You round across multiple facilities. Most of them use PointClickCare. Right now, your team is double-charting, manually copying vitals, and hoping nothing falls through the cracks.
This is the most common rounding workflow problem we see. It is also the most fixable. The integration between a rounding EHR and the facility EHR determines whether the day feels coordinated or fractured.
The dual-system problem
Rounding providers do not work in one system. They work in two, sometimes three. Their own charting EHR, the facility EHR (most often PCC), and a billing platform behind both.
When those systems are not connected, providers become the integration. They retype vitals. They reconcile medication lists. They look up admission dates in one screen and chart in another.
Every minute spent moving data between systems is a minute not spent on patient care.
The fix is a real integration. Not a one-way data dump. Not a nightly file. A connection that flows both ways and stays current.
What flows from PCC to ChartPath
When a rounding provider opens a patient in ChartPath, the goal is for everything they need to already be there.
- Patient demographics including admission and discharge dates
- Vitals captured by facility nursing staff
- Medication lists from the facility's MAR
- Recent labs and orders when configured
The provider does not need to ask the nurse what the morning blood pressure was. It is on their screen when they walk in.
What flows from ChartPath back to PCC
Integration is only useful if it goes both ways. Notes signed in ChartPath need to land in the facility chart so PCC stays current and complete.
- Signed progress notes
- Updated diagnoses and problem list changes
- New orders where the workflow supports it
This is the part that often fails in other EHRs. The note exists somewhere, but the facility never sees it. ChartPath was built to close that loop.
How ADT messages keep the census in sync
Behind the scenes, the connection runs on standard HL7 messaging, including ADT (admit, discharge, transfer) messages. Every time a patient is admitted, transferred, or discharged in PCC, ChartPath gets the update.
What that means in practice:
- Your rounding list reflects who is actually in the facility today
- A discharged patient is flagged for your review and removed from the active list when your practice confirms the discharge
- A new admission appears without manual entry
- Bed and unit changes update without a phone call
If you have ever shown up to round on a patient who was discharged yesterday, this is the fix.
Once data flows in, billing flows next
A clean PCC integration matters most when it connects to the rest of the revenue cycle. Once the note is signed in ChartPath with the right diagnoses and codes, the claim should drop without manual handoff.
ChartPath feeds directly into ChartPath Practice Management for billing. The same data that came in from PCC eventually flows out as a claim with no retyping in between.
What setup actually looks like
Standing up the PCC integration is part of the standard ChartPath implementation. It does not add weeks to a go-live.
- Facility-by-facility connection mapping
- Test data exchange to confirm fields are flowing correctly
- Workflow validation with a real provider on a real patient
- Adjustments based on facility-specific configurations
Most groups have integration live alongside their general go-live, not as a separate phase.
What to ask before you sign with any vendor
If you are evaluating a rounding EHR, integration with PCC and other facility systems should be a primary question, not an afterthought.
- Does the integration go both ways or only one?
- Are notes from your system visible in the facility chart?
- How are ADT updates handled?
- What happens when a facility changes its PCC configuration?
- What is the response time when an integration breaks?
A rounding-first EHR has answers to all of these on day one.
Stop being the integration
Your providers should not be the bridge between systems. The systems should be connected.
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