Home Health Therapy Documentation

We all know that documentation is a heavy burden for therapists. But home health therapists arguably face one of the heaviest loads, with mandated OASIS reporting layered on top of standard clinical documentation — a dual requirement unique to this setting.

They also face challenges that clinic-based therapists rarely encounter: coordinating care across disciplines — physicians, nurses, and other therapists — often without shared documentation systems, as well as navigating privacy considerations and internet instability when documenting in patients’ homes.

But, as we’ve already discussed around outpatient EHRs, there are changes on the horizon. In this discussion, we’ll zoom in on what’s becoming possible in this complex environment, from clinical decision support to practical automation. We’ll be joined by Rohit Shetty of AutoMynd — Rohit is excellent at explaining exactly what’s possible, while staying grounded in reality.

1. You will be able to identify how data-driven documentation systems are streamlining administrative tasks to prioritize time for occupation-based practice in home health.

2. You will recognize the role of AI-integrated analytics in ensuring regulatory compliance while maintaining a focus on occupation-centered patient outcomes in home health.

• Intro

• Discussion

  1. Tell me your journey from deeply understanding home health documentation to setting out to improve it?

  2. Home health therapists have many unique documentation challenges. Can you walk us through them?

  3. What is currently becoming possible in home health documentation (i.e. what’s on the market for therapsists?)

  4. Across documentation, we are seeing adoption of 3 core technologies: Scribes, compliance automation, and clinical decision support. Where does home health stand with the adoption of these?

  5. What upsides and challenges do you see that have emerged from integrating these new technologies?

  6. What do you see as the primary KPIs for home health documentation- what does the ideal analytics dashboard look like?

  7. What do you see on the 2 year horizon for our industry?

  8. How can a therapist think innovatively about their documentation even if they are on an old system?

• Live Q&A

• Closing

• Match Rates Between Home Health Assessment and Medicare Claims Data 

• Interprofessional collaboration in the home care setting: perspectives of people receiving home care, relatives, nurses, general practitioners, and therapists-results of a qualitative analysis

• Exploring home healthcare clinicians’ needs for using clinical decision support systems for early risk warning

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OT Potential's interest in this topic: We have no financial stake in this topic and no business relationship with Automynd.

Speaker interests: Rohit Shetty is the founder and CEO of Automynd, which builds AI-powered documentation products for home health clinicians — the category of tools discussed in this course.