A home health care agency that strengthens its bond with physicians will benefit from improved patient care, timely communication with physicians and increased physician satisfaction. To achieve these goals, an agency must extend the patient's chart and home care documentation to the physician's desktop.

Horizon Homecare™ Web Chart part of our suite of home care software solutions, provides a secure, online connection between the physician's office and the agency. Because it is available over the Internet, physicians only need a Web browser to access a wealth of information. Horizon Homecare™ Web Chart enables referring physicians to access:

• A complete directory of their patients in the homecare agency
• Their patients’ home care documentation
• Detailed lists of unsigned documents that can be signed electronically
• Care plan oversight time tracking

Benefits

• Improves patient care by extending the patient’s home care documentation or hospice chart to the physician for review
• Enhances communication between the agency and physicians by enabling physicians to sign or reject orders online and return for immediate correction
• Improves agency cash flow by decreasing the turnaround time for signed orders
• Increases physician satisfaction by reducing paperwork and streamlining patient care oversight documentation

Features

• Provides physicians with immediate, anytime, anywhere access to the patient’s homecare chart
• Automatically notifies physicians via e-mail when there are orders to be signed
• Enables physicians to create and send electronic notes to the homecare clinician or attach them to the patient’s chart
• Provides a timesheet that displays a log of time the physician spent reviewing specific homecare patient cases