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OCRS guides

Task-based walk-throughs for the work people actually do in OCRS. Guides still being written are listed and marked in development rather than hidden.

Published

Getting started with OCRS

How the State → Organization → Facility hierarchy works, what happens after access is approved, and the first four things a new organization sets up.

Resource type
Guide
Audience
New users, Organization administrators
Length
8 min read
Published

Using the live bed board

Reading current bed status for a facility, what each status means, how blocked beds affect available capacity, and how stale figures are flagged.

Resource type
Guide
Audience
Facility reporters, Facility managers
Length
6 min read
Published

Submitting the daily census

The required fields, how capacity is validated against the licensed bed count, why submissions are permanent, and how to file a correction.

Resource type
Guide
Audience
Facility reporters, Facility managers
Length
7 min read
Published

Reading reporting history

How to read a facility's submission timeline, tell a correction apart from an original entry, and use history as evidence during a review.

Resource type
Guide
Audience
Facility managers, Organization administrators, Auditors
Length
5 min read
In development

Waitlist management

How referrals waiting for a bed are recorded and matched to availability as beds are released.

Resource type
Guide
Audience
Facility managers
In development

Admissions and discharges

Recording an admission or a discharge and the effect each has on reported occupancy for the day.

Resource type
Guide
Audience
Facility reporters, Facility managers