Overview

New features or changes to existing features can occur with each new build of CAREWare. Some changes are required by HRSA while others are implemented at the request of CAREWare users. jProg, the developers of CAREWare, strives to ensure that new features and changes occur in a timely manner and with consideration of all provider and user needs. Many factors are considered prior to making changes to CAREWare, including how such changes may affect the functionality of other features, impact users, affect Feature Requests from users, and/or affect HRSA reporting, as well as time and budget constraints. Please feel free to contact the CAREWare Help Desk to discuss any feature request.

 

New Features/Changes by Build Number

Below is a list of new features or changes to existing features by build. Click here to see a description of each of these changes.

Build 467

• Full release of the CAREWare FHIR Interface - As of the 2025 RSR build release, users can install and use the CAREWare FHIR Interface.
• Improvements to Provider Data Exports (CMS# 18655)
• Improvements to Provider Data Imports (CMS# 17295)
• Improvements to the CAREWare HTTP Server for performance (CMS# 17472)
• Improvements to CAREWare performance (CMS# 14503, CMS# 17246)
• Improvements to security (CMS# 20080, CMS# 18956, CMS# 18932, CMS# 18176, CMS# 8998)
• Improvements to logging data tier updates (CMS# 16068)
• Eliminated issues causing CAREWare to shut down (CMS# 19990, CMS# 18798, CMS# 18332)
• Improved HRSA report functions (CMS# 17178)
• Improvements to Form Designer (CMS# 16195, CMS# 19930)
• Added Sex at Birth to the client scoring and matching processes (CMS# 19770)

 

Build 308

• Added 2024 ADR changes
• Improvements to security (Improved cryptographic algorithms CMS# 9340)
• Added provider level access to Search System Log

Build 285

• Added 2024 RSR changes
• Added 2025 FPL calculations (CMS# 16957)
• Added Orphaned Record Cleanup Utility (CMS# 13787)
• Added Server Permission Locks (CMS# 14504)

Build 226

• Added 2023 ADR changes

Build 225

• Added 2024 Federal Poverty Level Calculations (CMS# 12143)
• Added Every 6 Months for the medical visit frequency options (CMS# 10814)
• Improvements to the Provider User Manager (CMS# 10731)
  Improvements to Provider Data Exports  (CMS# 10841)

Build 214

• Added the FHIR Interface
• Improvements to the RSR (CMS# 11063, CMS# 11052, CMS# 7972, CMS# 7265, CMS# 12153)
• Improvements to Annual Review Insurance Assessment (CMS# 11062)
• Improvements to clinical data entry (CMS# 7936, CMS# 10534, CMS# 10535, CMS# 9958)
• Improvements to custom reports work (CMS# 7751, CMS# 7878, CMS# 9727, CMS# 9730, 9732)
• Improvements to Administrative Reports (CMS# 9436)
• Improvements for imports (CMS# 9740, CMS# 10060, CMS# 10909)
• Improvements to Provider Data Exports (CMS# 10327, CMS# 10326, CMS# 10964, CMS# 11022, CMS# 11035, CMS# 11036)
• Improvements to server management (CMS# 10332)
• Improvements to Find Client (CMS# 10979)
• Improvements to Provider Summary (CMS# 11058)
• Improvements to custom field setup (CMS# 10799)
• Improvements to performance measures (CMS# 10880, CMS# 11709)
• Improvements to contracts report (CMS# 11196)
• Add permission group activation/deactivation option
• Changed how the User Group Report calculates
• Changed how the password reset process works
• Added the Custom Field Usage Tool
• Add new client matching fields in the Provider Data Export
• Created a new function to create the cw_events if it is missing so user can download it
• Added option to hide/show custom report fields
• Added First Eligibility Field Value and First Eligibility Field Value By Funding for the Date Diff custom report field
• Improvements to custom subform custom reports
• Added the custom forms report type
• Improved User Action Report performance
• Added new medication forms
• Added option to map custom housing arrangement types to HRSA defined housing arrangement values

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