Quality healthcare depends on the delivery of information, and an effective process means patients get the right care at the right time without painful delays. Modern solutions, like physician orders management software, help clinics simplify communication with automated workflows that follow preset rules. When X occurs, Y automatically happens. These functions help clinics easily plan patient care, improve operations, and build processes that lead to better financial health.
Streamline Communication
Communication with internal staff and across care teams is critical to managing patient care and outcomes. With intuitive workflows, orders can be auto-faxed and patient records updated with the relevant details in real-time.
Physicians can receive email notifications when new orders come in and easily review and sign off with one click. User-friendly dashboards show outstanding orders, monitor order progress, and allow physicians to quickly escalate orders if necessary, all from one place.
Reduce Workload
One of the key benefits of a physician orders workflow is that it minimizes manual, low-value work. An intuitive platform allows physicians and support staff to automate tedious processes that increase workload.
Offloading repetitive tasks and manual data entry can lower the administrative burden and free up physicians to focus on patient care. The result is a reduced workload and increased employee satisfaction.
Reduce Order Turnaround Time
Order turnaround is the time from when physicians order labs, assessments, or medications to the time they’re delivered to the patient. While prompt care is important for all patients, the more urgent the issue, the greater the need for fast turnarounds.
Manual order tracking slows down the process and can lead to safety and quality concerns. Automation helps seamlessly extract, move, and integrate patient data internally and across care teams to deliver timely patient care.
Improve Revenue Cycle
Home health and hospice providers operate on razor-thin margins and any delay in billing and claims can quickly derail or stress daily operations. Automation is a simple way to cut down on errors and speed up time to billing and payment.
With a few preset conditions, clinics can trigger orders to auto-send straight to the billing department once sign-off occurs, or resend delayed orders to speed up care. The system will connect those frequent home health and hospice services to the right billing codes to more quickly complete and approve claims.
For example, common services and average reimbursements include:
- Code G0179 Recertification for Home Health Services — $41.52
- Code G0180 Certification for Home Health Services — $53.39
- Code G0181 Care Plan Oversight Home Health — $106.42
- Code G0182 Care Plan Oversight Hospice — $107.82
Linking these services with automated billing and approvals can lead to a faster process, which means cash flow improves and physicians get paid quicker.
Mitigate Risk
Every industry must factor risk and compliance into revenue management. In healthcare, this encompasses everything from denied orders and delays in care to high operational costs, regulations, and malpractice claims. Without the right controls in place, these threats can negatively affect profits.
Physician orders management software helps clinics establish consistent and transparent business practices and improve process bottlenecks that could weaken efficiency. With full visibility at all stages and real-time updates, there are fewer expensive errors and an audit trail that ensures compliance and long-term financial stability.
Improve Performance
Electronic document solutions track performance and trends and provide deep insights that are difficult to see in a manual system. From a central dashboard, clinics can run reports and track order progress, find key sources of patient referrals, and review employee performance. With these real-time insights, clinics can identify what works and what doesn’t, and make smart adjustments that improve operations and the bottom line.
Securely Deliver and Capture Documents
Physicians can also collect and review patient information and questions on the go with mobile applications, including wound photos, document photos, and e-forms. Intuitive solutions, like WorldView, use databases that teach software to index relevant information and then automatically add it to patient records. Add notes and sign a physician order with electronic signatures, all from HIPAA-compliant solutions.
Many mobile applications also feature secure and confidential messaging. Physicians can communicate across care teams, receive patient status updates, and change orders from anywhere. With better communication capabilities, physicians can manage the complex day-to-day care of home health and hospice patients with better agility and results.
Improve the Orders Process With WorldView Healthcare
Healthcare organizations today have a responsibility to improve patient outcomes and deliver efficient communication across care teams. Intuitive systems like WorldView can help physicians capture and organize records and deliver better patient care. Physician order automation not only delivers results faster but also fosters transparency and simplicity across organizations. Learn how to improve efficiency with WorldView. Schedule a demo today.
