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Campus Health - NextGen Upgrade to version 5.5


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Summary: 

ASU Campus Health Services (including Counseling and Consultation) are currently using the NextGen v5.4 suite to handle their Electronic Medical Records needs. They would like to upgrade to version 5.5 in order to take advantage of improvements and additional functionality available in this version. This upgrade will include the following improvements:

  • MS SQL Server Upgrade from MSSQL 2000 to MSSQL 2005
    • Clustering of the SQL environment
  • NextGen 5.5 Upgrade
  • Rosetta 5.5.26 Upgrade for interfaces with 3rd parties
Start Date: 
May 18, 2009
Go Live: 
December 17, 2009
End Date: 
December 24, 2009
Current Milestone: 
11/30/2009 - Building out the presentation servers on VM machines
Project Plan: 
Project Timeline in Google Docs
Stage: 
On track
Lead Customer Comments: 
CHS has found there are training issues that will need to be addressed internally before the NextGen application can be upgraded to version 5.5. Dr. Markus has given approval for the new deployment date of December 17, 2009. All training issues and application certifications will be in place by then. We will also be moving the current environment from it's current location into a new rack in the Data Center that will be Hipaa compliant with assistance from Scott Banks.
People
Sponsor/Champion: 
James Rund, Vice President of University Student Initiatives
Lead Customer: 
Dr. Allan Markus
Lead Customer: 
Marilyn Ronci
Lead Customer: 
Martha Christiansen
Project Manager: 
Debi Carl
Contact for more information: 
george.tankosic@asu.edu
Associate VP University Technology: 
Bob Nelson
University Technology Director: 
Shawn Bryan
More Info
Source: 
Internal
Priority: 
High
Scope: 
  • Creation of a MS SQL 2005 Cluster for support of HIPAA related software
    • Design built to standard MS SQL specifications, under advisement of the MSS and MS SQL DBA groups
  • Upgrade of the NexGen software to version 5.5
    • Done in conjunction with NextGen Support
    • EMR
    • EPM
    • ICS
    • BBP
  • Upgrade of the NextGen Rosetta interface software to version 5.5.26
    • Done in conjunction with NextGen Support
  • The Supporting Citrix environment will be validated with the new version of the software
    • No architectural changes will be done to the Citrix Environment
  • ProPharm will be upgraded prior to the kick off of this project and is not expected to need an upgrade
Deliverables: 
  • MS SQL 2005 Cluster with fully supported Redundancy
  • NextGen 5.5 suite running via Citrix
  • NextGen Rosetta 5.5.26 supporting all third party interfaces
Risk & Threats: 

This upgrade has been accomplished in a test environment, including a SQL 2005 upgrade. However, as this is a major overhaul to the supporting systems, there are a number of failure points that will be mitigated by extensive backups, as well as being sure to involve NextGen support through the upgrade process. As well, we will heavily involve the customer with testing the application at major milestones in the project.

The customer will be relied upon for input as this upgrade relates to their business.

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Project Timeline in Google Docs
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