Community Behavioral Health providers can often face numerous challenges related to the documentation of services. Providers often support large caseloads while needing to maintain productivity, meet documentation requirements and maintain exceptional client care. With the increase in demand for providers to become more efficient, we look to technology for assistance in meeting these needs. After interviewing providers and partnering with them to develop the Remarkable Health EHR application, there were 3 features that stood out as critical to create efficiencies for staff delivering services and documenting care. These features include the ability to assist providers with efficiency and accuracy when documenting, ensuring documentation is signed and up-to-date, and creating and scheduling follow-up appointments.
Feature #1: Tagging Increases Efficiency and Accuracy When Documenting Care
Writing progress notes can be a time-consuming task. While some providers may write their notes directly after services are provided, there are many instances where notes are not written until several days after the contact with the client, which increases the chances of inaccuracies and/or missing facts. With its simplistic look and feel, Remarkable Health’s EHR mobile application allows providers to enter notes with speed and accuracy, while maintaining the clinical workflow. While decreasing the time it takes to enter clinical notes is a positive step, accuracy and efficiency is the number one goal of the app. To increase the likelihood of clinically sound notes, we added a “tagging” feature to the EHR mobile application. The tagging feature allows the user to select a category in the assessment section of the progress note, which in turn, creates the beginning of a clinically appropriate progress note. During the session with the client, the provider can continue to quickly select key words to develop their assessment. For example, if the client had a flat affect, the provider is simply tagging “flat affect” and the application will provide the following language “The client presents with a flat affect as evidenced by…” allowing the provider to add additional context to create a unified language with a client specific feel.
Feature #2: Simplified Signature Capabilities Makes it Easy to Keep Documentation Up-to-Date
Remarkable Health’s EHR mobile application allows a provider to review the client’s consent form(s) regardless of the location or internet connection. The provider can then discuss the consent form(s) with the client and upon client agreement to the content(s), he or she will confirm the agreement for one or multiple forms. Once confirmed, the client will only need to enter their signature once, which will populate on all accepted forms. Immediately after the form(s) has been successfully reviewed and signed by the client, the updated version will seamlessly sync back to their clinical record.
Feature #3: Ad Hoc Scheduling Improves the Client Experience – And Helps Keep Clients Engaged
As the contact with the client wraps up, it is now time to schedule a follow up appointment. Remarkable Health’s EHR mobile application gives the provider the ability to review their schedule, find an opening and schedule their next appointment with the client. This eliminates the need to call the office and speak to the front desk staff to schedule the next appointment, ultimately saving time for both the staff as well as the client. All openings and next 10 consecutive appointments are available at your fingertips in the mobile application, thus creating a seamless workflow and positive experience for the client.
BONUS Feature: A TRULY Offline Mobile Application Improves Coordination and Efficiency
It is important point out one additional bonus feature of Remarkable Health’s EHR mobile application, the ability to work offline. All of the previously mentioned features to increase efficiencies can be completed without a cellular/Wi-Fi connection, resulting in a completely offline experience. Within one client contact, the provider has efficiently reviewed and updated the client’s consent form, scheduled a follow up appointment and completed their progress note in an accurate and timely manner.
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