ONC-Certified Palliative Care EHR for Streamlined Care
Netsmart myUnity® is an electronic health record (EHR) with a single patient record across post-acute care settings. Designed to meet the unique needs of palliative care providers, myUnity is tailored to managing the comprehensive care of patients with serious illnesses, focusing on symptom management, quality of life, and family support.
Palliative care EHR software for efficient management of serious illness care
Overcoming the hurdles of workforce challenges, evolving payer models and the ever-changing landscape of care settings and delivery methods can be overwhelming, especially while providing comprehensive care to patients with serious illnesses.
Netsmart myUnity helps palliative care organizations streamline care. By offering an intuitive interface for clinical point-of-care documentation, staff can quickly adapt and begin documenting within hours. myUnity provides a comprehensive patient record across care settings including palliative, hospice, home health and personal care, ensuring continuity and consistency in care.
myUnity has cutting-edge interoperability capabilities to equip your staff with the latest patient information at the bedside. myUnity is an ONC-certified integrated platform that connects data and systems across your business functions, encompassing clinical, operational, and financial aspects of your organization.
Intuitive workflows
ONC-Certified
Simplified IDG collaboration
Single patient record
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The palliative care software platform for growth
Netsmart myUnity is designed to meet the unique needs of palliative care providers. The integrated platform helps streamline documentation, maintain compliance with regulations, and support interdisciplinary care teams.
- Supports delivery of person-centered care
- Helps minimize administrative burdens with streamlined documentation
- Provides organizations with tools for tracking and managing symptoms effectively
- Helps providers meet regulatory requirements, avoid penalties, and qualify for incentives like those offered under MIPS and MACRA
- Facilitates patient information exchange to promote interoperability and data sharing
- Supports value-based care models
Clinical ease of use
Equip your staff with tools and technology that support efficient documentation and work-life balance. A streamlined approach helps clinicians’ complete documentation during visits so they don’t have to bring work home.
- Intuitive workflows reflect the way clinicians work
- Easy-to-train, user-friendly software
- Customized role-based views
- Electronic prescribing and medication management
- Smart communication tools to enhance care coordination
Interdisciplinary group collaboration (IDG)
myUnity interdisciplinary group (IDG) workflows are designed for care team collaboration. myUnity helps your staff manage meeting preparation so they can focus on providing comprehensive care to patients with serious illnesses, emphasizing symptom management, quality of life, and family support.
- Automate meeting agenda development
- The clinical summary puts relevant details at care teams’ fingertips
- Addresses data redundancies–data is compiled from a single patient record across roles and settings
- Efficiently update patient records during meetings
100% ONC Certification
Netsmart myUnity has achieved 100% of the base criteria and is able to equip providers to operationalize and receive payment for palliative services.
- Ensure compliance with Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA)
- Accurate coding and billing functionalities help ensure providers receive proper service reimbursement
- Provide full continuum of care on a single, integrated platform
- Enables providers to meet the technology requirements necessary to meet Meaningful Use specifications
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Interoperability
CareConnect™ provides cutting-edge interoperability for palliative care agencies by serving as an integration engine that facilitates electronic sharing of health information with the broader healthcare ecosystem, helping streamline care coordination and minimize manual data entry. Learn More
Referral and Intake
Referral Manager™ electronically consolidates multiple referral networks into one platform, streamlining the acceptance process, decreasing referral response times and supporting census growth, operational efficiency, and return on investment for palliative care agencies. Learn More
Care Coordination
CareManager™ aggregates data to identify trends and presents health and treatment outcomes for analytics-driven decision making. Having this information available at the point of care ensures an individual receives the appropriate, timely care and services at the appropriate level of acuity. Learn More
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RCM Services
Skilled revenue cycle experts help agencies solve billing and staffing challenges with full or project-based resourcing. Our RCM services provide services to enhance revenue collection and timely receipt of payments. Services can flex with your organization as your billing needs change. Learn MorePalliative Care FAQs
A certified palliative EHR signifies that the electronic health record system in palliative care adheres to stringent industry standards and regulatory criteria concerning its functionality, security, and healthcare interoperability.
This certification confirms that the EHR software has undergone comprehensive testing to ensure its compliance with requirements established by authoritative bodies, such as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
The significance of this certification lies in its capacity to demonstrate regulatory compliance and uphold a high standard of care within palliative care settings.
The primary benefit of having a certified palliative EHR is the assurance of compliance with industry standards and regulations. It enables healthcare providers to:
• Enhance Patient Care: Certified EHRs offer features tailored to palliative care, helping providers manage complex patient cases, streamline documentation, and coordinate care effectively.
• Accurate Billing: Certification ensures that billing and coding functionalities are up to date, reducing errors in reimbursement and claims processing.
• Interoperability: Certified EHRs facilitate the exchange of patient information with other healthcare systems, promoting seamless collaboration among different providers and organizations.
• Compliance: Meeting certification requirements helps providers stay in line with government regulations, such as those related to the Quality Payment Program (MIPS) and MACRA, which can lead to financial incentives and avoid penalties.
Palliative care EHR software is a specialized electronic health record system designed to meet the unique needs of palliative care providers. It includes features and tools tailored to managing the comprehensive care of patients with serious illnesses, focusing on symptom management, quality of life, and family support. This software streamlines documentation, ensures compliance with regulations, and supports interdisciplinary care teams.
Palliative care EHR software benefits patients by:
• Improved Care Coordination: It allows healthcare providers to collaborate closely, ensuring that patients receive holistic care addressing their physical, emotional, and psychosocial needs.
• Enhanced Symptom Management: EHRs provide tools for tracking and managing symptoms effectively, resulting in better symptom control and improved patient comfort.
• Increased Patient Engagement: Patients and their families can access relevant information and participate in shared decision-making, leading to more personalized care plans.
Palliative care EHR software benefits providers by:
• Efficient Documentation: Streamlined documentation reduces administrative burdens, allowing providers to focus more on patient care.
• Increased Revenue Cycle Management (RCM): Accurate coding and billing functionalities ensure providers receive proper service reimbursement.
• Compliance Support: It helps providers meet regulatory requirements, avoid penalties, and qualify for incentives like those offered under MIPS and MACRA.
Palliative care EHR software supports MIPS and MACRA compliance by offering tools to:
• Measure and report on quality measures.
• Track and report on clinical practice improvement activities.
• Facilitate patient information exchange to promote interoperability and data sharing, critical requirements of these programs.
While sharing some similarities with hospice and home care EHR software, Palliative care EHRs are tailored specifically for palliative care needs.
It focuses on providing comprehensive care to patients with serious illnesses, emphasizing symptom management, quality of life, and family support.
Hospice EHRs are designed for end-of-life care, while home care EHRs may have a broader scope, covering various home healthcare services.
Palliative care EHR software can work seamlessly with hospice services by allowing for effective communication and data sharing. This collaboration ensures that patients receive the right level of care at the appropriate time, whether receiving palliative care or transitioning to hospice care.
Integrated EHR systems facilitate continuity of care and help providers deliver the most suitable services based on a patient's evolving needs.