IRMA and the Incident
Management Process
January 2014
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Justice Center Changes – Overview
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Protection of People with Special Needs Act
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Creation of a new agency, the NYS Justice
Center for the Protection of People with
Special Needs
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New incident classifications and definitions in
Part 624
Justice Center Changes ‐ Overview
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Reportable incidents in programs certified or
operated by OPWDD that are reported to the
Justice Center are not entered into IRMA by
the agency – the process is initiated by the JC.
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Reportable Incidents (Abuse/Neglect and
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Reportable Incidents (Abuse/Neglect and
Significant Incidents) that occur in programs
operated or certified by OPWDD must be
reported to the Justice Center.
3Justice Center Changes ‐ Overview
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OPWDD Notification is required for all 624 incidents,
except Minor Notable Occurrences.
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For incidents where notification to the Justice Center
is required, both notifications must be completed.
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OPWDD notification for 625 events is made via
IRMA.
Justice Center Changes ‐ Overview
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Notification “cheat sheets” for 624, 625 and
deaths and other helpful resources are
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IRMA Login
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Summary of Incidents
Justice Center Tab (JC) Incidents created in IRMA from the Incidents created in IRMA from the Justice Center via an XML file “J ” Icon (Left) Indicates that the incident originated from the Justice Center and the investigation is being completed by the Justice Center “A” Icon Indicates that the incident has been delegated to the provider Agency for investigationg OPWDD Icon Indicates that the incident has been delegated to OPWDD Office of Investigations and Internal Affairs for investigationSummary of Incidents
NEW – New incident received by Justice Center OPEN – Agency has entered initial details of incident PENDING CLOSURE – Error has occurred during transmission of info back to the JC CLOSED – All required fields have been completed by the agency and incident is closed. 9Summary of Incidents
Justice Center Tab From the summary of incidents page you can take the following actions by clicking the corresponding icon in the far right the corresponding icon in the far right (Action) column: Incident View Incident Edit Review page Communicate with OPWDD IMU staff regarding this incident “J ” Icon (Right) “J ” Icon (Right) Opens a new window and displays the information that was sent to IRMA by the Justice Center.Summary of
Incidents
New Incidents tab This tab will display all incidents that have been t d i th ti f entered in the timeframe selected (24 hours, 48 hours, one week or custom date range). Incidents can be narrowed down by category, or all incidents can be displayed with a summary as in the screenshot at right. For ICF incidents, the master incident number will be displayed in RED. Incidents on the JC tab will move to this tab after the initial details and individual(s) are added. 11Summary of Incidents
Review Incidents tab This view displays incidents for which there is an active “conversation” between the agency and OPWDD IMU staff. The conversation can be viewed or updated by clicking on the blue review page icon in the far right column.Review Incidents
Conversation Page Clicking on the blue icon on the summary of incidents page will bring up this page for the incident. A message can be left for OPWDD IMU staff by typing in the box under “conversation to date” and hitting the return or enter key. Entries are time and date stamped and cannot be d l d deleted. 13Summary of Incidents
Reporting Update Tab Incidents that have not been closed within 30 days will closed within 30 days will appear on this page and require an update on the status of the investigation. Clicking on the “edit” icon in this view will go directly to the reporting updates page so that an update can be added. Updates will continue to be Updates will continue to be requested after the investigation is complete if the incident is not closed.Summary of
Incidents
“J ” Icon (Right) Clicking this icon will present g p the user with the information that was sent to IRMA from the Justice Center. If duplicate incidents have been linked by IMU staff, they will all be shown together. The view can be expanded to show the complete file by clicking the arrow on the left hand side. Any updates that are made by the Justice Center to the original information will be displayed in RED. 15Process for 625 Events/Situations
625 Events/Situations
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Do not require the same level of detail as a 624
incident
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625 events will only require the following tabs:
Details, Individual, Investigation, and Corrective
Measures
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Will generally always be delegated to the agency for
investigation
Incident Details
Program/Site, Location and Reported/Discovered dates are required to create an incident.q ‘Did this incident occur under the auspices of OPWDD or provider agency?’ Yes ‐ Part 624 Regulation No ‐ Part 625 Regulation If an incident originates from the Justice Center, the Justice Center Preliminary Report field cannot be altered altered. All required fields on this page must be entered before going to Individual tab. 17Involved Persons
In this view persons involved in the incident may be added. The involved person types are The involved person types are Person Making Allegation, Person Present, Person Reporting and Target of Allegation of Abuse. Sub Types are Family Member, Individual, Staff (agency or contract) , Volunteer or Other. Full names of targets are required to be entered for Reportable Abuse/Neglect.Individual Select
Category/Classification The agency cannot change the category that the Justice Center has chosen. If the incident is a reportable significant incident as in the example on the right, one of those classifications must be chosen. Adding Individuals “VPCR Individuals” will display the individual names that were reported to the Justice Center. The list of individuals that can be added is generated from the i di id l h ll d i h individuals that are enrolled in the program in the Tracking and Billing (TABS) system. 19Individual Details
“Possible crime against individual by custodian?” and “Law Enforcement Notified’ are required fields to close the incident. When “Law Enforcement Notified?” is answered yes, Law Enforcement will be a required notification in the Notifications tab. OPWDD requires all incidents of physical and sexual abuse and any possible crimes to be reported to local p p law enforcement.In this section the contributing factor(s) to the incident and immediate individual protections must be entered, as well as the
Initial Findings
staff persons who have provided and reviewed the incident information. If there are multiple individuals involved in the incident, protections will need to be entered separately for each person. If “yes” is selected under additional steps taken, a text box will appear to provide future details. Routine data is collected from the contributing factors field and is very important for use in quality improvement efforts. 21 Any injuries or medical examinations related to the incident should be documented in this section (Page 1).Physical Findings
If any injuries are documented and/or a medical examination took place, then Page 2 and Medical Exam Findings must also be completed.If an injury was documented on Page 1 of Physical Findings, then Page 2 must be completed.
Physical Findings
The location of each injury selected on Page 1 is documented by clicking on the corresponding section on the body map. Multiple body parts can be selected for each injury type if indicated. 23 If the question, “Was the individual examined by a health care professional?” is answered “yes” onPhysical Findings
Page 1, the medical exam findings page must be completed. The minimum information that is required is the date, location and description of the exam. The name and title of the examiner should also be completed if known.Reporting Deaths
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Deaths in programs certified or operated by OPWDD are to be
reported to the Justice Center via the death reporting line,
(855) 373‐2124. They should only be called into the VPCR if
the death is a potential allegation of abuse or neglect.
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Unlike other Justice Center incidents, an incident is not
automatically generated for a death and must be entered into
IRMA manually by the reporting agency.
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Effective 1/22/2014, IRMA will be updated to change the
name of the QCC100 to Report of Death.
25 The QCC 100 must be completed for all deaths. Please be sure to complete all four sections to theQCC 100/Report of Death
best of your ability with the information that is available. After the form is completed, click on the E‐mail link to submit the form. This sends an email to OPWDD and the Justice Center to inform us that it is complete. You can submit the form as many times as necessary as additional information becomes il bl available. This is the only form that needs to be completed and it must be completed via IRMA. Do notNotifications
All of the required notifications (based on the type of incident and type of program) will automatically type of program) will automatically appear. Navigate between the notifications by clicking on the link for each one. All notifications must be completed in order to close the incident. Be sure to fill out all required fields, including BOTH first and last name. If there is more than one individual, notification details may be applied to two or more by checking the “apply above data” box. 27
Special Notifications
If Special Notifications (i.e., Jonathan’s Law) are required, the link will appear in the green bar. Special notifications are required for all types of incidents except Occurrences regardless of delegation and are not required for Part 625 Events/Situations. If the response to any of the questions is “yes,” additional fields will pop up requesting additional details. Printable 147 and 148 forms can be obtained by clicking on the links to the left of the individual’s name. These forms are also able to be redacted within the application prior to printing.Investigation
The investigation page has three sections. The text of the investigation should be entered on this page, as well as the dates indicated and the name of the investigator. All fields on this page must be completed in order to close the incident. The fields no longer have any size limits.e e ds o o ge a e a y s e ts 29Investigation – Findings
The previous “Disposition” tab for allegations of abuse has been replaced by Findings been replaced by Findings. Inconclusive is no longer a valid finding – the only options are Substantiated and Unsubstantiated. Multiple findings may be entered. A classification, finding, and target must be selected for each finding. If a target was not entered in Involved Persons at the time the incident was created, it can be added or changed from this page by clicking the “Add/EditInvestigation‐ Reporting
Updates
For Reportable Incidents and Serious Notable Occurrences, updates must be provided if the incident is not be provided if the incident is not closed after 30 days. The system will continue to request updates after the investigation is entered if the incident is not closed. SRC minutes may be used as an update. Recently entered minutes will be available to select by checking th b the box. 31
Justice Center Investigations
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Investigations for all Reportable Abuse/Neglect cases that are
being investigated by the agency must be submitted for
upload to the Justice Center VPCR system.
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The investigation packet should include the OPWDD Form 158
Submission Form, the notice to the target of the allegation,
the SCR request form and the OPWDD Form 149 Required
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Investigative Format, and all supporting documentation and
relevant correspondence.
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The complete packet should be emailed to
[email protected]
and clearly state which
Corrective Measures
Each corrective measure selected will bring up “Title” and “Description” text boxes to indicate the person responsible p p and a description of the action taken. In order to close the incident, at least one Administrative and one Consumer‐ Specific action must be selected, and “Approved by CEO or Designee” must be checked. 33Pending Closure
“Pending Closure” incidents can be found by clicking on the link on the main agency h b f menu. The number of pending closure incidents is displayed in parentheses. A status of pending closure indicates that an error occurred during transmission of data back to the JC when the incident was closed. This is most commonly caused by either a change in the original JC category or missing data. The link will bring you to a list of pending closure incidents which can then be edited andMiscellaneous Notes
Up to date information, resources and contact information for Incident Management Unit staff can be found on our website:
http://www.opwdd.ny.gov/opwdd_resources/incident_management/home
Please keep your passwords active; they will become inactive if not used for 90 days. Passwords can be reset by visiting https://my.opwdd.ny.gov/and clicking “forgot password” or contacting the Help Desk at [email protected]. IRMA has been tested for functionality in Internet Explorer 8. Other web browsers (e.g., Chrome, Firefox) have not been tested and their use could result in unexpected application errors 35 errors. Please send requests for IRMA access and technical support to [email protected]. Multiple staff have access to this account and the first available person will address your request. Please be sure to include the incident number and a detailed description of your issue.