Therapy Companies Use cliniCONNECTS to Combat Fragmentation
First: There is a national shortage of qualified healthcare workers, rehab specialists, and other medical specialists.
Second: The at-home delivery model is fragmented, meaning patients can experience gaps in care.
What is Fragmentation?
In the case of in-home healthcare delivery, fragmentation refers to the lack of cohesion and integration in providing healthcare services delivered to patients in their homes. It signifies a disorganized and disjointed system where different healthcare providers, professionals, and organizations operate independently, resulting in gaps, inconsistencies, and inefficiencies in care.
Fragmentation may look like:
- Patients receiving care from multiple entities with various protocols, procedures, and treatment plans. This lack of standardization and coordination can lead to confusion and inconsistencies in the delivery of healthcare services.
- A lack of effective communication and collaboration among healthcare professionals involved in a patient’s care. Without robust communication channels and shared decision-making processes, important information may be missed, leading to a lack of continuity in care.
- There may be disparities in access to care and inequitable distribution of resources. Patients in different geographic locations or with varying insurance coverage may face additional challenges accessing home healthcare services. The fragmented nature of the system can exacerbate these disparities, leaving specific populations underserved and marginalized.
- An inability of systems to transition from one model to another. For example, An EMR system with a focus on home health and not outpatient cannot serve a patient transitioning from home health to outpatient in-home. Even though, in both cases, a patient still needs help within their home and a home health agency could assist them. The home health EMR cannot work with outpatient billing because it is billed differently from home health. This precludes the home health agency from delivering outpatient in-home and fragments the transition between home health and outpatient in-home.
Overall, home healthcare delivery fragmentation signifies a system that lacks coordination, standardization, and effective communication. Addressing this fragmentation is crucial for improving the quality of care, enhancing patient outcomes, and promoting equitable access to home healthcare services.
Therapy Companies Use cliniCONNECTS to Combat Fragmentation
cliniCONNECTS addresses all of the issues noted above. With this SaaS, everything is accessible and in one place, making it simple for the professionals working on a patient’s care to get a complete picture of their needs. Additionally, the system is designed to help more home healthcare companies identify where specialists are most needed so that they can increase their recruitment in those areas or assign more team members to serve those in need.
Here are some of the many features that cliniCONNECTS provides to combat fragmentation:
HIPPA Compliant
cliniCONNECTS is HIPPA compliant. Both companies and clinicians can provide and update patient information through the app. This allows the clinician to view all information well before the visit, ensuring they bring the right tools to the patient visit.
Integration
cliniCONNECTS workflows seamlessly with your favorite EMR system and a variety of other software platforms to ensure vital information is accessible in the EMR and vice versa.
The Home Health Company Can Provide Specific Instructions
Contract therapy companies working with home health agencies often find that each agency has its own procedures that must be swiftly communicated to the clinical network. The entire clinical team can easily see these instructions through the cliniCONNECTS app. They can also include information and reminders to team members as new regulations are rolled out.
This keeps the patient experience seamless.
Demographic Metrics
The business can utilize metrics to find out where they have the greatest need and recruit from that area to meet the demand.
One Simple App
The app is easy-to-use and intuitive to ensure clinicians can communicate with assistants, home health agencies, and other clinicians through the app – keeping all patient information accessible to anyone on the case.
Streamlined Referral Management
Clinicians can opt-in to referrals in real-time and receive a notification on their phone, making it easy to accept or decline a referral quickly. This allows the in-home healthcare company to focus on providing patients with the best service possible.
cliniCONNECTS simplifies coordination with home health clinicians, providing the patient with a seamless home health experience.
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