Editing nursing homes
Once you have created a nursing home you may need to edit the details. Nursing home settings are captured in the Nursing Home Settings/Edit Nursing Home window. You can access this window from the MDS Manager or the patient details form.
Warnings
- Please take the utmost care when editing nursing home details as any amendments made will apply to all patients within the home.
- You will be required to reset all saved administration quantities if you edit administration times for your nursing home.
Accessing the Nursing Home Settings/Edit Nursing Home window
| Module/Area | Access |
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| MDS Manager |
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| Select Nursing Home window |
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| Patient details form |
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Edit icon alongside the Nursing Home name. The Nursing Home Settings/Edit Nursing Home window displays.Editing the Nursing Home Settings/Edit Nursing Home window
- Update the Nursing Home Settings/Edit Nursing Home window as required. Details of all the available fields can be found below, separated by tab.
- Once completed, save your changes by selecting the [Confirm - F10] button.
Warning
Fields marked with an * are mandatory and must be completed.
Main
| Field | Description |
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| Nursing Home Name | The nursing home name. |
| Registration No. | You can use this field to enter an alphanumeric registration number, if required. |
| Address and Contact Details | The address and contact details for the nursing home. |
| Standard MAR Times table | Populate the standard administration times for your nursing home patient. These times will display during dispensing and on nursing home patient's MDS Charts. Using the icons in the Actions column, you can perform the following:
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| [Add Time - F8] | Add administration times for your nursing home. You will need to save each administration time you add using the  Save icon in the Action column. Each nursing home must have at least one administration time. |
| Medication Cycle Start Date | Enter the cycle start date for the nursing home. |
| Medication Cycle | Select the medication cycle duration using the dropdown. This can be set to 7, 10, 28 or 30 days. Enter the cycle start date for the nursing home/community patient. By default this is set to 28 Days. |
| Blister Size | Enter the blister size as a numerical, whole number. |
| Delete Nursing Home switch | Toggle the Delete Nursing Home switch to Yes to mark the nursing home as deleted. Once deleted, nursing homes will be hidden from the Nursing home dropdown but can be accessed and subsequently restored by toggling the Show Deleted switch to Yes at the top of the Patient panel in the MDS Manager. You will be asked to confirm the removal of any associated patients before the nursing home is deleted. |
Delete icon to delete existing times.Printing
| Field | Description |
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| MAR | Use the dropdown to select the MAR Chart report template for your nursing home. You can use the icon button to view a preview of the report. |
| Blank MAR | Use the dropdown to select the MAR Chart report template to print for blank MAR charts. You can set the Boxes per MAR to determine the number of item boxes to display on the chart, and configure the Lines per Box to set the number of administration time lines that display within each item box. Use the  Print icon button to print a blank MAR Chart to a PDF. |
| Backing Sheet | Use the dropdown to select the Backing Sheet report template for your nursing home. Add additional blank rows on your Backing Sheets by entering a value in the Blank Rows per Sheet field. You can use the icon button to view a preview of the report. |
| Picking List | Use the dropdown to select the Picking List report template for your nursing home. You can use the icon button to view a preview of the report. |
| Sep. Container Text | By default the text Separate container will print on all MAR Charts and Backing Sheets below the drug name, dosage instruction and warnings for all items with this flag enabled. You can override the default text by entering a new value in this field. |
| Not Supplied Text | By default the text Not supplied this cycle will print on all MAR Charts and Backing Sheets below the drug name, dosage instruction and warnings for all items enabled to print but with a dispensed quantity of 0. You can override the default text by entering a new value in this field. |
| Flags | MDS items need to be flagged as M, B and/or L in the Medication table to print MAR Charts (M), Backing Sheets (B) and Labels (L). You can set the default value for the M, B and L flags for all newly added MDS items for each patient in your nursing home by toggling the Print MAR (M), Print Backing Sheet (B) and/or Print Labels (L) switches to Yes. Set these switches to No to deselect these flags by default. |
| Labels | Select the labels you require for your MDS items. These will be printed during dispensing.
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Settings
| Field | Description |
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| eMAR | Activate eMAR transmissions for your nursing home by using the Type dropdown to select from the available eMAR outputs. An Export Folder may be required for certain eMAR types. |
| MDS Robot | Configure an MDS Robot using the Type dropdown to select from the list of supported MDS robots. |
| Organisation | Assign a branch to your nursing home. Each nursing home must be assigned a branch. When adding a nursing home, the current branch will be set by default. You can select the [Assign Current Branch] button to populate the Preferred Branch field with your branch details. |