Software for IHS

AnalyticsReporter

AnalyticsReporter is a java library that is used by the software on this site to report anonymous usage statistics to LCDR Stauffer.

DateWheel

Add (or subtract) a number of days times a multiplier to the given date, useful for calculating when a prescription can be filled, for example, 80% of the filled day supply added to the date it was filled.

FM Excelerator

Convert FileMan reports into XLSX format, with no limit on the number of characters per line, and without needing to maximize the terminal window. FM Excelerator properly handles files with multiple pointer fields as one row of the spreadsheet row instead of being split over multiple lines. FM Excelerator requires generating the FileMan report in a specific format with artificial columns.

IVy

IVy is a digital compounding database and intravenous compounding workflow manager that incorporates Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) and The Joint Commission (TJC) best practices, such as color-coded safety prompts and barcode scanning technology. The software will help ensure compliance with new documentation standards required by TJC and USP<797>. This software was implemented at GIMC in July 2021.

The software is used to log the prepared compounds, premixed bags, and blood products that are dispensed in the hospital. It allows the components, such as additives and IV bags, to be scanned in and prompt for lot numbers, expiration dates, the amount used, as well as the patient for whom it was compounded, automatically inform technicians if what they are making needs to be protected from light, requires a filter, refrigerated, etc. It also keeps track of who compounded it, who verified/checked it, the option for a required double check for compounds for pediatric patients, which compounding area it was made in, and calculate beyond use dates. It also keeps track of the BCMA bag numbers associated with each compound. The bar code scanning functionality helps ensure and enforce proper and complete documentation.

This software and source code is not publicly available. If you are interested in implementing this software at your facility, please reach out to LCDR Stauffer.

KidneyCalc

Assess a patient’s renal function, ideal body weight, and body surface area using the method preferred based on patient-specific factors.

LASERS

The Leave And Shift Electronic Request System (LASERS) is a multiuser, networked system for scheduling staff. The software is very customizable to almost any schedule or work environment, with the ability to create different shifts for different scheduling groups and subgroups as well as different types of leave. Employees can enter requests for leave and to work different shifts for a specified date range and based on specified daily quotas. Then, the managers who make the schedule can see these requests and use them to create the schedule in the system. When the schedule is complete, it can be released to users in the system to view.

LASERS site administrators: How to upgrade your LASERS Server to the latest version. End users: Your LASERS site administrator will perform this server upgrade. Do not attempt to upgrade LASERS from this website unless you are a LASERS site administrator.

Read the LASERS Administrative User Manual for instructions on how to install and configure LASERS. (This manual is included in the new install download package below.)

Reimburst

Quickly total a patient’s POS reimbursement for all or a user-defined list of drugs. For example, this can be used to assist with keeping track of drug costs and reimbursements for an HIV program.

This software and source code is not publicly available. If you are interested in implementing this software at your facility, please reach out to LCDR Stauffer.

SMRRT

The Simple, Modular, RPMS Reporting Tool (SMRRT, pronounced “smart”) was developed to simplify and automate extraction and analysis of commonly requested data from RPMS. SMRRT will allow facilities to better meet CMS and TJC antimicrobial stewardship monitoring requirements, and it provides a mechanism for standardized data reporting across IHS.

SMRRT uses very lightweight modules that can be developed for nearly any type of data collection and analysis, for example, to monitor antibiotic prescribing habits and automatically generate provider report cards. SMRRTModules can turn what used to take days/weeks of manual chart reviews into an automated process that takes a few minutes. Numerous SMRRTModules are currently under various stages of development.

With its drag-and-drop functionality, ability to automatically extract and analyze data from RPMS, to generate standardized reports in XLSX and PDF format, and automatically create provider report cards, SMRRT is the “smart” way to work with data in RPMS.

Check out the SMRRTModules page to see what is available now and what is in the works. If there is some report that you frequently run but would like to automate, contact LCDR Stauffer to see if it can be made into a SMRRTModule.

VGEN Excelerator

Easily convert RPMS VGEN reports into XLSX format, with no limit on the number of characters per line, and without needing to maximize the terminal window.