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April 2020 Release Notes

Engagement Updates

Create Custom HIPAA Compliant Forms & Surveys

Create secure forms tailored to your specific needs and manage them all in one central location.  File surveys electronically to save on paper costs and storage space.

Simpler Navigation for Selecting Dates

 You can now select what date to view from a drop-down Calendar Picker and move in and out of Event Details without worrying about the calendar resetting.

Draw in Residents by Showcasing Attendance Number for Past Events

While in Event Details, residents can see a quick view of the total number of attendees for a past event. 

February 2020 Release Notes

Clinical Updates

Care Plans and Tasks

To help save you time and provide more consistent data, manually added notes in Care Plans will be carried forward to the corresponding Tasks

Incident Reporting

We’ve added designations for Investigation Assignee and Investigation Due Date to support your workflows on Incident Reporting

PRN Notifications

Never miss a PRN outcome again! POC app users will now get notification reminders for PRNs that are overdue and not documented.

Engagement Updates

Event Waiting List

Once an event has reached the max number of sign-ups, residents can now join a waiting list to ensure their place should someone drop out.

Resident App Settings

Residents are now empowered to turn on push or email notifications for updates and can save filters when viewing the Calendar.

Host An Event

To avoid scheduling conflicts, staff members can now enable/disable the ability for residents to “Host an Event”

Community Engagement Announcements

Save time by effortlessly uploading a PDF file to any Announcement!

We’ve also added a characters limit on the Announcements Title so it will no longer flow over and enhanced the ability to customize your Title by changing color, font-size, etc

January 2020 Release Notes

Clinical Updates

Notifications Reminder for PRN Outcome Time Not Documented

Staff can now receive notification reminders when a PRN outcome is due, but has not been documented.

Engagement Updates

Customize Birthday Announcements on Voice

As part of the Daily Briefing or Caremerge Voice run-down, resident birthdays are announced. Now staff have the ability to turn off a resident’s birthday announcement if they would not like to share their birthday.

Upload PDFs to Announcements

Upload both images and PDFs to announcements on community engagement

Resident Waiting List

If there is a max sign up on an event, residents will now have the ability to join a waiting list

December 2019 Release Notes

Clinical Updates

Manually create tasks from the Care Plan

Staff can manually add notes into the care plans (ISS, ISP, RSP), which will repopulate tasks.

Two new options for incident reports: ‘Investigation Assignee and Investigation Due Date’

Staff can assign an investigator and an investigation due date when creating an incident report.

Create PRN Outcome Reminders

Staff can now create PRN Outcome reminders to notify you when an outcome is due. This reminder can be sent through email or SMS.

Engagement Updates

Push Notifications on Community Engagement

Resident can receive push notifications for new messages, new announcements and event updates.

Customizable announcement title

Staff can now style their announcement by changing the font, alignment, and style.

Family Android App Update 

POA Family members can now invite other family members to join and filter by their loved one’s appointments.

November 2019 Release Notes

Clinical Updates

POA and Family credentials added to the Assessments and Care Plan

Staff can now choose to add a resident’s POA or Family signature at the bottom of their assessments or care plan.

Engagement Updates

Name-Free ability for Caremerge Voice

Residents will no longer have to say the phrase “ask my community” before asking a question to their Alexa device through Caremerge Voice.

Click to call in the resident directory

Residents can now click on an email or phone number in the community engagement directory to make a call or send an email on the spot.

Upload a background image for Community Engagement announcements

Staff members can now upload a background image for Announcements, Kiosks, etc. via the Customize Community Sign feature.