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Thursday, December 04, 2008

Patient Information and Census Management

Intake Tracking
Patient Information
Clinical Documentation
Medical
Electronic Prescribing
Scheduling
Staff Information
Billing and AR
Electronic Data Interchange
Quality Assurance
Document Management
Ad Hoc Reporting
System Integration


PATIENT INFO AND CENSUS MANAGEMENT (click the screenshot below for a larger view)

Sigmund™ computerizes the tracking of all admission, discharge and transfer information. Key program and service delivery information is effectively integrated with diagnostic and identifying information for reporting and performance improvement purposes. Sigmund Software provides an intuitive interface for the collection of patient information. Once captured, true integration allows Sigmund to import data directly to forms, letters, progress notes and treatment plans and summaries. Easily and accurately manage your organization’s census from the point of referral, admission and progress within the continuum of care through discharge. Measure what you manage by accounting for all patient revenue including negotiated rates by bed, building, program and organization.  Make informed financial decisions by utilizing Sigmund’s unique functionality to project admissions, discharges and transfers based on historical data. Integration between current census information and Sigmund’s referral and admission data helps leadership balance admission decisions against the current capacity and capabilities of staff.

Patient Information and Census Management
Selected Features Summary
  • Demographic and Patient Information Tracking
    • Build a database of patient demographics and treatment outcomes
    • Track patient demographic variables, pictures and identifying information
    • Record DSM-IV and ICD Diagnostic information
    • Automatically generate alerts for staff based on assessments or diagnoses (e.g. suicide risk, eating disorder etc.)
    • Assign staff responsibilities or team assignments.
    • Utilize assignments to manage case loads
    • Automatically generate tasks for documentation responsibilities based on team assignments
    • Log all communication with all patient contacts, external providers and funding sources
    • Create detailed logs for family / foster care contacts
    • Track educational history and current educational activities
    • Track detailed employment history and vocational rehabilitation information
    • Create user-definable forms and assessments for consents, releases, satisfaction measures etc.
    • Automatically pull patient information into applicable forms, progress notes and summaries
    • Intuitive interface readily provides patient information including demographics, program level, team assignments, length of stay, program history, contacts, external providers and patient orders.
    • Robust search capabilities offer users the ability to quickly locate a specific patient within the system by searching for multiple identifiers
  • Admission / Discharge / Transfer Tracking
    • Access complete treatment history spanning the service continuum and multiple episodes of care
    • Print individual patient and census reports to track various statuses
    • Track multiple program, track and status assignments
    • Maintain a comprehensive multi-company, multi-location bed chart that models your organization.
  • Bed Charting and Census Management
    • Make bed reservations; search for bed availability
    • Project census based on referrals, admissions, transfers and discharges
    • Monitor and project funding mix, average rates and revenue by program, location etc. 
    • Track patient assignments to available slots in day treatment or case management programs
    • Robust reporting functionality allows organizations to track occupancy by race, religion, gender, marital status, age, ethnicity, and language.
  • Forms and Contact Management
    • Track all associated patient contacts
    • Generate Mailing lists and labels
    • Create specialized call logs to track:
      • Referral Correspondence
      • Family Communications and Visits
      • Collections and Utilization Review
      • Aftercare Follow-Up
    • Associate forms and assessments with patients and contacts
      • Treatment Releases
      • Consents
      • User-Defined Forms
    • Track form statuses, dates of force and electronic signatures
    • Easily add or view all active, expired, incomplete or rescinded forms.
    • Forms date and time stamped to provide users with real time updates to specific form status
    • Flexibility to manipulate forms on the fly  without affecting global templates
    • True integration allows users to automatically import necessary client information from the system to forms, notes and summaries to expedite the completion of the tasks and eliminate dual entry.
  • Team Assignments and Case Management
    • Track user-defined staff roles or team assignments
    • Associate staff with patients
    • Manage case loads
    • Automatically assign clinical documentation responsibilities based on staff roles (ex. Therapist must complete treatment plan within 7 days following admission)
    • Restrict security based on team assignments

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