Accessing Optional Applications

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Accessing Optional Applications

Cerner Corporation provides a variety of optional applications your organization can purchase to expand the capabilities of the Staff Manager solution. Current optional applications include:

Outcomes-Driven Acuity: This application extends the capabilities of Staff Manager by automating our outcomes-driven methodology for patient acuity. Outcomes-Driven Acuity reviews each patient’s progress (or lack of progress) toward meeting expected outcomes, and the staffing levels and skills needed to adhere to and optimize each patient’s progress through the health care organization.
Demand Manager: This optional application extends the capabilities of Staff Manager through more precise Demand Management, measuring, predicting, and tracking patient demand for services as the driver for resource deployment decisions, especially staffing.
Assignment Manager: Cerner developed Assignment Manager to automate the assignment of caregivers to patients, personnel to departments, and communication devices to personnel. It also links assignments and communication devices in Staff Manager to CareAware iBus Services based on iBus configuration settings for the Facility. In addition, the Assignment Manager application integrates the data captured by Staff Manager scheduling and Demand Manager, as well as Outcomes-Driven Acuity.
External Resource Management (ERM) Interface: The ERM interface delivers an integrated nurse scheduling and temporary nurse staffing solution to the health care industry. This solution enables facilities to manage their nurse scheduling and contract nursing needs from one central location, improving and automating organization business processes while eliminating work overlap and disorganized communication.

For you to access optional applications, you must meet the following security criteria:

Your organization must have purchased the relevant application and installed the accompanying license key.
You must have the correct security permissions for the relevant application:
- Enterprise Admins automatically get read/write access to the purchased applications; all other managers must have their security group permissions adjusted in Staff Manager Administrator to gain Read or Full access to acuity, demand, and assignment data.
- Managers can give employees limited access to the applications in Staff Manager Client. Managers use the Permissions tab of Staff Manager Client Employee Info dialog box to give employees the necessary permissions.

Security Groups and Permissions in Staff Manager Administrator

If you need special access to acuity, demand, and resource assignment information, you must belong to a security group with the required interface permissions. Managers create security groups in Staff Manager Administrator.

Security Group Settings for Acuity Access

Acuity Interface Permission	Patient Assessment Page	Assessment Status Page	Patient Assessment History Page	Patient Assessment Audit Page
None	No Acuity menu presented in Staff Manager
Read	Cannot access	Can view and print assessments	Can view history and view and print assessments	Cannot access
Full	Can access	Can view, print, create, and edit assessments	Can view history and view and print assessments	Can view and create audits

If support staff need to print assessment pages for reference or to include in patient charts, you can create a group permission for the support staff with read access to Acuity data.

See How-to Checklist: Enabling the Acuity Application for more information.

Security Group Settings for Demand Access

Demand Interface Permission	HL7 Census Page	Target/Scheduled Page	Patient Pattern Management Page
None	No Demand menu presented in Staff Manager
Read	Can view	Can view	Can view
Full	Can view	Can view	Can view and edit patient departure dates and times

See How-to Checklist: Enabling the Demand Manager Application for more information.

Security Group Settings for Assignment Manager Access

Assignment Manager Interface Permission	Patient Assign Page	Add Patient Assignment Window	Department Assign Page	Relief Assignment Window	Devices/Duty Assignment Window	Add Department Assignment Window
None	No Assignment Manager menu presented in Staff Manager
Read	Can view	Cannot view	Can view	Can view	Can view	Can view
Full	Can view	Can view and edit	Can view and edit	Can view and edit	Can view and edit	Can view and edit

Employee Acuity, Demand, and Assignment Manager Permissions in Staff Manager Client

You can give employees security permissions to view and edit acuity, demand, and resource assignment information in Staff Manager Client. From the Maintain menu, select Employee Info to open the Employees dialog box, then click the Permissions tab and select the appropriate check boxes.

Read Access to Demand Data: Selecting the check box allows the employee to see the Demand Manager Patient Pattern Management page, the Progress Pattern Library page, and the Administer Patient Progress Pattern window. Clear the check box to prevent the employee from seeing these pages.
Read & Write Access to Demand Data: Select the check box to allow the employee to view Demand Manager Patient Pattern Management page. Access to this page allows employees to view and edit patient departure and discharge dates and times, library patterns, and care coordinators on the Administer Patient Progress window. In addition, the employee can view the Progress Pattern Library page. Deselect the check box to prevent the employee from both seeing and editing these pages.
Read Access to Acuity Data: Select the check box to allow the employee to see the optional Acuity pages Assessment Status and Patient Acuity Assessment History. The employee cannot edit any data on these pages. Clear the check box to prevent the employee from seeing the Acuity pages.
Read & Write Access to Acuity Data: Select the check box to allow the employee to see and edit the optional Acuity pages Patient Assessment, Assessment Status, Patient Acuity Assessment History, and Patient Assessment Audit. Users must check this box for employees who perform acuity assessments and audits. Clear the check box to prevent the employee from seeing the Acuity pages.
Read Access to Assignment Manager Data: Select the check box to allow the employee to see the optional Assignment Manager features, such as Patient Assign, Device Assign, Duty Assign, Relief Assign, and Department Assign. The employee cannot edit any patient assignment information. The employee can enter and send messages to caregivers if iBus Device Services is configured for the Facility. Clear the check box to prevent the employee from seeing the Assignment Manager pages.
Read & Write Access to Assignment Manager Data: Select the check box to allow the employee to see and edit the optional Assignment Manager pages, such as Patient Assign, Device Assign, Duty Assign, Relief Assign, and Department Assign. Users must select this box for employees who will be making patient, department, device, duty, and relief assignments, as applicable. The employee can also enter and send messages to caregivers if iBus Device Services is configured for your organization. Clear the check box to prevent the employee from seeing the Assignment Manager pages.