Agencies will be well positioned to meet the new requirements in the Home Health Conditions of Participation through Allegheny Software Enhancements.
Detailed instructions for the enhancements and updates will be available through a button accessible from within the software with a version update available by the first week of April 2017.
Enhancements will be available for the development of a patient specific plan of care to include Orders, Patient Instruction and Teaching, and Goals to include patient strengths, care preferences and goals, patient designated responsible individual, primary caregiver and responsible practitioner following discharge from home health services, mental/ psycho social/ cognitive assessment , and risk for hospitalization. Updates will include streamlined clinical documentation for interventions performed, patient/ caregiver response or changes in behavior, plan for next visit, ongoing progress toward goals as well as a multidisciplinary record of case management and care coordination activities.
Enhanced features and tracking to assist agencies in their development of Quality Assurance Improvement Programs to include Infections as well as Emergency Preparedness program will also be included.