WATERBURY, Conn., June 28, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Joint Report, Ensuring Beneficiary Health and Safety in Group Homes Through State Implementation of Comprehensive Compliance Oversight, released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG), Administration for Community Living (ACL) and Office for Civil Rights (OCR) promotes compliance oversight model practices for states to ensure better health and safety outcomes in group homes. These model practices for state incident management audits include to routinely:
To maintain transparency and maintain a clear audit trail including the authenticity of the report, state or agency staff can track or restrict whether event details were changed at any point, who changed details, and require comment from the user. Notification reports reveal who was alerted of the event, staff actions and additional steps taken in response to the event. All modifications or viewing of the record is a monitored activity within Therap, with automated time and date stamping per activity or action. Each edit and update action regarding an incident report shows the electronic signature of the user, while the status marker shows where the report is in the process, whether submission, review, approval, audit or post follow-up and closure/resolution. One unified report viewable by multiple teams and entities throughout its lifespan, resulting in a higher level of transparency, accountability and accuracy.
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- Assess identification and response to incident trends
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To maintain transparency and maintain a clear audit trail including the authenticity of the report, state or agency staff can track or restrict whether event details were changed at any point, who changed details, and require comment from the user. Notification reports reveal who was alerted of the event, staff actions and additional steps taken in response to the event. All modifications or viewing of the record is a monitored activity within Therap, with automated time and date stamping per activity or action. Each edit and update action regarding an incident report shows the electronic signature of the user, while the status marker shows where the report is in the process, whether submission, review, approval, audit or post follow-up and closure/resolution. One unified report viewable by multiple teams and entities throughout its lifespan, resulting in a higher level of transparency, accountability and accuracy.
Learn more at www.TherapServices.net.
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