Paper care plans:
For decades, care plans were hard copies that contain information on nutrition, sleeping, mobility, personal hygiene, psychological requirements, clinical information, communication, record, etc. They are available in a storage room of your office or with clients/patients or nurses.
These care plans are unique on an individual basis. Hence, there are no standard guidelines or formats. So, there are multiple options of care plans used by businesses all over the globe aiming to:
- Ensure that the patient receives adequate care regardless of the staff on duty
- The care plan is recorded for future reference
- Help patients identify and solve their health problems
Digital care plans:
As mentioned at the start, the pandemic has changed the way we operate and live. Every industry is facing a multitude of changes, including the homecare services industry. Businesses have started using digital solutions and are adopting digital tools, which are more important than ever. It is an essential time to make a switch to the digital mode of operation if your home care business wants to be in the game.
After all, almost everyone in the world has access to the internet, and they would use digital mediums to find out about the best residential carers in their area.
Here’s what our clients have to say:
Pandemic was a tough time for all of us, and imagine the wrath of lockdown on residential carers. During these times, our software solutions came in handy for these businesses to get the job done and continue to give care to patients through digital care plans.
Moving on to the benefits of digital plans vs. paper plans, some advantages are evident while some may show their effect gradually. Let’s take a look:
Advantages of digital care plans:
- Cost-efficiency: Eliminating the usage of paper and moving to digital records has not only saved on the cost of paper usage, but also the cost to store these hard copies in a secure place. With digital, at less cost, you can store, and secure the important data of patients in an encrypted location. Let alone the printing costs of the paper. One of our clients was happy to move to digital records with our software solutions claiming it has saved their time and money to focus on other operational activities.
- Maintain compliance: To secure the sensitive information of patients is very crucial. Paper plans are relatively difficult to secure in a safe location, unlike digital plans, which can be stored with password encryption. It also helps to keep track of data so that no record goes missing. We can help home care service providers to maintain compliance and safeguard your data by securely storing information.
- Easy accessibility: When you switch to a digital format, you can access the data from any device. With the information at your fingertips, you can easily refer to the date and even share it with fellow workers if required. With secure accessibility, your employees can refer to patient data and continue to give care during changing shifts.
- Faster search: You can find, update, and delete data easily and rapidly, which is not the case in paper care plans. You can also quickly find the data you need in case of emergencies or routine visits.
- Update data conveniently: When you want to update any client data, you have to just log in and add relevant information. In paper care plans, you need to skim through the details and write on a new paper, or probably need to make a new care plan altogether. Updating is hassle-free in digital care plans.
Why choose iStaffRota for your digital care plan needs?
Our care plan enables you to record information about your clients and their specifications across a wide range. We allow you to create a customized digital care plan for every client based on their specific needs.
Our care planning tools involve a multitude of features specially designed for residential carers.
User-friendly – our care management software is easy-to-use as it is already hard to keep track of your carers and schedule them. Without the need for paperwork, it can be handled easily through our software.
Efficient – Since it is a digital solution, you can get instant reminders along with log-in and out features for carers, to keep records concise and accurate. Agency managers can take a look at the shift data with an automated rota process.
Other features of our software solution are:
- As mentioned above, shift management
- Complete care management with a single software solution
- Incident reporting instantly
- Schedule planning with weekly planners
- Client portal to get access to schedules of workers
- Shift monitoring with real-time updates
- Worker’s portal for notification schedule and log-in and out
Are you ready to go digital?
Before we say goodbye, if you want to know more about our comprehensive domiciliary care management software, please reach out to us immediately. Our domiciliary care management software is a critical solution for home care providers. Our software solution is safe, compliant, and meets all your homecare business requirements at one location. We also provide training to the agency managers. So book your initial consultation and see what our software has in store for your business!