB CHART section.

How to obtain the new version of CHART

Existing CHART users:

1. Use the 'Check for Updates' facility within your current version of CHART

New users (downloading CHART for the first time)

1. You must become member of PRIMIS Hub in order to obtain CHART and the free PRIMIS audit tools
2. Please sign up for membership online here and then follow the instructions you recieve in the confirmation email
3. Log in to PRIMIS Hub at www.primis.nottingham.ac.uk/hub
4. Go to the direct to the page itself on the PRIMIS Hub (you will need to log in)
5. Click on the CHART installation file icon to begin the installation
6. Follow the onscreen instructions (details can be found in the CHART instruction booklet)

For more information on CHART please visit the CHART webpage

For more information on the audit tools that are available to use with CHART please see this comprehensive list online

1. Certain CHART users on specific projects may still require an Excel v2003 version for the foreseeable future. An appropriate version of CHART will me made available to them for as long as is required.