Interdisciplinary Team Coordination
Streamlined Tools and Accessible Patient Information Enhances the IDT Process
Hospice is all about multi-disciplinary teams who need to make better clinical decisions based upon up-to-date information. CareAnyware has developed a paperless IDT process and accompanying tools to help you more efficiently manage your team of supporting caregivers. That's better patient care. That's CareAnyware.
In preparation for the IDT, clinicians can create and save individual electronic patient notes for the next meeting. CareAnyware also features an invaluable tool for collecting and reviewing important changes which have occurred over the previous 14 days to enable your team to have better discussions about individual patients. The ability to access up-to-date information will ensure that you are discussing and documenting relevant issues which impact the quality and type of care every patient requires.
CareAnyware IDT functionality enables:
- Access to each discipline's patient-specific notes
- Automatic "flags" that indicate changes made to the patient's record since the last IDT
- Quick retrieval of the most current patient visit notes, flow sheets (ESAS), care plans, and orders
- Real-time narrative to ensure documentation of patient discussion points, follow-up care, and activities
- Ability to immediately implement new plans and orders
- Time and attendance tracking for all attending the meeting
- Formal report production for supporting QAPI programs
Physician-Specific Tools
The Medical Director's role in the hospice care process is fully supported by CareAnyware. Our unique web-based architecture enables you to extend system access to physicians for both patient chart viewing and electronic signature of orders.
- Automatic E-mail notification that a physician has orders and documents which require review and approval
- Instant "anywhere approvals" by the physician wherever and whenever Internet access is available
- A streamlined process for centralized review and approval of all patient documents from your organization
- Physician feedback functionality to provide comments back if changes are needed
Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement and the IDT
CareAnyware IDT functionality supports your QAPI program by enabling you to:
- Evaluate and improve patient care and outcomes
- Develop strategies for more efficient use of resources based on the patient's needs
Recognize potential problems before they occur and make proactive decisions which can be communicated to the team within minutes
- Facilitate staff communication
- Provide the organization with the tools to measure, track, and trend clinical data and outcomes