Overview
At Giv, one of our core goals is to empower Admins with full control over customization. We've made major progress toward that goal across various modules, and we're now excited to introduce expanded customization options for Goals and Medications.
This release gives Administrators the ability to define exactly what fields Staff are required to complete when logging Goals and administering Medications—ensuring reports align with agency needs, compliance standards, and internal workflows.
Impacted Users & Features
Primary Users Impacted: Agency Administrators
Key Areas Affected:
Feature Settings → Goals
Feature Settings → Medications
Bug fixes for existing functionality (no user-facing changes)
New Features & Enhancements
Accessing Goal and Medication Customization
Navigate to:
Feature Settings → Goals
OR
Feature Settings → Medications
From here, you’ll see new controls that allow customization of:
Field types
Field requirements
Creating Custom Goal and Medication Types
How to Create a Custom Goal or Medication Type:
In either the “Goals” card or the “Medications” card, click “+ Add New Type”
On the configuration page, you can:
Name the Goal or Medication type
Copy an existing type (imports its fields into your new template)
Add new fields to tailor reporting requirements
Supported Field Types:
Date
Signature (Drawn)
Checkbox (Yes/No)
Short Text
Long Text
Multiple Choice
Photo/Video
Caregiver App Field
Once a type is set up, Staff will be prompted to complete the custom fields tied to the selected type when logging a Goal or Medication.
Post-Shift Report
When logging a new Goal or Medication from this view:
when staff selects the Goal or Medication, associated custom fields appear and must be completed
No Changes to Existing Functionality
Existing Goal and Medication views and workflows remain unchanged aside from the inclusion of the Goal and Medication type and custom fields.
All prior functionality for viewing, editing, and logging Goals and Medications continues to operate as before.
Summary
With this release, Giv now supports fully customizable Goal and Medicataion types and field configurations—giving agencies greater flexibility and precision in how they document the logging of Goals and administration of Medications.
This is a major step forward in making Goals and Medication reporting both agency-specific and compliance-ready, while preserving the intuitive workflows your teams already know.