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© 2018 Providigm, LLC Page 1 of 12
abaqis Release Notes
Version 2.45
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June 2018
New! Manage Section – New Location, Look and Feel
• All administrative functions are now located in one place to make completion of
manage tasks quicker and more efficient.
• Click on the "Manage" button on the main dashboard to access this new
Manage section. Here you can manage Residents, Samples, Groups, MDS
Uploads, Facilities, and Users according to your access privileges.
• To return to the Main Dashboard, click on the abaqis logo or the Main
Dashboard selection from the menu.
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New! Meeting Minutes
• Users with QA Admin or Corporate Admin permissions have the ability to
create/view Meeting Minutes by clicking on the Minutes icon from the
dashboard.
• User can select Meeting Minute Type including QA/QAPI Meeting, Morning
Meeting, or Other.
• Minutes can be designated as View and Edit or Read-Only for other QA
Admin/Corporate Admin Users.
New! Resource documents for the CMS Emergency Preparedness Tags (E-Tags) have
been added to the Final Rule tab of the Help and Training Resources Section of abaqis.
New! Family Interview for Completion by Mail
• This new form is available under the Forms tab of the Help and Training Resources
section.
Improved! Investigations Section
• An additional Save button has been added to the top of each F-Tag question to
limit the need to scroll to the bottom of the page to Save content.
• Improvements to Investigations Reporting
o New Deficiencies by F-Tag Report groups all deficient F-Tag responses
within the selected snapshot(s) into the specific F-Tag citation.
o Deficient F-Tags Report has been renamed Deficiencies by Care Area
Report and groups all deficient F-Tag responses within the selected
snapshot(s) into Care Areas.
o Multiple Snapshot Selection: All Investigation Reports include capability
for viewing results of multiple, combined Snapshots. This does not include
Ad Hoc Investigations.
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Improved! Facility Assessment Sufficiency Analysis Enhancement
• Additional selection options have been included in the Sufficiency Analysis
section:
o Sufficient
o Insufficient
o In Progress
o Not Applicable – used only if your resident population does not require the
service.
Improved! PAC Assessment – auto generation of Reviewer name
• When a user opens a partially completed PAC Assessment, the Reviewer's name
will be auto-populated as long as the Reviewer field is currently blank.
Improved! Calendar Date Picker Enhancement
• Calendar date pickers now have the capability to scroll not only by month but
also by year.
Other! IE 10 and below are no longer supported. A modern browser is required.
Version 2.44
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March 2018
New! Snapshot Types
• Upon snapshot creation, user is now able to select a snapshot type in order to
provide improved guidance for the Investigation process.
• (3) Snapshot Types:
o QAPI Investigations Snapshot: prioritizes care areas based on completed
QAPI Assessments. All Investigations and Facility Tasks are available as is
the ability to manually add residents.
o Purposeful Investigations Snapshot: focuses only on user-initiated
Investigations and does not include Facility Tasks. Targets only desired
care areas with manually added residents.
o Facility Tasks Snapshot: focuses only on Facility Tasks and does not include
prioritized or resident level Investigations.
New! Enhanced PAC Module include (2) levels of PAC Tracking and Reporting
• Basic PAC:
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o Uses MDS data to gather basic information for hospital readmission and
community discharge reporting.
o No assessments required, however, optional PAC Assessments can be
completed in order to provide additional tracking measures for Entry
Hospital and Payor.
• Advanced PAC:
o Uses MDS data to gather basic information for hospital readmission and
community discharge reporting.
o No assessments required, however, optional PAC Assessments can be
completed in order to provide additional tracking measures for Entry
Hospital, Payor, ER Transfers, HRRP diagnosis, elective hospitalizations,
advance directives, and discharge details.
Improved! Custom Sample Size for Random QAPI Samples
• Custom sample sizes can now be created for Census and Admission Samples
when generating Random QAPI Samples.
Improved! New 2018 Basic & Advanced QAPI Accreditation Standards
• In order to continue to align the QAPI Accreditation Program with current
regulations, Basic and Advanced Accreditation Standards have been updated.
These standards are in effect as of January 1, 2018.
Improved! Facility Assessment: Rehabilitative Services Frequency Column
• Frequency column is now referencing Average Number of Days vs % of
Admissions/Stays.
Version 2.43
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January 2018
Improved! Facility Assessment Updates and Enhancements
• The MDS Resident Profile has been updated to include MDS data for residents
with an MDS assessment that falls within the specified time period. This
enhancement will assist in improved representation of long-stay residents.
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• The Facility Assessment look back period is one year from when the Facility
Assessment is created. (For Example, if a Facility Assessment is created on
12/14/17, the look back period would be 12/14/17 - 12/15/16.)
• Potentially High Risk Treatments (section B.1. within the Acuity Section of the
Resident Population Profile) has been revised as follows:
o Instead of selecting a frequency of potentially high risk treatments,
facilities will now select the number of stays over the past year that
required potentially high-risk treatments.
o Selection options include: None, 1-5, and More than 6.
• New Facility Assessment Resource Documents have been created to assist in
answering frequently asked questions. These documents include:
o Admission/Stays Summary Guide
o Frequency Guide
o Sufficiency Guide
Fixed! A subset of Facility Tasks/Investigations were missing the corresponding CE
Pathway link within the Investigation
This has been fixed.
Version 2.42
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November 2017
Updates and Enhancements related to the CMS Final Rule:
New! Refined content and implementation guidance to reflect CMS Final Rule
• New content to include:
o Updated Critical Element Pathways
o New and Revised F-Tags
o New QAPI guidance
• Nomenclature changes:
o Stage 1 is now referred to as QAPI Assessments
o Stage 2 is now referred to as Investigations
• New implementation guidance for Investigations process
New! Ability to create and run multiple, concurrent snapshots
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New! Ability to manually Add Residents to any resident-level CE pathway within a
snapshot
This feature is only available for the new version of snapshots; older snapshot versions
will not have this capability.
New! Ability to perform Ad Hoc Facility Tasks outside of a snapshot
• Facility Tasks have been separated out from Resident Level Investigations and
can now be completed within a snapshot or outside of a snapshot as an Ad Hoc
Facility Task.
• This Ad Hoc Facility Task capability will be an account-level subscription.
New! Investigations Reporting
Investigations will now have a printable summary View page of all Investigation
responses.
New! QAPI Questions have been added to a subset of Care Area Investigations in order
to highlight new guidance related to CMS Final Rule
This QAPI Audit can be utilized as a preliminary investigation prior to completion of the
more in-depth CE Pathway.
Updates and Enhancements for QAPI Tools:
Improved! Facility Assessment
• Printable pdf has been reformatted for improved organization and structure.
• Sufficiency Analysis sections: "Insufficient" response selections have been
highlighted for improved visibility.
Improved! QAPI Plan read-only option for text areas
Corporate Admin users have the ability to designate sections of the Corporate QAPI
Plan Template as read-only and, thus, made un-editable when generating a facility
level QAPI Plan.
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Version 2.41
October 2017
New! Facility Assessment
● Regulation Requirement: Nursing facilities will conduct, document, and annually
review a facility-wide assessment, which includes both their resident population
and the resources the facility needs to care for their residents (§483.70(e)).
● The purpose of the assessment is to determine what resources are necessary to
care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations and
emergencies.
● Use this assessment to make decisions about your direct care staff needs, as well
as your capabilities to provide services to the residents in your facility.
New! MDS Resident Profile Report
The MDS Resident Profile report can be found under the QAPI section of the Reports
page. This new report allows customers to review characteristics of their facility’s
resident population over the past year without creating a Facility Assessment.
New! Facility Assessment Help Doc
A facility Assessment Help Doc has been created to provide Users with a step-by-step
guide to generating and completing a Facility Assessment.
Improved! PIP Enhancements
● Team Section: The question regarding PIP team meeting frequency has been
relocated to the end of the Team Section in order to avoid being overlooked as
was previously the case.
● Measure Section: Users will now record a Baseline Measurement within the same
step as Adding a New Measure. This will help to increase efficiency of this
process and prevent a user from navigating to a new section within the PIP
without recording this measurement.
Version 2.40
September 2017
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Improved! Date Filters have been added to Readmitted Residents and ER Transfer
Reports
Timeframe for these reports previously defaulted to prior 100 days. A filter option is now
available to select start and end dates to adjust report to desired date range.
Improved! Updated CMS Documents pertaining to the Final Rule can now be found in
the Help and Training Resources section
● The CMS Survey and Cert Memo (6-3-17) provides a summary of upcoming
changes to include Revised Interpretive Guidance, Revised F-tags, as well as
provides additional training resources.
● The State Operations Manual - Advance Appendix PP including Phase 2
[Effective November 28, 2017] can now be found under the Final Rule Tab of the
Help and Training Resources section.
Fixed! PIP Issue
There was an issue related to the team member dropdown not working when
attempting to add a PIP team member. This has been fixed.
Other! Facility Name field has been disabled within the Facility Edit section
There have been instances where users were inadvertently editing Facility Name when
attempting to edit Facility Assignments. This field has now been disabled.
Version 2.39
August 2017
New! Downloadable QAPI Immediate Action Plan
New downloadable QAPI Immediate Action Plan is now available to assist customers in
performing QAPI functions.
New! Help and Training Resources Section now includes a separate QAPI tab,
containing the new QAPI Immediate Action Plan as well as additional QAPI resources
New! Readmission Rates Report now includes csv download capabilities
Improvements!
● All abaqis forms have been updated to include Form Name and Page Number
for better organization and form management.
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● Guidance to Surveyor forms have been updated to include the most recent
revisions as per the State Operations Manual Appendix PP issued 3-8-17.
Fixed!
● QAPI and PIP Document Upload Issue
○ Document Upload button was causing an error when double clicked. This
has been fixed.
● IE 11 PIP Issue
○ In IE 11, user was unable to navigate to a different section after adding an
intervention to a PIP. This has been fixed.
Version 2.38
February 2017
New! Supporting Document Upload Feature
Users are now able to upload supporting documents to both the facility and corporate
level QAPI Plans and PIPs. All documents can be downloaded.
Improved! QAPI Plan Enhancements
● “Workable” Corporate QAPI Plans - Corporate Admin Users can create
Corporate QAPI Plans and edit/modify until document is completed as desired.
Upon completion, the Corporate Template can be Activated and made
available for facility use in creating their individualized facility-level QAPI Plan.
**Note: Facilities are not able to create a facility level QAPI plan until a
Corporate QAPI Plan template has been created and activated.
● Expanded QAPI Plan printing capabilities - Corporate Admin Users are able to
print both Active and Inactive Corporate QAPI Plans.
Other Improvements
● Readmission Rate Report now includes a 7 day Readmission Rate Option
● Enhanced messaging when creating a new snapshot indicates repercussions of
that action (ie. current snapshot is archived and uneditable; accreditation
status may be impacted)
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● PAC csv downloads (including Readmitted Residents, ER Transfers, and
Community Discharges) will now include resident DOB for improved resident
identification
● Market Analysis Map includes an updated Nursing Home icon indicating “My
Facilities” while also retaining CMS Overall Star Rating
● Accounts that have SSO enabled will now display an SSO ID column on Users list
page
● Discontinued QCLIs (from July 2015 QIS Update) have been removed from
reports
● Updated minimum requirements for Internet Explorer to IE10 for all new abaqis
features and enhancements
Fixed!
● “Unsaved Changes” error message was displayed when attempting to navigate
away from the Intervention Section of PIP. This has been fixed.
● Printing the csv for the Corporate Customer Satisfaction Report as well as the
Stage 2 Snapshot Progress Reports did not reflect selected filter options. This
has been fixed.
● Facilities link from the User page was not working. This has been fixed.
● Notifications from unassigned facilities were still showing up in user’s Notifications
Report. This has been fixed.
Version 2.37
December 2016
Improved! New and Improved abaqis Help section
The abaqis Help section has been updated and reorganized for better access to
desired abaqis resources. In addition, this new section will include updated Help
Documents as well as new Implementation Documents and Forms. To access the Help
section, the abaqis Help link on the dashboard has been renamed “Help and Training
Resources”.
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Improved! abaqis Stage 2 Guidance and regulatory language has been updated to
reflect the CMS Final Rule
In addition, access to the CMS Final Rule document will be available under the new
Final Rule tab in the Help and Training Resources section of abaqis.
Fixed! Market Analysis Map
Market Analysis Map information was not refreshing on ipad when user was attempting
to change locations. This has now been fixed.
Fixed! QAPI Self Assessment
Printing the QAPI Self Assessment to PDF was cutting off comments. This has now been
fixed.
Version 2.36
Sept 2016
New! QAPI Plan Builder
QAPI Plan Builder is a new feature in abaqis that will assist facilities in preparing for
upcoming CMS regulations as they pertain to the QAPI process. Specifically, this feature
will help facilities to generate a formal, documented QAPI plan that can be presented
to surveyors upon request.
● Corporate Admin User will be required to create a QAPI Plan template before a
facility is able to add a QAPI Plan.
● Templates will be provided both at the Corporate and Facility level to guide
users in providing relevant information and documentation that is necessary for
completion of the QAPI Plan. The Plan Builder includes example content that
can be edited or replaced to guide you in developing a plan that is unique to
your organization.
● The completed QAPI Plan can be reviewed, saved, and printed upon request.
New! QAPI Plan Help Doc
Corporate Admin and QA Admin Users will find this step-by-step guide a helpful
resource in generating a QAPI Plan.