Hospice Tools EMR Awarded CHAP Verified Seal

SKOKIE, Illinois—Hospice Tools is pleased to announce that Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP), has re-verified Hospice Tools EMR, awarding it CHAP Verified status for the second consecutive time. This designation is granted to tools and resources used by community-based care providers that, through rigorous inspection, show no roadblocks to executing the CHAP Standards of Excellence and aim to improve the delivery of high quality care.

CHAP said it conducted a thorough product survey to verify that Hospice Tools EMR allows organizations to meet the intent of CHAP’s applicable standards.

The CHAP review ensures that Hospice Tools EMR empowers agencies to follow best practices for clinical documentation, operations and reporting. The product survey mapped out the life cycle of a hospice patient including clinical workflows from intake through discharge and bereavement, quality reporting, human resources, operational workflows and mobile charting.

According to CHAP, Hospice Tools showcased the ability to adapt and navigate specific scenarios with proprietary hospice-centric features including:

• Customizable forms library to maintain the highest quality charting standards
• In-document patient trends for real-time clinical insights
• Permissions-based views and workflows for role-specific efficiency and compliance
• Robust reporting with document tracking
• Mentor-mode to onboard clinicians, clinicial development, aide documentation and QAPI

“Hospice Tools provides the clinician with real-time, historical clinical data enabling the clinician to implement data driven decision-making at the bedside,” said Teresa Harbour, senior vice president of accreditation at CHAP. “This feature promotes documentation of patient-specific, measurable clinical outcomes. Another unique feature of this software product supports the agency in staff development as they mentor staff to meet the highest levels standards of clinical practice while individualizing their clinical documentation.” 

“We are proud to be one of the only hospice EMRs to be CHAP Verified,” said Daniel Goldmeier, Hospice Tools vice president of sales and marketing. “CHAP sets the standards for hospice best practices and regulatory compliance. This re-verification is an industry leading validation that provides hospice teams confidence that they have the tools and support to grow, deliver personalized comfort care and meet the CHAP standards of best practices and compliance.”