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Enjoy some photos of the conference.

Remember, if you have any to share, we’d love to see them.  Why not add them to our Facebook Page?

:: Justin ::

Here are a whole series of thoughts.  Over the coming days I will try and expand on them and talk more about the new stuff that folks not lucky enough to be at Fishkill missed.

• One day (and that day had better be our next conference) we will have a hotel where the internet access can cope with the needs of the folks we have attending.  Sorry for any frustration you may have experienced, enormous thanks to Bart from Ulster-Greene for all the work he did getting what access we did have.
• What an incredible bunch of folks we had in attendance.  So many people came up to me and said something along the lines of “This is the friendliest conference I have ever been to”. Not only that, but the level of conversations and brainstorming was at such a high level we know that we will have the best system for people who are providing the best supports.
• Individual Home was a huge hit! Numbers of people had already given their staff access, but the coolest thing was the people who gave access to their staff while we were there and then were able to give us the excited feedback that they were getting from their staff.  We also received a huge number of suggestions for how to make it even better and for what should be in upcoming enhancements.
• Having the chance to show off new and not-quite-finished features to so many experienced users is a very exciting and useful process.  It was good to see that we are on the right path with things like scheduling for Medication Administration Records, our new flexible time/sleep tracking module, billing checklists and new data collection in NY (the mysterious TiFfaNY) and other even more conceptual things.
• We have identified three particular groups of customers for whom we will be setting up new user groups to allow them to come toegther and share their experiences and needs.  These are:
  • Large, single state users (maybe more than 500 individuals supported in more than 40 locations, we are not sure of the exact definition)
  • Multi-state providers
  • States
• For each of these (as well as other interest and geographic groups, be sure to watch for announcements of meetings
• I love walking down a hallway in the hotel between sessions when every few steps there is another group of people having an in depth Therap discussion.
• I work with an awfully talented bunch of folks.  Whether I am with the developers, our sales team, or support I never cease to be impressed – thanks guys.
• The mobile/online conference schedule was great – next year I wonder if we can get away from paper ones?  I’d also like to make it even more interactive.
• This will be the last conference that we will be bringing lots of laptops to.  Everyone that wants one brings their own these day.  We’re going to concentrate on bringing power cords and making sure that the internet works!
• Being a part of something that is really changing the world is very, very cool indeed.

Thanks to everyone who made the conference such a success!

:: Justin ::

PS Jeopardy at the same time as the Certified Trainers meeting is definitely the way to go!

Day two of the Provider Administrator Conference was a huge success.  Huge is probably the most apt description in terms of the number of people here, the size and quality of the ideas, and over scope and quality of the conversations that are going on.

We started off with a presentation from the folks at Oracle and Sun about what it really means to be using top of the line industrial strength hardware, software, and infrastructure.  There are reasons why your data is safest in our database.

We also had the pleasure of welcome back to the Therapverse (we’re just to big to stay within the city limits of Therapville these days) our founding President, the retired (and way too relaxed!) Warren Gifford.  It was a real joy to be back brainstorming with him.  It was also delightful to see how excited our long time users were to meet up with Warren again.

Today, were back to looking into (the not too distant) future.  I’ll be showing off some recent additions as well as the alpha release that we have of MAR scheduling, time tracking (a cool new tool for things like sleep tracking) and so much more.

:: Justin ::

As you can see from the photo above there are a lot of people here in Fishkill (more than 275 signed up!) and things are off to a flying start!

I love walking past groups of people getting into deep discussions about T-Logs and ISP Data, or desperate to see the new alpha version of MAR Scheduling.

I also never cease to be inpressed by how warm, welcoming, cooperative and smart Therap users are.

It is such a joy and a honour to be here

:: Justin ::

The hotel is putting on a shuttle bus for Monday from about 10am.

If you arrive at Stewart Airport or Beacon Train Station, please call 845-896-6281 and tell them you are with Therap.

The shuttle will pick you up as soon as it can.

:: Justin ::

At our National Provider Administrator Conference, we will be launching our new Mobile Conference Application.  This is something we tested last year in Oregon and you can now see in its full glory.

Any web accessible phone or device will be able access it and you can even set up a cute little icon on your screen:

Then you will see our main menu:

and as much as you want to know about what is going on:

Then if you have comments you can share them with the rest of the conference by filling out this form:

Doing that will share your comments with the rest of the Conference on screens that will look something like this:

This will be a great way to keep up with the very latest happening, be sure to join in.

:: Justin ::

With our release this morning (8.14.22 for those of you keeping score at home) we have taking another step towards CCHIT compliance.

This particular state involves adding a new status field to the IDF.

We will be discussing CCHIT much more at Fishkill, don’t miss it.

Also look out for Therap 8.15 on Wendesday, it’s going to be a biggie.

:: Justin ::

With our

As you can see from my last post, we have spend a long time being in Therap 8.x.x  Now, I am very excited to announce that we are moving towards Therap 9.0 which we expect to see in the late spring/early summer.

The flagship new feature of Therap 9.0 will be the Individual Home.  This is a new page (or series of pages actually that will allow a user to see the most pertinent plans, background, and activity for an individual.

The main Individual home shows you some background data on the left, a stream of GERs and T-Logs (with more to come) in the middle and along with the mini health graphs on the right, links to upcoming appointments and immunizations.  The graphs can be quickly transformed into full graphs or tables with a single click.

The Profile page shows more background data and will include our enhanced diagnoses (more about them later).

Then finally the album page which is a photo album that works just as you expect (though we have huge plans for it).

I can’t tell you how excited I am about this.

Our current plan is to release the Individual Home on February 2nd in Beta so that folks can try it out before Fishkill where we will have a bunch of conversations.

Following that, we expect it to go into non-beta with premium features when 9.0 is released.

Remember you can click on the photos to get bigger versions.

I also hope to post a video in the next day or so.

Enjoy!

:: Justin ::

I am very excited to announce that the keynote address on Day Two of our conference will be given by Oracle.  We have come across many situations where agencies have tried, with the best intentions, to develop their own system running local databases.  Therap’s top of the line hardware and infrastructure is one of the many things that separates us from any competition that might be out there.  You will now have an opportunity to hear from Oracle about why their software and hardware help to keep your data safe and accessible.  Enjoy…

There are also a number of other outside speakers to make sure you catch up with.  Remember that these folks will be happy to talk to you between sessions as well as at their presentations.  Small group and 1:1 discussions are what our conference is all about.  Be sure to look for folks from:

ANCOR talking about their Performance Excellence program and services for agencies.

Talintel with a remarkable system to make sure that you hire the right staff.

CLO talking about their Homelink monitoring service

CARF talking about quality, measurement, data, and certification

and of course our friends from The College of Direct Support

We have a tremendous group of people coming from all over the country, it really is going to be an event you don’t want to miss.

If you haven’t signed up yet, be sure to hurry over to our website and do so.

:: Justin ::

PS Please note that we are working to finalize the conference schedule this week with a final version being available at the weekend.  Be sure to check that you have the latest copy before you head to Fishkill