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If you are using a point of care system, then there is little to no data-entry. What system are using for billing? You will be able to print out an OASIS report that you can compare to the orginal worksheet.

Home Care Home Base is just one option for mobile collection and analysis of data. Besides their website, I would look at the Home Care Informational Technology Council website that has links for other vendors as well. In the past I know that Homebase is designed to work with an agency that has a census of over 500 to maximize ROI. If you are a smaller agency, then there are other options that are available, that may fit within your budget. If you are interested, please contact me off the list.

I share the same sediments on the thought of a visitor, every 45 days. In looking at the OASIS documentation, I would also suggest that you grab a copy of the 3M National OASIS integrity project, which you can download from http://www.fazzi.com. This document walks through all the questions in the assessment with examples on how to get the data, and what each answer means. This is importnat as the industry moves to p4p and our payments will be based on all agencies answers to the M00 questions. -MD

There are a number of different software vendors that offer "point of care" software that will run on PDA's tablets, laptops. Working for one of these vendors, I do a presentation about the various uses of mobile computers. When looking at this technology, the first question you should ask yourself is PDA or Laptop/Tablet. Both have their pros and cons. The big difference is the ease of input of text information and the size of the screen. The next question is how do you want to take the information from the mobile device and transfer it to your agency. In the past, this meant bringing the device into the agency during normal working hours and "synching" or connecting directly to your network. Now with advances in cellular technology, as well as "hotspots" this transfer can be done from the field, keeping your staff in the field. After you answer these two basic questions, you can then start looking at which system suits you better. hope that gives you a start of the thought process. Please let me know if you need more information.

There are several comanies that offer PDA software for OASIS and 485 for Home Health Care. I work for a company that has the system orginally designed for the PDA cell phones, so once the work is done on the PDA it can be sent to the office in under 45 seconds from the field. In keeping with the regulations for the forum, let me know if you would like more information. I do not wish to start an arguement, but PDA's have evolved enough with memory and performace to allow a number of clinical functions and paperwork to take place on them. I worked for an agency that has been using PDA's for the last 5 years.