Re: Index or easy way to 'find' in the RAI manual

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Yes.  The CMS PDF files at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medicaid/mds20/man-form.asp are THE source documents that everyone else must use.  They post their updates in two formats:  You can download the updated pages only or you can download all of the chapters, and they have all of the updates in them.

The August 2003 update on the CMS site includes a table that lists the changes.

Rena

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Do updates appear on this PDF version?
 
Kathy

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The best way I've found to get around in the manual is to download the PDF version and use the PDF search function using key words.  You do need to know the general contents of each chapter, so you can determine which chapter to search, since you can search only one chapter at a time.

To use the search function, click on the binoculars icon at the top of the screen, left of center.  It will open a window in which you can type the key word, and then click "find."  To continue to search for the key word, click "find again" as often as you need to until you find what you're looking for.  It doesn't take too long before you get pretty good at selecting specific key words that take you where you want to go.

Rena

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does anyone know if there is an index that I don't have to the RAI manual (with the revisions),other than the index in the back which is pretty useless.  For example, if I wanted to see the places in the manual where they talk about fecal impaction or sentinel events, neither are listed in the index that came with manual.  Is there an online version that is searchable? thanks.

Kathy

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