Statuses and Status Reasons

When creating a new multiple-choice status type, you can define statuses and status reasons for that status type. Statuses are the options for a multiple-choice status type. Status reasons are explanations for why a status was selected.

For example, a facility may report on its decontamination capacity status. Several users at the facility can update this status. When setting up the status type, the administrator could have made it a text field that allowed the user to enter virtually anything about the resource and its status. Instead, the administrator wanted the user to choose a status from among a predefined list of statuses, such as: Exceeded, Full, Inactive, and Open. In another case, the facility reports its operational status, with users choosing from the following: Fully Operational, Limited Operation, and Closed.

When setting up a status, the administrator can specify that an associated comment is disabled, optional, or mandatory. When a comment is mandatory, the user who is updating the resource's status and chooses that particular status must enter a comment about the change. When disabled, the comment field does not appear to the user.

Status Reasons

When you select a status for a multiple-choice status type, you can also select a status reason indicating you chose that status. When you create or edit a status type, you can define a list of available status reasons. Then, you can edit the status type's statuses to define lists of available status reasons for each individual status.

For example, in the following image, a user is updating the ED Availability multiple-choice status type.

When this user selects the Alert status, a list of status reasons appears for that status. These status reasons are configured as optional, so the user does not have to select one. The user can alternatively add a comment explaining why they chose this status.

With the appropriate permissions, you can view and manage your region's status reasons from the Status Reasons page. Once created, you and other authorized users can associate the reasons to any number of status types and statuses.

Abbreviations may be used in text notifications and reports.