Computers, Home Charting and Internet Access

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With all the focus on electronic records, I wanted to do a quick check on the state of current technology for home visits...

1) Is your charting software relatively new and easy to use?

2) Software company (McKesson, Cerner, etc)?

3) Are you using laptops, ipads, or android pads?

4) Are you connected to your software via server or does 'the program' reside on the laptop and require database synchronization?

5) How's your internet connections? Fast, slow, erratic, unreliable?

Thanks

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1) Is your charting software relatively new and easy to use?

Old, unfriendly, nonmultitasking.

2) Software company (McKesson, Cerner, etc)?

Cerner- Homeworks/Roadnotes

3) Are you using laptops, ipads, or android pads?

Laptop

4) Are you connected to your software via server or does 'the program' reside on the laptop and require database synchronization?

Homeworks via server.

5) How's your internet connections? Fast, slow, erratic, unreliable?

Slow to very slow, erratic, and unreliable.

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Specializes in education,LTC, orthopedics, LTACH.

Is your charting software relatively new and easy to use?

yes

2) Software company (McKesson, Cerner, etc)?

Suncoast

3) Are you using laptops, ipads, or android pads?

Nurses use laptops, aides use blackberries

4) Are you connected to your software via server or does 'the program' reside on the laptop and require database synchronization?

server, but we can synchronize too if we want to chart offline

5) How's your internet connections? Fast, slow, erratic, unreliable? fast

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Specializes in Hospice, Geriatrics, Wounds.

Used to use McKesson.

On laptop

Connected to internet if at home or office but still had to "transfer" to send or receive updated data

No internet in the field

Now use Homecare Homebase

On 10' tablet

Connected to internet always but have to "sync" for up to min data

Internet speed in field about 1-2min. BUT area so rural most places I dont get signal.

I liked McKesson. .....dislike homecare homebase bc too repetitive, lengthy, not hospice specific, and down right aggrevating.

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