What's new in Therap 5.0
A first look at Therap's next release
Therap Services is planning a major upgrade to its suite of online applications for providers of supports to people with developmental disabilities.
This new release (5.0) includes several new applications. It also contains upgraded and enhanced versions of the existing Therap applications. The new applications include:
Pop up window to add new medical diagnoses
Individual Data Forms: Track all the basic information about the people you support including ICD9 and DSM IV codes, medical and other contact information. This form will automatically generate an Emergency Data Form containing only the essential information required in an emergency situation.
Health Tracking: You can track and follow up on medical and therapeutic appointments using this Therap application. This also gives you options to record and report on health information such as vital signs, weight, menses, intake and output, wound care, breathing treatments and seizures.
Individual Services Plans: This exciting new module allows you to define and track goals, guidelines, and services. Using this application, you can easily define teaching steps and scoring methods. Data is collected simply as the goal is implemented and then reports can be produced comparing progress to baseline and previous periods.
Cross Organization Information Sharing (COIS): If you and other organizations are supporting the same people you can use COIS to share information in a secured and well defined manner. The application lets you define what information you would like to share and helps you avoid "dropping the ball" during the process. It also allows you to retain the control over your information that you are used to having with Therap.
VIRA: You can use Therap’s new Voice Incident Report Application (VIRA) to file incident reports from anywhere using a telephone provided you have the required privilege and role assigned to you. All you have to do is call a VIRA operator at your agency and they will enter the incident report for you. When time is of the essence, VIRA is the solution.
Look out for new on-line training sessions on these applications or be amongst the first to try them out at ANCOR's conference in Pheonix, AZ in March.
Lynde Margelot
Program Consultant Community Systems, Inc. Torrington, Connecticut
Customer Profile:
Lynde Margelot
Program Consultant, Community Systems, Inc., Torrington ConnecticutLynde Margelot, Program Consultant at Community Systems, Inc. in Torrington, Connecticut, has been using the Therap system for incident reporting since June 2003. Lynde remarked, “The system has decreased the error rate to zero and the turnaround time is now much shorter than it used to be”.
“The upcoming features offer increased communication and efficiency” – Lynde said. He congratulated the Therap development team for their success in bringing out improved and more efficient application modules ahead of schedule. “I wish we could implement the features as fast at the Therap team develops them.”
During his time working with Therap Lynde has been to several user group meetings. He described his experience as “making a wish and having it come true”. He appreciated Therap developers’ eagerness in listening to customers and responding to their needs by incorporating those features into future versions.
Current Applications
Incident ReportMedication Error Report
Secure Communications
Behavior Tracking
Management Summary
Witness Report
Emergency Individual Data
Come and Meet Us!
Therap Services will be appearing at the following events:March 20 - 22ANCOR Spring Conference, Phoenix, AZ
March 24 ADDP Annual Conference & EXPO, MA
April OPRA, Ohio
April Florida Presentations, Orlando, Florida
April 14 - 15 Austin, Texas Texas Presentations
May 1 - 3 D.D.N.A. 2005, Columbus, Ohio
May 4 - 5 NYSACRA Annual Conference, Lake George, NY
May 9 - 12 YAI Annual Conference, New York City, NY
June Oregon Presentations, Oregon
June 22 - 25 UCP Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ
July Montana Presentations, Montana
The above dates are subject to change. Check our website for details.
Please contact us if you would like to set up a presentation for your agency.
Application Focus:
Behavior Reporting
A quick and easy solution to behavior tracking and analysis.
Using Therap's dynamic behavioral matrix you can transform a behavior support plan into a simple data entry screen for your staff. They can then enter the related interventions to target behaviors as defined by the behaviorist.
The system also allows your staff to record new behaviors and interventions as they occur. It then allows behaviorists to include, alter, or delete these behaviors and interventions from the database.
As always, the Therap system allows this data to be easily extracted and imported into Microsoft Excel for graphing.
A Therap Data Administrator (each provider usually has at least two) can create a "User Self Enroll " account. This will allow new users to log on, choose a username and password and enter relevant information. The Data Administrator can then choose to activate the account and assign privileges. For more information on this, sign up for a Data Administration training class or contact support@therapservices.net.
Therap Training Schedule for February – March, 2005 |
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| Wed 2/16/2005 | 12 noon EST | Behavior Reporting |
| Wed 2/16/2005 | 2 pm EST | Data Administration / Therap Setup |
| Tue 2/22/2005 | 2 pm EST | Incident Reporting |
| Thu 2/24/2005 | 2 pm EST | Therap for new or potential users |
| Thu 3/3/2005 | 12 noon EST | Secure Communications |
| Tue 3/8/2005 | 10 am EST | Medication Error Reports |
| Wed 3/9/2005 | 2 pm EST | Therap for new or potential users |
| Wed 3/16/2005 | 12 noon EST | Data Administration |
| Tue 3/29/2005 | 12 noon EST | What's New in Therap 5.0 |
| Thu 3/31/2005 | 2 pm EST | Data Administration / Therap Setup |
Therap offers on-line training
More ways to learn about using our system
Therap Services Support and Training is delighted to offer a series of classes on each of the Therap applications.
These classes will be interactive and dynamic making use of the latest in web and telephone based technologies.
For more information and to sign up for a class, visit www.therapservices.net/events.php. You will then be sent instructions along with a website address to log onto and a phone number to call at the time of the class.
These classes are available free of charge to existing and potential Therap Users. If you would like training or support of any other kind please call us at (866) Therap0 (843 7270)
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