Aprima EHR And Homecare Homebase™ Automation Software Interface To Launch This Summer

Combined offering will be most comprehensive product integration available in the surging home healthcare market

Dallas, TX /PRNewswire/ -- Aprima Medical Software announced today that its award-winning EHR and Practice Management system will soon interface with the home healthcare market's leading automation software, Homecare Homebase,  a technology partnership expected to eliminate almost all of the duplicative documentation typically associated with home healthcare visits.

Because such visits require documentation for both patient care and administrative purposes, providers often spend hours putting the same information into different systems and on various paper-based forms. The Aprima EHR and Homecare Homebase interface will vastly transform this tedious experience for the better by sharing data between the two solutions, such as medications, problem lists, allergies and vitals.

This integration of data is expected to further speed the collection of information needed back at the home office for billing and administration, while giving providers new capabilities to make more informed decisions right at the point of care – the patient's home.

This integrated system can go a long way in reducing unnecessary hospital stays because it incorporates the tools providers need to diagnose and treat a patient's condition. For example, providers will be able to generate or access orders, continuity of care documentation, 485 care plans, and much more from one system, even if no Internet connection is available.

"In Aprima, we've found a partner with the right technology capabilities and an extensive record of success," said Tom Maxwell , chief strategy officer at Homecare Homebase. "The company holds a strong position in the visiting physicians market, and also offers the only certified EHR with technology that allows for full patient chart access and complete documentation even if the provider doesn't have access to the Internet, very similar to the way in which Homecare Homebase works. The integration between these two like-minded, best-of-breed products will ensure our common customers are able to provide a consistent, high-quality level of care to patients improving not only their outcomes but their satisfaction.

Aprima refers to this store-and-forward technology as "replication" – a powerful feature that automatically syncs patient records, distributes orders and prescriptions, and performs other tasks as soon as a network is engaged.

"We share Homecare Homebase's mission to keep it about the patient, not the paperwork, so we are obviously very pleased to be chosen as their interface partner. We believe this initiative is going to radically simplify the home healthcare visit, which for too long has been plagued by repetitive data input and limited access to critical information," said Aprima CEO Michael Nissenbaum.

The Aprima EHR and Homecare Homebase interface is expected to launch early this summer. For more information, contact Aprima at 888-960-6890, option 7, or info@aprima.com.

About Homecare Homebase, LLC
Homecare Homebase, based in Dallas, Texas, is a leading healthcare software company serving the technology needs of the fast growing post acute care industry including homecare, hospice and private duty. Homecare Homebase has received the prestigious Best In KLAS for Homecare award for three consecutive years in the "Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services" report. Homecare Homebase offers a comprehensive integrated web-based software solution to improve the clinical, operational and financial success of homecare and hospice agencies. Homecare Homebase enables real-time, wireless information exchange and communication between office staff, field staff and physicians; automates workflow processes; enables accurate billing through numerous integrated checks and balances; and provides powerful management reporting via a back-office data analysis tool that ties together all agency operational information. Founded by industry veterans in 1999, every aspect of the Homecare Homebase system was developed to be user-friendly, flexible and customizable to specific agency needs. For more information, visit www.hchb.com or contact us toll free at 1-866-535-HCHB (4242).

About Aprima Medical Software, Inc.
Aprima provides innovative electronic health record, practice management and revenue cycle management solutions for medical practices. The Aprima EHR/PM is an integrated system built on a single database. Aprima uses a fast, flexible design that adapts automatically to a physician's workflow and sets the benchmark for ease-of-use, speed and flexibility. Aprima is one of the few companies with a 15-year track record of success, including CCHIT Certification consistently every year as well asONC Certification for 2011/2012. Thousands of Aprima users are benefiting from improved quality of care, improved patient satisfaction, improved quality of life and an improved bottom line. Based in Carrollton, TX, Aprima performs all development, support and implementation from the U.S. To learn more about how Aprima can help your practice, please visit www.aprima.com, call us at 866-960-6890, option 7, or email us at info@aprima.com.