Allegheny Messages

Beginning with main office software update 5488 and clinical software version 2225.  The Hospice Item set is now available for completion.  The ability to create submission files to meet quality reporting requirements is also available.  The Admission Hospice Item Set can be found inside of the Comprehensive Hospice Assessment (CA) in both the main office software and in the clinical point of care software.  There are 2 check boxes on the initial/default screen.  “Include Hospice Item Set” will incorporate the item set into the comprehensive assessment for the assessing clinician to complete.  The “Hospice Item Set Only” will provide only the item set questions and can be used when the information is extracted from external documents or by a responsible employee, not the assessing clinician.  The Discharge Hospice Item set is found in the main office software in the Statistical Discharge from Agency activity.  The Print Form will provide the page for signatures of the individuals completing the HIS items and the individual verifying record completion.  These signatures will not be included in the submission files but are to be kept by the agency in accordance with policy and procedures related to patient information.  Submission files of HIS assessments can be created by selecting the new “Create HIS files” button from the main menu screen of the main office software.  A grid will display all HIS assessments completed.  To include an assessment in a file, double click on the check box in the Include column for that assessment.  You may include more than one assessment when creating a file.  Once all assessments to be included are checked, indicate the Electronic file directory location.  This will be the location on your agency computer where the file will be saved.  Indicate the file name and select the perform button.  When connected to the ASAP system for submission, you will retrieve the file from the location on your agency computer.  When multiple assessments are included in the file, the software will create a compressed zip file.  Each assessment will be found inside the folder as an XML file meeting submission specifications.

A new General Follow up document is available for selection in the Type of Note drop down in Comprehensive Physical Therapy visits.  Beginning in Version 2208 in the Clinical POC software, the document can be found when a visit, then Physical Therapy is added.  In the main system beginning with version 5548, the document can be found from the activity selector screen under Visit Assessment section, Physical Therapy.  The document provides for documentation with a focus on interventions treatment, teaching and physical assessment of vital signs, mental status, and pain that many agencies have requested for Physical Therapy Assistant visit documentation.  The document automatically provides Therapy 1, 2, and narrative screens.  Additional section documentation screens for sensory, integumentary, neuro, strength/ROM, treatments & teaching (order/treatment) check boxes are available for selection after the General Follow Up has been selected in the Type of Note drop down box.  Defaults can be set for automatic section selection in the main software, Other Set Up button, Clinical Setup tab.  Enhancements to the document will continue for the next several version updates.