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One of the major strengths of Therap’s health information tracking system is its powerful reporting features. A good example of this is Therap Health Care Reports which aggregate and summarize health information from different sections of the Health Tracking application (e.g. vital signs, height/weight, respiratory problems, medication history, lab test reports etc.), as well as other modules such as General Event Reports and Individual Data. Here are some of the useful features supported by the report –

Flexible parameters
The report supports flexible options to select date range and select report sections. Report sections may include some or all of the health tracking records.

Clean summarized view
All information is arranged neatly in simple, tables.

Printable PDF format
The reports can be viewed and saved in printer friendly PDF format.

Saving for later use
Once drawn up, users are able to save them within the system to use later.

Comments & recommendations
Relevant comments and recommendations can be saved with the health care reports.

With appropriate access privileges, Therap users are able to generate a variety of reports from the information stored in the system. These include

 Management Summaries

• Incidents & behavioral event summaries
• Demographic reports
• Staff report on based on agency user profiles
• Account activity tracking reports

ISP Reports

• Programmatic reports
• Clinician reports

Health Reports

• Healthcare reports
• Monthly reports
• Detailed reports
• Medication history & administration reports

Billing reports

• Utilization reports
• Reconciliation reports
• Denied claim reports
• Billing summary

Training management reports

Most of these reports support exporting to Excel, where the data can be manipulated further. A lot of these also supports printer friendly pdf format.

Have you checked out our Special Interest Groups (SIGs) yet? We have set these up to have focused discussions on these issues -

These interactive spaces are a powerful tool of communication. They allow us to learn about what you need, share information on new regulations and practices, discuss the best use of available tools, and figure out what we need to do next. Here are a couple of examples of productive discussions taking place on Therap SIGs -

Tracking QA Process in Therap
Is this Hab Checklist Report effective for your agency?

So get on board and share your thoughts

-          Ask questions
-          Share information
-          Start and join discussions
-          Write articles

In short, you can post anything that you feel is relevant.

How to post

For instructions on how to post on a Therap SIG, please see this guide –

http://www.therapservices.net/sig/posting-in-a-therap-sig/

Check out the ‘Question of the Week’

We will be posting a new question every week to initiate discussions and get your views on different issues. They are placed prominently on top of each SIG page so you will not be missing them.

Share on Facebook

There is a ‘Facebook’ button with every post. You can use it to share relevant information and discussion threads with anyone you think would be interested.

Therap is buzzing at the moment with excitement and action as we prepare for the coming year and the release of Therap version 2012.0.

Resources

To learn more of what to expect this January, here are a few resources, including a Beta Testing site, where you can try out the modules and features, and send us feedback:

• Release Notes
• User Guides (In progress)
• Try out the Beta

Webinars

Justin had held two webinars where he went through the upcoming features. You could view a recorded webinar from the 15th if you’ve missed them:

(View on YouTube)

As the number of agencies using Therap expand, we are learning more and more about developmental disabilities services industry and improving our system in order to provide an efficient documentation solution, that complies with industry standards such as CCHIT and HIPAA. We hope you find the upgrades helpful and look forward to your feedback.

Its time for another release, which will take us to version 9.2 of Therap Applications. In this release there will be usability enhancements as well as new features like the support for Pre-Vocational Services in Habilitation Checklists for users from New York and support for the new HIPAA standard 5010 that will affect how agencies do billing. To learn more about the new standard, you can refer to this blog post on ASC X12 version 5010 compliance.

Please read through the Release Notes to learn more about all the updates.

Conferences:
Our conferences are great opportunities to learn about the newer features and the updates first-hand. We are holding two in the coming month of December, one at Florida (Dec 6-7) and California (Dec 7-8).

The big one, is also near, the National Conference for Provider Administrators between Febraury 7-9, 2012. This is a chance to meet the majority of the Therap team, including all the support staff and a few of the chief developers, as well as other folks from the ID/DD industry. Apart from training sessions, there will be lots of discussions, feedback sessions, brainstorming and presentations from users. Learn more about the sessions, the schedule, and register online from this page.

We’ve also added an extra day for Government Administrators, which is February 6, where we’ll describe and discuss the part of the System for State and County officials in charge of administering and supervising ID/DD services in their regions.

Just a reminder that we will be doing a regional conference in Meriden, Connecticut next month from September 29-30, 2011.

Session highlights will include:

* Introduction to Therap Incident Reports, Health Tracking, Billing and other modules
* Beginner, intermediate and advanced level training
* Sessions focused on implementation and effective use
* College of Direct Support (CDS) Learning Management System (LMS) and training curriculum
* Connecticut user discussions

More information on the conference website.