Justin's Blog

I am always excited when I learn a new trick. There’s not much better than a new Therap/Android one, so here goes:

Did you know that you can upload photos directly to Therap from your phone without having them stored there?

Neither did I until I was hanging out with Nathan (Primecare’s Director of Nursing in Connecticut).

Here’s what you do (at least on my Verizon Galaxy Nexus)

1. Turn on your phone!

1. Log into Therap

1. Go to New T-Log (or other place you can attach)

1. Click on “Choose a Flie”

1. Choose Camera (it would work with Sound Recorder too!)

1. Take a photo and you are all done!

How cool is that?

Any tips you’d like to share?

:: Justin ::

Today Jeff and I followed up on the training we did in Lincoln, Nebraksa for State Service Coordinators by conducting a webinar for providers.

If you missed it you can watch it here:

You can also sign up for next week’s repeat session on our Nebraska page.

You can find our support materials here.

:: Justin ::

We will be running a couple of webinar this week and next to show Nebraska providers how to use Therap’s referral process which is being implemented in Nebraksa next month.

We will also be posting recordings of these webinars

You can sign up by clicking a link below:

:: Justin ::

Unfortunately I am going to have to reschedule two webinars I had planned for tomorrow (Tuesday).

I am lucky enough to be meeting with some national groups in Washington DC and it now looks like those meetings will be streching into the afternoon.

So, the CCHIT webinar for Certified Trainers and the ISP webinar for the Oregon User group will have to be rescheduled.

I am currently looking at doing them on Thursday instead (I’ll also post recordings)

Sorry for the late notice

:: Justin ::

I have had rather a hectic travel schedule recently (my poor excuse for not much blogging)/.

This weekend though was awesome, I got to spend it watching (and filming) the Wolcott High School Student Theatre production of Bye Bye Birdie.

Here’s a few clips to get you singing and dancing.  As always the kids were increadible.  Every year I think that they must be losing too much talent, and every year they keep up the standards.

If you look very closely you’ll see Calum’s mop of hair and trumpet!

The Telephone Hour

Honestly Sincere

Enjoy!

:: Justin ::

We will be releasing Therap 2012.1 on April 15, 2012. Check out the list below for details on the features that we have included in Therap Applications with the release of this new version.

Referral (For users in North Dakota and Nebraska)

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1. Users will be able to send multiple Referrals for the same Individual to the same agency. However, any ‘in progress’ Referral must be closed before sending a new Referral. 
   
    
   
   
2. If an Individual has existing Individual Data Forms in the Child Provider(s), then a list containing Provider Names and Referred Individual Status will be displayed before a new Referral can be sent. 
   
    
   
   
3. After this release, users will be able to save Referrals for all Recipient Types.

Billing Module Updates

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Updates for Oversight Providers

Users of the Oversight Agency will be able to view the Service Authorizations and Billing Data specific to the Linked Provider which the user can select from the Provider drop-down menu.

Updates for Users in New York

In this release, the billing dates for calculation of 1st Half Month, 2nd Half Month and Full Month for Residential Habilitation Billing have been updated.

• For Services provided for the First Half of a Month, the Billing Data will be generated from the 1st of the following month.

• For Services provided for the Second Half of a Month, the Billing Data will be generated from the 2nd of the following month.

• For Services provided for full month, the Billing Data will be generated from the 1st of the following month.

Updates in MAR

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The Purpose of Medications entered into the Medication History forms of Individuals can now be viewed in MAR forms. This will help staffs recording data in MARs to know the purpose of the Medications they are administering. 

 

Updates in IRMA (For Users in New York)

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• If an already existing committee information is uploaded again from the IRMA preference section in the system then the existing information is now replaced with the new one.

• Committee information without members and their states are accepted now in CSV files when they are uploaded in our system under the IRMA preference section.

• Committee Name and Minutes Date fields are no longer required for ‘Open’ status in IRMA Form.

I have had a wonderful week here in Edinburgh, Doing all the required things including see Hearts beat Aberdeen 3-0 with a couple of cracking goals from Rudi Skacel

I was able to attend my sister Anne’s 50th birthday party

And hang out with my folks and my brother.  And consume good beeer with great friends.

All of this in the greatest city in the world!

Doesn’t get much better than that.

Now it’s off to meet Jim in Dublin,

:: Justin ::

In our summer release, we hope to complete the code changes needed to meet CCHIT compliance.

One of these changes is that users names be case insensitive.  Currently Therap user names are case sensitive (meaning Jbrockie and jbrockie) are two different logins.

We have talked to CCHIT to see if we could get a waiver for this requirement, but received the following response:

“Criteria SC 3.08 cannot be waived or modified. Case insensitive usernames are required to support interoperability across disparate system (including across different platforms). CCHIT’s security criteria are based on industry standards and have been subject to numerous cycles of public comments, and final approval by the Certification Commission. Any request to change the approved criteria or test steps must wait until the next public comment solicitation and the commission approval.”

We will therefore be making this change in our summer release.

There are a number of conflicting user-names in the system just now (3697 at last count!).  Over the coming weeks we will be getting in touch with Provider Administrators to let you know our plans to update these.

:: Justin ::

I am actually on my way to Edinburgh, Scotland to celebrate my sister’s birthday, my neice’s birthday, and my mum’s hip but the way that flights worked out I had about a six hour layover in Dublin.  Rather that sit around in the airport I hopped on a bus into the center of the city and got on an open top bus tour.

It’s my first time in Dublin so it a great way to get a quick look at what there is to see.  Now when Jim and I come back next week we get look more indepth at some of the historical sites.

Over the next week or so I will be a bit less available than normal, so if you need anything urgently, just get on with our support team.

Now, where’s that pint of Guinness?

:: Justin ::

I am delighted to welcome Leah Marshall to our Training and Implementation team.

Leah Marshall joins Therap Services with several years of direct care and supervisory experience in the mental health, developmental disabilities and elder care fields. Leah’s primary background is working with co-occurring population in rural Northwestern Vermont, prior to relocating to the more densely populated Southern Maine where she most recently worked for Waban Projects, Inc as a Residential Manager.

In her professional experience, Leah has worked in the mental health field co-facilitating therapeutic groups and involved in crisis response committees as well as participating as a member of cross-discipline committees as a Residential Manager. Leah has adopted the attitude of being a change agent and strives to support professionals in the field while integrating new initiatives and stretching beyond their comfort zone.

Be sure to say hi next time you see her on Live Help, at a conference or training at your place!

:: Justin ::