VNSNY Announces Shift to HomeCare HomeBase EHR Platform

After an extensive review process, VNSNY has announced that its home care and hospice operations will be transitioning to a new electronic health records (EHR) platform, HomeCare HomeBase, starting later this year. Considered the industry leader, the cloud-based platform is currently used by 7 of the 10 largest U.S. home health and hospice providers.

Its features include a flexible, intuitive interface that lets field clinicians, office staff, and physicians securely view and transmit real-time medical and scheduling information on their laptops, tablets or mobile devices.

“HomeCare HomeBase will replace a number of applications that we currently support in-house, and serve as the host for a much easier-to-manage system,” says Robert Plaszcz, VNSNY’s Chief Information Officer, whose team will implement and maintain all the regulatory and functional enhancements to the system. Among other benefits, the software’s integrated workflow processes will support in-depth note taking and management reporting and result in streamlined approval, compliance and billing, notes Plaszcz.

VNSNY anticipates piloting the software for its Hospice and Palliative Care staff in November of this year. VNSNY Home Care will follow shortly thereafter, launching the EHR platform across its clinical and administrative operations in 2018. All employees will undergo comprehensive training in the new system prior to its rollout.

“We’re very excited to be implementing this state-of-the-art electronic health records system,” says Susan Northover, Senior Vice President for Patient Care Services. “Besides making our operations more efficient, the new platform will make it easier for our clinicians to document care in the home, and will also enhance care coordination by allowing our interdisciplinary team to share patient information quickly and seamlessly.”