Working as a long-term post-acute care (LTPAC) clinician is a juggling act. In addition to caring for your patients, you must coordinate multi-disciplined care teams, manage compliance and billing, and schedule and intake patients.
If it feels like you spend more time chasing paper than actually seeing patients or are just bogged down by all the endless paperwork, it's time to automate and streamline your tasks.
Modern electronic health record (EHR) solutions provide automation that can improve your LTPAC efficiency. By spending less time on time-consuming manual tasks, EHR automation can give you more time with your patients.
Automation has taken the world by storm, affecting nearly every industry. Specifically, the health care industry has embraced artificial intelligence (AI) and applied it to everything from monitoring patients to scheduling follow-ups.
Clinicians use EHR automation systems to improve productivity and automate routine tasks like billing, documentation, and patient engagement. These systems can send appointment reminders, schedule patient appointments, and manage patient data — ultimately reducing the mountain of paperwork clinicians handle daily.
Some emerging healthcare automation solutions use AI to automate patient notes, reconcile invoices, verify insurance eligibility, and even monitor patient vital signs.
We’ve all been there: After spending the entire afternoon entering data from patient charts into the EHR and billing system, your eyes hurt, and you need another cup of coffee. No one can blame you for making an error or two in this state — you're human, after all. Automating these administrative tasks can save time and reduce the number of errors.
An AI-powered system can analyze a patient’s clinical data and insurance coverage to determine if a certain procedure is covered. With preauthorization, your administrative team can receive approvals faster, avoiding the back-and-forth with the insurance company over denied claims.
Several AI-powered EHR systems can listen to ambient conversations and automatically take notes. Some of these systems can also convert the notes into structured data, making submitting and reconciling invoices and claims easier.
As a bonus, EHR automation can provide detailed patient records, which are useful during compliance audits.
The ChartPath Automation Marketplace takes your EHR to the next level, connecting you to solutions integrated with ChartPath EHR. This means you can automate tasks throughout your practice.
Using our marketplace is simple: Search for the features you want, and you'll be matched with service providers who meet your needs. Say you’re looking for a way to speed up the charting process. Then, the marketplace might match you with our ChartBlaze solution.
This solution scans your EHR records for frequently used texts and enters them into future charts. This way, you can focus on charting unique data for each patient visit thoroughly. You can also cut down the time you spend filling out patient charts manually.
If your LTPAC team is struggling with piles of paperwork, they might be hesitant to adopt new technology. After all, they're drowning in paperwork, yet you expect them to set aside more time to learn a new system.
The ChartPath Automation Marketplace can simplify this process by providing ready-to-use solutions that integrate seamlessly with your existing software. If you already use ChartPath EHR, your team would not need to spend much time learning new software or merging existing records into a new system.
The best part? The marketplace offers a scalable approach to automation, helping you start small and add more automation as you become more comfortable.
Simply start by assessing your needs. Then, use automation to tackle your most pressing issue. For example, if your team seemed to be consistently missing data on charts in your last compliance audit, start with a solution that reviews each chart before it's submitted for billing. Once your team is comfortable with the chart review automation, you can improve other areas of your practice.
The average physician spends over 15 hours a week on administrative tasks. If your clinical team falls into this category, they may not have the time to deliver top-notch, personalized care. Automating repetitive tasks like data entry, billing, and appointment reminders helps your team focus on what matters most: their patients.
There are plenty of solutions to help you automate tasks within your EHR, and you can find them with the ChartPath Automation Marketplace.
Ready to see how automation can transform your practice? Schedule a demo today to learn how to get started.