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Training Support Providers to Utilize Therap Application for Virtual or Remote Visits During COVID-19
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The ongoing pandemic has highlighted the necessity to train team members in new and innovative ways to ensure the continuity of all essential operations. Assuring uninterrupted service provision as staff transition to conducting virtual or remote visits in the effort to continue to provide support and care to individuals, many of whom are among the most vulnerable to contracting the virus, is of the utmost importance during these challenging times.
Therap is dedicated to assisting providers and their support staff in remaining up-to-date about information relating to changing needs of documentation. While we have taken measures to ensure safety of our team members, our team remains remotely available to provide assistance to customers to help them in continuing their work with individuals.
In addition to offering an increased number of web-based trainings, Therap also offers self-paced, on-demand online courses via its Training Academy platform which users can utilize remotely to complete courses of their choosing at their own convenience. This is an ideal solution for agencies to reduce training costs, need for staffing coverage, and most importantly minimize the need for teams to congregate for in-person, onsite trainings. Therap’s Training Academy currently offers over 60 courses that are structured with standard training content and objectives users found at agency new hire training or Therap regional conferences but are available to users from remote locations. The courses are available 24/7, allowing users to take the courses at their own pace and convenient schedule so that remote training is incredibly flexible. Training Academy courses include topics such as incident reporting, employment, health tracking, individual support plans, attendance, person-centered documentation and behavior tracking. Eligible users can earn Continuing Education Units are available for completion of selected courses for eligible users.
Moreover, Therap Services’ website offers the latest important information to assist training support providers to continue utilizing Therap application for virtual visits or remote visits during the COVID-19 pandemic. This information can easily be located on the COVID-19 Awareness webpage that details the approaches Therap is taking to provide updated training materials.
Online help and support is available for all users for extended hours, as Therap staff continue to remain available while working remotely. Due to additional Therap team availability while working remotely, Live Help is now offering extended weekday hours, as well as weekend availability. Therap is also providing additional availability of essential Therap staff, State Implementation, and Billing team members via Live Help. Support teams are also available for contact from ‘My Issues’ and queries can be submitted via the website’s ‘Contact Us’ section and through the published phone numbers on the Therap website.
Therap continues to arrange online learning sessions to inform Therap users of all the new releases and module enhancements that facilitate working remotely. Users can find recorded webinars regarding these tools on the Therap’s website for convenience. The videos, ‘Virtual Visit/Remote Visit Documentation Options’ and ‘Emergency Preparedness – How to Prepare your Agency for Changing Work Environments’ are particularly helpful for customers seeking guidance on how to utilize the Therap application for virtual visits or remote visits during the COVID-19 outbreak. Links for upcoming online sessions, published user guides, and more significant training materials are available on the login page as well.
Therap continues to update the website regularly as more information emerges.
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