Status Type Fields and Options

The following table lists and describes status type fields, and indicates the format types for which each is applicable:

Status type field settings and descriptions

Setting

Description

Type

Name

Name of the status type (required)

All

Standard Status Type

Standard language for this status type, such as types based on HAvBED categories or related to a specific service, such as dialysis (read only)

Number, Multi, Text

Description

Description of the status type (required)

All

Formula

Equation that identifies the components and component relationships of calculated status types. You can add Number, NEDOCS Calculation, and Multi status types to a Calculated status type formula (required)

  1. Click Formula Options. The Formula Options window opens.

  2. In the search field, type the name of a status type or standard status type. A list of status types appears.

  3. Locate the status type. On that row click the copy to clipboard iconcopy to clipboard icon.

    The copied status type is formatted with a unique identifier and the initial value, such as st(12238,0), st(16788, 'DEFAULT'), or sst('AvgWaitTime', 0). The first term in parentheses is the identifier, and the second term is the initial value (a number or status).

  4. Close the Formula Options window.

  5. For Formula, paste the copied status type.

  6. Repeat the previous steps to add any other relevant status types to the formula.

  7. For Formula, use the arithmetic functions of plus (+), minus (-), multiplication (*), division (/), and parentheses () to write a formula joining the status types.

    If you use division to simulate a percentage, you need to multiply the first status type by 100. For example, (st(116136,0)*100)/st(116246,0).

  8. Click Validate. If written correctly, the components are identified below.

Calculated

Active

When selected, indicates this status type is active and available for use; default value is selected (active)

All

Event Only

When selected, the type is available for events only

If a resource is not going to collect information and report on this status type on a daily basis, set it up as event only by selecting this checkbox.

All

Status Type Visibility

Indicates the type is potentially visible to users in other regions, is visible to this region's users based on the user's role, or is private; if you make it visible to users in other regions, all roles automatically have view rights and you cannot change these settings

All

Section

Indicates the status type section in which this type appears within the resource's details page (required); a status type can appear in only one section

All

Resource Detail View

Select to show this status type in the resource's details view

All

Color Status

When selected, lets you enter ranges of values to color-code the status type values in views. You can also enter a label for each range to clarify what each color represents. The labels are displayed in views next to the values.

The Color Status section of a status type

Example status type labels on a view

The ranges are defined based on max values. For example, if you define max values of 20 as orange and 40 as blue, then values between 0 and 20 are orange and values between 21 and 40 are blue. If you define a color without entering a max value, then any value greater than the other max values will be that color.

Number, Calculated, NEDOCS Calculation

When updating the status, comments are

Optional, mandatory, or unavailable when updating the status

Number, Text, NEDOCS Calculation, Date

Initial Value Default value of a status type, which is retained until the status type is updated. All

Reset Value

Upon expiration, the system resets the status type or retains the value

Number, Text, NEDOCS Calculation, Date

Reset Comment

System resets the status comment at each update or retains the comment between updates

All

Exempt from Must Update

User is not required to update this status, even when the user has the Status - User must update overdue status right

All

User must update status daily for

Status expires at the indicated time(s) on a daily basis (24-hour format)

All

Status Update Frequency

Status expires whenever the status changes or at the indicated interval (days / hours / minutes)

Number, Text, NEDOCS Calculation, Date

Update Grace Period

The grace period is the amount of time (minutes) prior to a required update that will be honored for the required update. The default value is zero.

For example, if an update is required at 0800, with a grace period of 15 minutes, and the user updates at 0746, they will not get prompted to update at 0800.

All

Status Reason

Reasons from which the user can or must choose when changing this status

Multi

Timer Type

Enables the display of a counter (down or up) to status expiration in the application window

All

Reset Timer

System resets the expiration timer when the status changes or when there is an update to the status

Number, Text, Date

Required

When selected, a blank value is not allowed for this status

Text, Date

Valid values for this status type

Any entered value is accepted or indicate the valid value range

Number, Date

Display Summary Totals

When selected, a Summary row appears in views at the bottom of the associated resource type section. A total is shown in this row for all status types with the type Number for which this setting has been enabled. Other status types and other Number status types that do not have this setting enabled show N/A in the Summary row.

Number

Display NEDOCS labels

When selected, displays the predefined descriptive label next to the calculated score in the Update Status page, regional views, and maps; clearing this checkbox removes all labels from the view

NEDOCS Calculation

Roles with view rights

Selected roles can view the status type

If you made the status type visible to users in other regions, all roles in Roles with view rights are automatically selected and you cannot change these settings. For more information, see Status Type Visibility.

All

Roles with update rights Selected roles can update the status type All

Resource Types

Selected resource types are associated with this status type

All

Resources

Selected resources are associated with this status type

All