The CareData Risk Management Program for Hospitals

The CareData Risk Management Program was designed specifically to help hospitals address critical risk management issues and reduce their risk of medical liability claims. The centerpiece of the program is the most comprehensive patient tracking and follow-up tool available to healthcare providers.

The CareData Risk Management Program solves risk management problems that existing EHR/EMR systems simply can't address. Hospitals are required to provide critical follow-up care to all patients and ensure proper processing of all lab results. To do this - and to minimize the inherent risk of non-performance - they need more than access to electronic patient records. Without the ability to ensure appropriate patient follow-up, document attempts to reach non-compliant patients, eliminate instances of known drug incompatibility, etc., they will remain at risk.

Accurate documentation of actions taken by the healthcare provider is the key to legal defensibility.

The Care Data Risk Management Program includes implementation of a time-based system that manages past, present, and future interactions between the patient and provider, provider and lab, as well as the provider and office staff. It documents the number of follow-up attempts made on each patient, automatically generates follow-up letters and keeps an audit trail of patient notifications. CareData closes the loop on the opened patient cases from the past and present once action has been taken. After doing so, process variability is reduced and consistency is achieved.

Experience the Benefits of the CareData Risk Management Program

• Enhanced Quality of Patient Care - "by capturing, notifying and treating patients early"
  • Prompt notification of test results
  • Prompt follow-up and tracking
  • Higher patient satisfaction
• Reduced Medical Liability - "by ensuring proper follow-up"
  • Interfaces with your lab to receive results
  • Replacement of manual "tickler" system avoids human errors
  • Abnormal test results are immediately identified
  • Interfaces with your lab to receive results
  • Replacement of manual "tickler" system avoids human errors
  • Abnormal test results are immediately identified
  • Missed appointments trigger further follow-up action
  • All recall and follow-up efforts are automatically documented
  • Pending test results are continuously highlighted
• Reduced time & costs- "by reducing workload"
  • Substantial reduction in follow-up paperwork
  • Automatic generation of follow-up letters saves time
  • Follow-up actions automatically documented
  • Patient demographic information is provided prior to visit with accurate information
• Increase revenues- "through more consistent patient visits"
  • Better follow-up increases patient visits
  • Follow-up visits lead to providing additional services
  • Enhanced patient satisfaction and referrals

Imagine no more worries about losing track of test results, follow-up visits, or other crucial patient information. No more doubts about the proper documentation all patient-related activity. No more possibility of patients falling through the cracks.

Our existing clients note that they improve patient care by capturing, notifying and treating patients earlier. They see significant financial benefits, too, as more consistent patient visits increase revenue, and tight process control reduces costs through improved compliance and reduced workloads.

Hospitals can use CareData whether they already have an EHR or not. CareData can function as your EHR, of course, or simply as an interface to the existing EHR. Clients using CareData as a true EHR do experience very positive results, but using it as such is not required to gain the benefits of the Risk Management Program.

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