Document Home Visits at the Point of Care
PointCare brings the HCHB patient record to field clinicians during home health and hospice visits. Authorized users can review the clinical context for a patient, enter bedside documentation, and keep the visit record close to the care setting instead of waiting to complete notes at a desktop. The mobile workflow is designed around the information needed to move through an in-home encounter.
Documentation can cover condition management, medication and pain management, physical therapy, rehabilitation, and treatment details. Keeping those areas in the same mobile workflow helps clinicians connect observations with the broader care plan and reduces the need to reconstruct a visit later. This focus makes PointCare most useful inside an organization already using the Homecare Homebase EHR.
Follow Guided Clinical Forms and Care Details
PointCare uses prompts, reminders, and notices to guide clinicians through required visit documentation. Rather than relying on memory alone, users can follow structured forms and pathways that ask for relevant details as the encounter progresses. Agencies can tailor assessment forms to their workflows, which helps the app fit different home health and hospice processes.
The guided approach supports OASIS and HOPE requirements, wound-care protocols, therapy goals, patient status, reassessments, and progress reports. These are practical checkpoints for clinicians who need to capture small details while remaining focused on the patient. A structured path can also reduce duplicate entry and make completed records easier for office teams to review after synchronization.
Keep Records Available and Sync Later
PointCare supports a store-and-forward workflow for clinicians who visit homes with weak or inconsistent wireless service. Patient records can remain available on the assigned Android device, allowing documentation to continue when a live connection is unavailable. This helps prevent a temporary coverage gap from stopping the visit or forcing clinicians to postpone every note.
When connectivity returns, the app can synchronize visit updates with the HCHB system. Start of Care visits involve larger record transfers, while routine updates are designed to sync more quickly. The combination of offline access and later synchronization suits rural routes, buildings with poor reception, and busy schedules where clinicians move between several homes in one day.
Configure Agency Access on Android Devices
PointCare is not a general consumer health app; it is built for clinical staff authorized by an organization using Homecare Homebase. Initial configuration asks for the agency server, User ID, setup code, password, and password confirmation before validation. Those organization-specific details connect the device to the correct HCHB environment and user role.
After setup, the Android app is intended to become part of a clinician's daily visit routine on a phone or tablet. Staff can carry their assigned information, complete documentation near the patient, and send updates back to their agency workflow. This makes the app appropriate for managed work devices and trained teams, not for independent access to unrelated medical records.
