Skilled Nursing Facilities

Creating a New Assessment

You can create a new assessment in the Custom Assessments Library. There are several configurable options.

Description - must be unique.

Schedules - you can add a schedule to an assessment which can assist your staff in knowing when a particular assessment is scheduled to be completed.

Assessment Configuration - Adding Schedules to Assessments

Multi-Section - you can add sections to an assessment and each section can be completed/signed by different staff members, if required. Note - if selected and saved, it cannot be cleared.

This assessment can be created from - designates which modules this assessment can be created from: Admin, Clinical and/or IRM.

If created and completed in the IRM Module: This completed assessment can trigger to and is visible from Clinical Historical Assessment View? - if selected, then after creating the assessment in the IRM Assessments/Verifications tab, the assessment flows to the Clinical module when the resident is admitted into the facility . Users must click the historical records icon to view the assessment. The assessment appears in the Assmnts tab in the Clinical resident chart in the Assmnts Hx section.

Scope - select the organization scope for this assessment.

Include in Header:1st Page and Subsequent Pages - select to indicate which heading fields to include on the assessment.

Header Logo - click the magnifying glass to select an image for the Header Logo.

Assessment Configuration - Adding a Header Logo

View Assessment Report Output in POC - this option is covered in POC training.

Include Signature Section in Report - select this to add a signature section to the printable version of the assessment.

By Default Print the Short Version of the Assessment Report - select this to print only the responses that are selected instead of all response options.

By Default Include Disabled Questions in Report - select this to print disabled questions. When this option is not selected, these questions are not included on the report and reduce the size of the report.

Show on Shift Report and Show on 24 Hour Report - select to show the assessment date and title on the Shift report and 24 Hour report.

Include in Daily Summary Metrics - select this to show this assessment in the Daily Summary dashboard pane.

  • You can edit the configuration options for your assessment by clicking on the assessment name in the Custom Assessment Library.

  • You can also create a new assessment by copying an existing assessment.

    Assessment Configuration - Copying an assessment