Homecare Link Introduction
About Homecare Link
Homecare Link is one more dramatic example how Allscripts helps physicians and providers Connect to Health™ (http://www.allscripts.com/company/ourmantra.asp), transforming today's disconnected system of healthcare into a connected system of health. With Homecare Link, home health, hospice, and private duty agencies can fully realize the value of information when it is shared safely and securely across all systems.
Netsmart introduces Homecare Link, a new platform for managing interfaces into and out of Homecare, in response to industry demand for messaging flexibility and easier utilization of standardized protocols, including Health Level 7 (HL7). This indispensable tool ensures that critical healthcare data is universally understood, organized and synchronized.
Homecare Link enables message routing and transformation from system to system. No programming is required for the bi-directional electronic data interchange of patient information to be processed, including demographics, insurance, physician, diagnosis, medication and vital signs. It uses the message types to communicate this discrete information, and is powered to perform with a broad variety of destinations.
Agencies that already benefit by the use of the Homecare solution can experience and leverage more with Homecare Link – more automation, more flexibility, and more opportunity. Integral to its flexible architecture, Homecare Link allows more rapid development in response to demand for other interfaces, today or in the future. For agencies, that translates not only to solutions aimed to improve efficiencies and performance, but quality patient management for better outcomes.
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Allows users to have more than one HL7 interface at a time, and assign specific patients to specific interfaces. |
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Automates processes that have been manual; rules need to be set only once. |
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Removes dependencies on people keying in information or tasks, saving staff time and reducing the potential for human error. |
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Makes it unnecessary to understand HL7 or the complexities of message formatting. |
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All message formatting and changes are handled behind the scenes. |
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Flexible architecture allows new interfaces to be developed more rapidly. |
Getting Started with Homecare Link
The Allscripts Homecare Link enables data to flow into and out of the Allscripts Homecare application. In order for it to work properly, it should be installed and configured correctly.
To start using the Allscripts Homecare Link, proceed with the following workflow:
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Configure Allscripts Homecare properly. Refer to the Homecare Link Setup section for more information. |
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Start using Allscripts Homecare Link. Refer to the Sending Outbound Interface Messages and Patient Associations sections for more information. |