Homecare Homebase Launches New AI Tools for Home Health Care

DALLAS—Homecare Homebase (HCHB) has launched three new automation and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven tools. 

“Homecare Homebase is proud to put new tools in the hands of our customers that improve data visibility and care coordination and support better patient outcomes,” said Luke Rutledge, president of HCHB. “Our goal is to lead the way in responsible innovation. Our automation and AI-powered products are designed with a strong emphasis on compliance, staying true to the foundation that has made us a market leader while providing solutions that the home-based care industry needs today.”

All three of the new products are part of the HCHB Intelligence Suite and are accessible through the Homecare Homebase electronic health record (EHR) for a seamless user experience. The company said the products improve processes from intake to care planning.

• Intake Central—A centralized intake platform allowing agencies to save referral time and automate workflows based on the agency’s payer agreements, service coverage, capacity and other agency customized factors. Eligibility checks, documentation validation and task management all take place within the Intake Central platform. When referrals are completed, the solution integrates with the EHR to ensure smooth transitions into clinical care for patients.
• Curate: Medications—A new AI-powered clinical tool that reduces time spent documenting medications during start of care by pre-populating and de-duplicating medication entries from the patient record. During the start of care visit, clinicians review, edit and add medications from a single screen. The tool transforms the process of medication documentation from a slow, manual transcription process into a “review and confirm” experience.
• Predict: Hospitalization Risk—An AI-powered machine learning model designed to help home health agencies reduce hospital readmissions by surfacing real-time patient risk insights at the point of care. By surfacing risk insights, HCHB’s Predict: Hospitalization Risk serves as a tool for clinicians to determine if interventions will help to reduce avoidable hospitalizations and support more personalized care planning for the patient.

“Our industry is facing mounting pressure to do more with less,” said Hannah Pearson, chief revenue officer at HCHB. “Our AI and automation solutions are purpose-built to ease clinical and administrative burdens for homecare providers of all sizes. We are proud to develop technology that touches the lives of some of our nation’s most vulnerable populations.”