LuisHH

Oh good! Love it. As you learn more and more how to use it really makes life easier. Let me know if you have questions. Good luck!

I like to start furthest from home then make my way closer to home most of the time. I use an app called zigbuddy for my scheduling, routing and mapping. Best one I’ve tried so far https://apps.apple.com/us/app/zigbuddy/id1533879381 Zigbuddy only one I found that does that so far

That does seem kind of low. 1099 or w-2? What state?

Ya, thats horrible. The company I work for, Bridge, always finalizes schedule day before before 6pm to give us enough time to plan and make your day efficient. Of course, if you work for more than one company, scheduling can get tricky but I use a system for home health workers I found online called zigbuddy that helps with scheduling, routing and mapping.

Exactly. Because of patient autonomy best you can to is provide patient education. If able to convince to take the meds follow protocols of missed doses depending what it is (blood thinners or epileptic meds). Always do your communication notes that include all parties. Record refusal on MAR chart. Make phone call to GP. Other clinicians might have done this but it’s better to cover yourself.

Hey guys, new to this place and really appreciating all the topics I’m reading and getting all the helpful tips from veterans in home health, especially in wound care topics. Started Home Health about 3 years ago at Loma Linda MC HH and since then moved on to work per Diem for 2 to 3 agencies and one aspect that frustrated me was keeping track of multiple patients frequencies in a master calendar, locations with address information spread out between different EMR systems and trying to figure out most efficient routes. With most online options like google calendar and google maps layers (for saving patient locations) not being hippa compliant I would end up doing everything on paper. Really would eat up almost 40 min a day planning and try to be more exact than, “I’ll be there between 1-3pm” which would sometimes cause my time to overlap with a PT, PTA, OT..etc and either they would have to wait for me or me them. So anyways one of my coworkers gave me a great tip that has saved me a lot of time and helped me create way more efficient routes and wanted to share it with you guys. He told me he uses a system made specifically for home health clinicians called zigbuddy which his agency recommended to their workers since its HIPPA compliant Tried it out and man it’s been a life saver and time saver. You just add your active patients in the system from the different companies and has nice master calendar that has drag and drop functions and color coded patients so you can differentiate from different companies. Each pt is plotted on a map with color coded pins. You can click on a work day and will plot all those patients on the map for you and give options like which patient you want to start with or end with and ability to add time constraints like if a patient can only be seen between 1-4pm because has dialysis in morning or MD appointment. When done you click on route it will figure out best route with all those variables. Gives estimate times you will arrive at each patients home. Really has made HH more enjoyable and freed up time to finish up those documentations that are left over at the end of the day. Another thing that it has helped me with is being able to save notes on it like gate codes...or patients that have dialysis on certain days. Also, as I call within the system using the phone has options like marking the appt as confirmed or left voice message. I just love that it was made specifically for home health clinicians. Hopefully this tip really helps you guys. If you guys have any other tips for scheduling and mapping please comment! Zigbuddy.com is where you can check it out.

3 years in HH and once you get the hang of it its not bad at all, especially if you chart as much as you can at pt’s home and able to be organized. Being efficient in your routes helps you save time to chart at the end of the day.

$50-$60 here in Southern California