Advanced Reporting and Interpretation

CareTracker Forum 2003Amy Ritchey, Implementation Consultant

Advanced Reporting

Graph Weights Report Properties Creating New Reports

Great reports begin when setting up a series

The 3 C’s of Graph Weights

Counters Calculations Coding the MDS

Graph Weights used as Counters

Graph Weights to Code MDSThe graph weights are displayed and used to determine

the ADL Score

Graph Weights used to Calculate

Using Graph Weights

Go to the Substitute Meal series Check the Graph Weights. Will they be

useful when calculating the report? In reports, copy the meal intake detail

report Paste the report to your favorite folder Rename the report ‘Substitute Meal

Report

Let’s set up a report to calculate the average substitute meal intake.

Let’s Review Report Selections

Available Fields Exclude Ask At Runtime Select Range Starting Value and Ending Value

Available FieldsSearch in Help for ‘Available Fields’

Exclude

Quest Test of ‘Fluid Intake in CC’s’

Ask at Runtime

Select Range

AllChoose All when you

want all of the available field you selected

CustomCustom Ranges are

used for an alphabetical range of the available

field or just one

SelectSelect Ranges are used

to choose more than one available field that is not

in alphabetical order

Starting Value and Ending Value

Back to our Substitute Meal Report

Create a new selection Available Fields: Series Text Exclude: No Ask at Runtime: No Select Range: Custom Starting Value: Substitute Meal Ending Value: Substitute Meal

Creating a Report

Create a Staff Master List displaying only the RN’s

Create a ‘No BM in last 9 shifts Cross Tab Report’ displaying only residents in the North Wing

Create a Report to display the number of times a resident was incontinent in the past 48 hours (Hint: Use the Available Field: Observe Choice)