www.MinnesotaHelp.info®:New Features

Age & Disabilities OdysseyJune 20, 2011

Overview

• About• Enhancements• Enhancements on the way• Reporting• Focus On Quality• Contact

What is MinnesotaHelp.info®?

• Service of the MN Board on Aging on behalf of State of Minnesota

• 1999 legislative mandate for a long-term care database that grew into a larger initiative

• Online at www.minnesotahelp.info since 2003• A Web-based means of finding information about

health and human services in Minnesota

What’s in MinnesotaHelp.info®?

• Comprehensive health and human service info for:– Seniors and their caregivers– People with disabilities and their caregivers– Parents and families– Youth– Veterans– People with low income

www.MinnesotaHelp.info®

EnhancementsMinnesotaHelp NOW! •Online chat support•Can leaveemail mess-age whenOffline

Enhancements, Special Topics

Enhancement, Keyword Searching

• Improve Keyword searching

• Reduce unwanted results

• Improve relevancy of results

Current Search View

New Search View

New Search View, Results

18 Results physically located in Aitkin, 40 outside of Aitkin but available to Aitkin residents

List includes: Assisted Living, Adult Foster Care, Independent & Supported Living Services, Board & Lodge w SS, Supervised Living Facility, etc

Search View, ResultsNarrow Results•Topic•City •County•Features

Use The Results•Print•Email•Map

Enhancements on the way…

Design screen views for:•Search, Results and Details pages•Side-by-side comparison, including Uniform Consumer Information Guide (UCIG)•Report Cards •Vacancy Tracking (Consumer and Provider views)

Enhancements on the way…Search•Oneinterface•Multiplesearchoptions•Savesearches•Can’t FindSomething

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Enhancements on the way…Results•Improvedreadability

•Save /compare

•Sort

•Easier to find servicein anotherlocation

•Find more

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Details•More info•Easier toread•Wiki, allowsquicker editcapabilities

Details

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Enhancements on the way…Side-by-side ComparisonPhase I,AssistedLiving

Enhancements on the way…Uniform ConsumerInformationGuide (UCIG)

Click on Consumer

Guide button, select text size,press Create PDF, UCIG then available.

Enhancements on the way…Report Cards1.Draft indicators for Assisted Living

2.Draft indicators Home & Community Based Services

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Vacancy Tracking –

View from the user’sperspectiveafter a searchhas been per-formed. Thisis the Resultsscreen.

Vacancy TrackingConsumer details

View from the user’sperspectiveafter clicking on a service.

Vacancy TrackingConsumer Details, cont.

View from the user’sperspective.Easy to viewfeature list.

Vacancy TrackingMy Provider Listings

View from the provider’sperspective.At a glance can see all services offered by this agency.

Vacancy TrackingMy Provider Wiki

View from the provider’sperspective.After authen-tication screen, provider canupdatevacancy info.

Reporting

Use the Results of searches to find out what is available county wide or state wide•Export to Excel•Display Results on a map

Reporting, mapsAssisted Living Providers (MDH)

St. Louis County

Caregiver Consultant

Statewide

Focus On QualityData Improvement / Enhancements

Quality Measures•Accurate•Timely•Complete•Findable•Understandable

Data Metrics•Agencies – 11,735•Services – 31,478•Locations – 23,004

What can you do to improve the data?

• Review your agency’s services• Log in to Provider Portal to make changes• Use Report Data Problem if something is not correct

Contact

• Mary.A.Chilvers@state.mn.us, PMP, MLISMinnesotaHelp.info, Technical Specialist

• Tom.L.Gossett@state.mn.us, PMP MinnesotaHelp.info, Project Manager