“Technology plays a leading role in the shift toward value and outcomes-focused care. Agencies need the ability to benchmark and report on patient outcomes and care quality, which necessitates the need to capture more health data and more robust analytics.”
This is the summary for the April 2022 survey conducted by AlayaCare and reported by Home Health Care News.
Home Care LINK’s mobile software has offered that capability for years.
Agencies will use their Care Coordinators to setup customized Caregiver requirements for each Care Recipient. Caregivers will be the data collectors.
The benchmark process starts by providing the caregivers with a customized, structured list of what to do and what to “watch for”.
Following every medical discharge or visit, a medical professional normally explains to the patient and/or their caregiver the changes that should be “watched for”.
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Ideally, each HCL observation is based directly on a physician’s checklist of conditions customized for a particular patient. Each HCL observation may be prioritized as normal or critical. If a critical observation is recorded, automatic alerts are sent (text or email) to whomever the Care Manager has designated. Home Care LINK makes it easy for the care coordinator to create the list.
A Home Care LINK End of Visit Checklist is created similarly to the example shown below.
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Caregivers will sign in and begin their visit using a unique PIN for that specific care recipient. When they do this list along with other customized requirements will appear on the appropriate caregivers’ mobile device.
This HCL approach works particularly well because:
Caregivers:
As a Result:
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Related to benchmarking is medication. Is the care recipient taking all their medication as prescribed?
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Home Care LINK’s software makes it easy for the Caregiver to record and report the benchmarking information. Further, HCL makes it easy for the Agency’s Care Coordinator to review this real time healthcare information and take any required action.
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