The Zedmed and Zedmed data directory should have populated with your install locations, if the locations are not correct you can change the folder to match your settings. We recommend to leave the default settings unless you are experiencing problems with the data collection. To enable CAT4 to extract pathology results it needs to access the Blobs folder. This folder is used by Zedmed to store HL7 based data. The default location is c:\zedmeddata\blobs but this can vary depending on your installation – to verify the location you can check CRS_App_Server.ini (which may be in a folder called ZedmedServer) which should have an entry called *BLOBFilesPath=C:\ZedmedData\Blobs*

From version 29 and later Zedmed will require an 'Integrator Password' for CAT4 to access the patient data in Zedmed. This password is set up in Zedmed first and will then have to be updated/entered in the CAT4/Edit/Preferences/Zedmed screen.

Use the 'Test Integrator Password' button to check if your password is valid.

You can also change the settings for extracting archived and deceased patients which by default is set to 'No'. This is generally not needed in General Practice but is required for the NKPI report.




Zedmed has advised Pen CS that they have made some changes in Zedmed v29 to improve data security by introducing an Integrator Account. What this means is that the current connections strings Pen CS uses to access the Zedmed database for data collections need to be replaced to use the new Integrator Account.

 

Pen CS will be making changes in CAT4 and Topbar to enable this change.

 

What will practices need to do?

 

  1. 1.     Practices will need to set up their Integrator Password as required by Zedmed.

 

  1. 2.     Practices will need to update their CAT4 configuration settings with the Integrator Password.

 

In order for CAT4 and Topbar to continue functioning, there is a transition window for practices to update their configuration but they must have updated before they upgrade to Zedmed v30.3.

 

CAT4 and Topbar will not work in Zedmed v30.3 if the configuration has NOT been updated.