REDWOOD CITY, California—WellBeam, a healthcare technology company focused on improving longitudinal care management through electronic medical record (EMR) and clinical workflow interoperability, announced a partnership with Kettering Health, a regional integrated health system, and Alternate Solutions Health Network (ASHN), a provider of home health services.
Together, the organizations said they are aiming to modernizing how physicians and home health clinicians collaborate to more effectively manage longitudinal patient care by embedding key clinical workflows for home health management directly into existing EMR integrated physician workflows.
Through WellBeam's EMR-integrated platform, Kettering Health physicians and ASHN clinicians will be connected through digital workflows that streamline document management, enable seamless clinical communication and support more efficient collaboration around patients receiving care at home.
For Kettering Health, the initiative creates an opportunity to improve operational efficiency while automatically capturing billable charges associated with physician oversight activities already being performed as part of home health care management. For ASHN, streamlined physician communication and digital document workflows are expected to improve patient care and clinician satisfaction while reducing administrative burden.
"Strong collaboration with our home health agency partner is essential to supporting patients across settings,” said Jody Underwood, vice president of population health of Kettering Health. “WellBeam connects our physicians and ASHN’s clinicians through more efficient workflows that strengthen communication and care coordination.”
WellBeam enables physicians to electronically review and sign home health orders and care plans directly within their existing EMR workflows. The platform also supports care management between physician teams and home health clinicians while automatically routing completed documentation back into the medical record, eliminating many of the manual steps traditionally required to manage post-acute workflows.
"We are continually looking for ways to simplify processes for our clinicians and strengthen collaboration with our physician partners," said Al Lefeld, chief transformation officer for Alternate Solutions Health Network. "This partnership helps reduce delays associated with manual workflows while creating a more efficient experience for the teams caring for patients at home."