Impact of homecare electronic health record on timeliness of clinical documentation, reimbursement, and patient outcomes.
Homecare is an important and effective way of managing chronic illnesses using skilled nursing care in the home. Unlike hospitals and ambulatory settings, clinicians visit patients at home at different times, independent of each other. Twenty-nine percent of 10,000 homecare agencies in the United States have adopted point-of-care EHRs. Yet, relatively little is known about the growing use of homecare EHRs.
Author(s): Sockolow, P S, Bowles, K H, Adelsberger, M C, Chittams, J L, Liao, C
DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2013-12-RA-0106