Hospice of the Red River Valley, an independent, nonprofit hospice organization serving 29 counties across North Dakota and Minnesota, provides care to more than 250 patients each day. Based in Fargo, N.D., Hospice of the Red River Valley has successfully implemented the CellTrak mobile point-of-care application to improve the ability of its Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) to deliver more focused and dedicated care.
Hospice of the Red River Valley has been using Suncoast Solutions clinical and scheduling applications since December 2010. They were interested in further automation and reduction of the paperwork required to document Certified Nursing Assistant visits. The new electronic visit verification technologies from CellTrak were selected to be implemented along with the Galaxy Tablet from Samsung running on the Verizon network. The tablets were chosen over the cellular phones due to the size of the screen and ease of use for the staff.
Deb Wagner, RN, CHPN, Clinical Informatics at Hospice of the Red River Valley, shared, "The integration of the schedules, patient data and staff between Suncoast Solutions and CellTrak gives our CNAs access up-to-date information and therefore allows them to better care for their patients." Deb added, "CellTrak on the Tablet Computers provides accurate and timely documentation, which eliminates the need for hours of data entry each week."
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