NextStep Clinical 11.10 Release Notes

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Note: For this feature to be available for individual users, it must be enabled in the Note Setup for your agency.

Main Menu->Reports->Client Reports > Client Program History  

A new Client Program History report is available in the Client Reports area (see above). This report will display the overall program history for the currently selected client.  If the User wishes to restrict the view to a particular episode or episodes of care, the report screen will allow the User to modify the selected date range and resubmit the report.

Note: You need to have a client selected in NextStep in order for this report to work

A new  Client Pass History report is available in the Client Reports area (see above). This report will display the medications pass history for the currently selected client for the previous week (where a week is defined as starting on Sunday).  

It is meant to provide an easy way to quickly access a printed version of the client’s recent medication history to share with other healthcare providers. If the User wishes to change any of the default parameters, there are filters on the report screen they can modify and resubmit. (Collapsed by default when the report first opens.  Click on the funnel icon to expand them.)

Users will still be able to access the eMAR Pass History Report screen for more information and different views of a client’s medications given history.

Note: You need to have a client selected in NextStep in order for this report to work

Main Menu > Reports > Client Reports* > Client Medication History

There is now a faster way to access the current client’s medication orders history for the current episode of care from the Main Menu. In the new Client Reports area, there is a button to access a Client Medication History report.  When the User clicks that button, NextStep will bring up the current client’s Medications for Visit report without having to navigate to it via the Document Center. 

Users can generate and print this report quickly to share with other healthcare providers who may need to know what medications have active orders and what medications were previously ordered and are now discontinued.

Note: You need to have a client selected in NextStep in order for this report to work

When a User has selected a building and a client and is getting ready to pass PRN medications, the Medications grid at the top of the screen will now display the most recent day/time a PRN medication has been passed in the Last Passed at column.

In the past, when Users navigated to the screen to pass PRN meds for a client, the checkboxes in the Pass column in the Medications grid sometimes retained checks from previous visits to this screen.  

This issue has been resolved.

In the past when a Provider had entered instructions for how a medication was to be managed while entering the medication description into NextStep initially or later writing an Order for the medication, those instructions were not always carried through to the eMar screen.  

This issue has been addressed.  The instructions are now shown in eMAR.  

In order to improve consistency across the system, some field names were changed as part of this work.

Prior to this release, when a medication was discontinued it would remain active until EOD on the discontinue date.  A User now has the ability to choose a date AND time on the Orders screen and Medication Plan when discontinuing a medication. This will allow Users to choose a date/time in the future or EOD, with schedules automatically becoming inactive once the date/time has occurred.

Users will be unable to discontinue a mediation in the past.

Known Issues

• An issue was uncovered in how times will be displayed when Treatments are discontinued.  The time appears to be off by an hour.  This will be addressed in a future release.

Administrators may now require a user to be locked out of the system if the user enters 3 consecutive incorrect passwords.

To enable this feature, navigate to Main Menu->SYSTEM SETUP (SUPPLEMENTAL), click on the General section and scroll to the PASSWORD EXPIRATION section.  Then turn on the Lock user accounts after 3 incorrect password attempts check box.

Once enabled, if a user enters a 3rd consecutive incorrect password, they will be locked out of their account.  They will not be able to login OR reset their password.

To regain access, an administrator needs to select the user in Main Menu->MAINTAIN USERS and unlock their account by unchecking the Locked checkbox and clicking Update User.  You could also reset the password after you update the user.

A problem was reported where some notes and forms could not be sealed if billing information was blank.  

This has been resolved

Users can now click to get their passwords reset if they have forgotten them.

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