This blog will discuss Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Census and Financial and why they are critical for effectively managing Home Care Agencies.
Key Performance Indicators for Home Care – Definition
Overtime Pay for Home Care Workers – Implementation and Tracking
Even though FLSA overtime rules for home care workers have now been in vogue for a while, most private duty nursing and non-medical agencies have to strike a careful balance between the high quality and continuity of care they provide and minimizing the overtime cost.
With falling reimbursements from third-party payers, and trying to strike a balance between expectations and quality of service for private pay patients, most home care agencies are trying to adapt their business models to limit caregivers to 40 hours a week.
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Software Features for Continuous Care Documentation in PDN
Six Steps to Improve Clinician Utilization for Home Health Care Agencies
Right eMAR/eTAR Software for Private Duty Nursing Home Care Agencies
Many Private Duty Home Care Agencies use Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Home Health Care Software designed for visit-based Home Health Care agencies with static PDF forms to document medication and treatment administration. These solutions pose many challenges to effectively managing medication and treatment administration. Managing and administering these medications and treatments on paper or on software that does not support dynamic eMAR/eTAR will require considerable manual effort leading to errors, missed medications, or treatments endangering patient safety.
Scheduling Efficiency for HCBS and Private Duty Non-Medical Home Care Agencies
HCBS and Private Duty Non-Medical Home Care Agencies should leverage technology and intelligent automation to improve scheduling efficiency. Improving scheduling efficiency will positively impact many aspects of agency operations. A Home Care Software platform with efficient scheduling tools will improve the operational efficiency of HCBS and Private Duty Non-Medical Home Care Agencies.
Care Coordination Tools for Home Health Care Agencies
Care Coordination is critical in improving collaboration, quality of care, compliance, and patient and employee satisfaction. Home Health Care Agencies need the right home care software platform with tools to coordinate care effectively and efficiently to ensure the highest quality and level of service.
Essential Features to Track Narcotics Counts in Private Duty Nursing Software
Private Duty Nursing Agencies may use paper-based forms or some tools outside their Home Care EMR software to track narcotic counts for the patients at home. Using paper-based forms to track narcotics may pose many challenges in effectively monitoring the administration and counts. Private Duty Nursing Agencies should leverage technology and use the right tools integrated with the Home Care EMR Software to track and monitor narcotics count.
This blog will discuss some essential features a Home Care Software should have to effectively track and monitor narcotics count for Private Duty Nursing Home Care agencies.
Best Practices to Monitor Controlled Substances (Narcotics) in Private Duty Nursing
Private Duty Nursing patients usually have many medications, with one or more controlled substances (Narcotics), to be administered during the shift. Medication management is one of a Private Duty Nurse's most essential responsibilities while working with patients with chronic complex medical conditions. Private Duty Home Care agencies should have a corporate policy to monitor narcotic counts and the safe handling of narcotics. Effective Narcotics Monitoring Program will maintain compliance with regulations, prevent the diversion of drugs and medication errors, and maintain accountability.
This blog will discuss the benefits of the Narcotics Monitoring Program and the best practices for implementing the program in Private Duty Nursing Home Care agencies.
Four Tips for Enhancing Your Home Healthcare Agency's Online Presence
Scheduling Efficiency for Private Duty Nursing Home Care Agencies
Private Duty Nursing Home Care Agencies should look for a software platform with functions and features to meet the unique scheduling requirements for private duty nursing care. CareVoyant understands the demanding needs to manage Private Duty Home Care Agencies providing skilled care for medically fragile patients while supporting other services like Non-Medical Personal Care, HCBS, and Home Health. CareVoyant Home Care software platform offers the right technology and tools to help a Private Duty Home Care Agency effectively manage the agency and improve operational efficiency and the agency's bottom line.
This blog will discuss some of the vital scheduling features required in the software to improve the scheduling efficiency of Private Duty Nursing Home Care Agencies.
SEO Tips for Home Healthcare Agencies
Consumers are increasingly using internet to search for goods and services. Patients and families looking for home care services will be no different. They will be using Google and other search engines to search for home health care agencies for services. Understanding Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is pivotal for home care agencies to stay on top of today's digital environment. In this blog post, we'll review tips and strategies to improve the contents and search engine rankings of your website. Keep reading to learn how to create relevant content and stay ahead of the competition by optimizing your website for SEO.
The Essential Features of Private Duty Nursing Home Care Software
Many Private Duty Nursing Home Care agencies use home care software platforms designed for visit-based home health agencies for Private Duty Nursing services. This approach leads to many operational inefficiencies for Private Duty Nursing agencies. Home Care Agencies providing Private Duty Nursing services should adopt software that will meet complex and demanding requirements.
This blog will discuss some of the critical features required in the software to manage Private Duty Nursing Home Care Agencies efficiently.
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6 Benefits of an Integrated Software Solution for Your Home Care Agency
Agencies should leverage technology and software platforms to do more with less and improve operation efficiency. An integrated home care software platform that can handle multiple services and payers will help agencies to manage their operations efficiently and overcome the challenges posed by the labor shortage, wage increases, and reimbursement cuts. This blog will discuss the benefits of an integrated Home Care Software Platform for an agency with multiple services and payers.
Work-Life Balance for Caregivers
Healthcare is an incredibly stressful career field. Caregivers constantly face things others could never even dream of, and providing care in a home-based setting adds to that stress. Caregivers in home-based settings work most of their time independently, develop a closer relationship with the patient and family, and often work long hours. To prevent burnout, caregivers need to maintain an excellent work-life balance. We share below some strategies to help maintain a good work-life balance:
Four Strategies to Support New Home Healthcare Clinicians
New nurses, CNAs, and caregivers can often feel lost and overwhelmed due to the immense responsibility they now hold for sometimes critically ill patients. Lack of proper support through these new challenges can lead to employee burnout, job dissatisfaction, and decreased patient care. There are countless benefits to supporting new clinicians, including increased employee retention, increased employee referrals, and improved patient care.
