The Misys Homecare Portal Module gives your physicians access to your agency's Misys Homecare System online at a secure Web address. This new online access will evolutionize the way doctors communicate with your agency, saving time, money, delay, aggravation, error, and paper work.

Speeds and simplifies physician review and approval of orders

One of the most inefficient operations in your agency is getting physician approval for orders. Right now, you print the orders and mail them to the doctor, where they sit on a desk awaiting approval.

By the time the doctor gets around to signing the order and mailing it back to you, patient care can be delayed a week or more. And, as you know, doctors already have more than enough paperwork to deal with.

Quick and easy online access to pending orders

With the new Misys Homecare Portal Module, you can instantly post all orders online. The system sends an e-mail notifying the physician that orders are waiting.

The doctor simply clicks on the URL link in the email message. The link brings him to a secure page on your agency Web site where he can review all orders pending. The doctor can approve, or modify any order – including original orders, re-certifications, and supplemental orders -- electronically. When he clicks "Sign," approved orders are automatically entered into your Misys Homecare system.

The benefits include

• More efficient administration with less paperwork.
• Order approval cycle reduced up to 90%.
• "Mail float" eliminated—instant electronic approval.
• Faster billing improves cash flow.
• Enhanced patient care.
• Saves doctors paperwork and hassle.
• Orders can be signed from office or home, day or night.

Convenient and easy for the physician — doctors love it.

When you have the Misys Homecare Portal Module, you can offer your doctors a value-added service that enhances the agency/physician relationship.

Doctors are busy and pressured. When you call and ask, "Did you sign that order yet?", it's an annoyance. Paper forms are easy to misplace, and finding them can be a hassle.

With the Misys Homecare Portal Module, doctors can approve the orders you send them with just a few clicks of the mouse, all online. No more hunting for orders buried on their desks. Using the Portal Module for electronic approval is the modern, sophisticated approach to order processing that your physicians appreciate. An added plus is that they visit your agency Web site more often, which is great marketing for you.

Additional capabilities in the planning stages for the Misys Homecare Portal Module include

• Physician Review
  Allows the doctor to connect to the portal and view an up-to-the minute status report on any homecare patient.
• Physician Ordering
  The doctor can electronically send a specific order for patient treatment to your agency.
• Physician Alert
  Notifies caregivers about changes in patient status via e-mail, pager, or cell phone.
• Interactive Consultation
  Enables teams of physicians and homecare personnel to have an interactive consultation about a patient online, including access to the patient's complete clinical record.
• Oversight Fees
  An easy online mechanism to help physicians charge the appropriate oversight fees for management of homecare patients.