Jost930

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1. Hospice EMR

   Jost930 replied to Nascar nurse's topic in Hospice

   lpoore - Brightree staff are very helpful, we did look to switching from Allscripts to Brightree. It does run on iPad and has a lot to offer. There isn't a 'perfect' EMR out there. I have a feeling hospice is moving towards a more standardized charti...

2. Hospice bootcamp - Is there such a thing?

   Jost930 replied to Raviepoo's topic in Hospice

   Weatherbee has a great hospice boot camp. Additional Resources - Weatherbee Resources, Inc. - Hospice Consulting Services I attended one a few years back and was one of the best seminars I've attended.

3. Hospice EMR

   Jost930 replied to Nascar nurse's topic in Hospice

   We are exploring EMRs as well. chopwood carrywater - how is Brightree with homecare? and I was let to believe improvements are soon for IPU? Would like to talk to anyone currently using Brightree to hear pros and cons. I've see a few systems and real...

4. Hospice In-patient Units

   Jost930 posted a topic in Hospice

   Is anyone else finding it hard to support in-patient level of care for your hospice patients? We are trying to follow NGS / medicare guidelines and try all interventions in the home first as well as trying not to transfer patients to in-patient unit ...

5. Admissions RN duties?

   Jost930 replied to Little_Mouse's topic in Hospice

   We encourage new applicants to shadow for a day so you get an idea of what to expect. Ask the hospice if they allow this. Good Luck! Admissions seems to run very different at each hospice.

6. What To Do When Family and LTC Facility NOT On Same Page.....

   Jost930 replied to tencat's topic in Hospice

   Tencat, you should check your facility contract, the new CoPs clearly designate that Hospice maintains 'professional management' and that should be included in your contract with SNF. You should have your Plan of Care in pts chart and that would incl...

7. IDG meetings

   Jost930 posted a topic in Hospice

   I am trying to make IDG meetings as informative and effecient as possible. We currently review approx 30-35 pts/week and meeting is 3 1/2 hrs long. We utilize Misys for visits but not the problem/care plan section. Does anyone have a creative ideas t...

8. Any Misys users?

   Jost930 replied to Em1995's topic in Hospice

   We have been using misys for about 3 yrs now, admission nurse works 8 hr shift, expectation is 2 admissions/day however we are trying to look at different models that allow 3 admissions per 8hr shift. Homecare nurses do point of care data entry, if n...

9. computerized charting

   Jost930 replied to LeAnne from US's topic in Home Health

   I work for Hospice and they were just switching to Misys when I started so I don't have anything to compare it to. I have been using Misys to chart phone call records, and enter pt information in the office and love it. It is much better than hand wr...

10. computerized charting

    Jost930 replied to LeAnne from US's topic in Home Health

    I work for Hospice and they were just switching to Misys when I started so I don't have anything to compare it to. I have been using Misys to chart phone call records, and enter pt information in the office and love it. It is much better than hand wr...