The Introduction to Web-based Computing course consists of two half-days of training for staff in need of beginning computer skills.  The training agenda covers such items as how to use a mouse, cutting and pasting, and how to clean the memory cache.  This course is for staff who have little or no previous experience using a computer, and who need some additional assistance learning about the AWARDS environment.

The Introduction to Web-based Computing training is one day divided into two 3.5 hour sessions, and is limited to 8 people per session. 

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Sample Agenda

The agenda for the Introduction to Web-based Computing course, including areas covered and some of the key topics addressed, is as follows:

This full day training, which is recommended for users who are active members of your internal training team, covers the basics of training preparation, engaging trainees, managing resistance, and offering continued support after training.  

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Sample Agenda

The agenda for the Preparing Your Internal Training Team is developed by your agency's internal Implementation Team in conjunction with the Foothold Training division, and may include items from the following sample agenda: 

This half day training is recommended for users who will be setting up and maintaining your AWARDS database, and covers setting up your programs, setting up users, configuring procedural rules, and using AWARDS to monitor your agency.

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Sample Agenda

The agenda for the System Administrators is developed by your agency's internal Implementation Team in conjunction with your Foothold Customer Success & Advocacy team representative, and may include items from the following sample agenda:

The AWARDS Training for Executives course is a half-day training designed to instruct agency executives on how to use AWARDS to monitor staff and audit data entered in their agency's database.  The agenda focuses on various reports that can be used to review work done in the AWARDS database.

Cost and Restrictions

Sample Agenda

The agenda for the AWARDS Training for Executives course focuses primarily on identifying and using reports.  The agenda can be developed by your agency's Implementation Team in conjunction with your Foothold Customer Success & Advocacy team representative, and may include the following topics:

The Internal Training Assistance Program is designed to empower our clients in their pursuit of maximum efficiency with respect to AWARDS by helping agency training and implementation teams assess and improve their internal AWARDS training content and process.

Before an agency's internally-run training, Foothold training staff will offer brief feedback on the training plan or agenda, and will provide some basic concepts about conducting trainings in general.  Foothold staff will then observe a half-day AWARDS training session given by the agency's internal training team.  After the training, Foothold staff will provide a concise written evaluation on the effectiveness and efficiency of the training, along with a brief list of things the agency's trainer(s) can do in the future to improve the trainings.  Foothold staff will also be available for one phone call to discuss the evaluation.

The agency is required to provide a training agenda which may be developed in conjunction with your Foothold Customer Success & Advocacy team representative.

An agency may only request one session per year.

Cost and Restrictions

The BillingBuilder is a powerful AWARDS feature that enables agencies to configure billing files for dozens of payers in addition to the direct link to Medicaid and Medicare already built into the application.  The cost of this feature varies depending on the level of service required at your agency, and the initial training is included in the pricing.  Additional training can also be purchased as needed.  

Once configuration of the BillingBuilder is complete, your agency's clinical and programmatic data flows seamlessly from AWARDS electronic charts into the proper billing structure, and from there the module can be used to create claims to be paid.  The AWARDS BillingBuilder training course covers each step in the configuration process so that you can take advantage of all that the BillingBuilder has to offer.