Pulse modernizes admissions workflows with proprietary documentation improvement solutionNASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Medalogix, the leading data science and clinical decision support company specializing in the advancement of patient care in home health, hospice, and strategic payor initiatives in the home, today announced an expansion of Pulse to support complete clinical episode management by adding intelligence to admission workflows."We have developed a solution leveraging generative AI that empowers home health providers." Post this Medalogix Pulse is expanding its home health platform solution with the release of Pulse Referrals & Admissions modules backed by generative AI.Using HIPAA-compliant generative AI capabilities, Pulse Referrals & Admissions reviews referral packets, the initial comprehensive and OASIS assessments, clinical notes, and other relevant information to extract critical patient information. Medalogix consolidates all information into a single-page view, highlighting valuable information or discrepancies among the documents while providing users quick access to source justification to empower informed decisions regarding the accuracy of their OASIS assessment as well as coding, including both primary and secondary diagnosis."Our data shows providers have inaccurate diagnoses, missing co-morbidities or OASIS inaccuracies," said Elliott Wood, CEO of Medalogix. This is an issue that has long plagued healthcare and fueled the focus on clinical documentation improvement (CDI), with providers having specialists either in-house or through outsourced relationships. "Building on our experience at Medalogix, we have developed a solution leveraging generative AI that empowers home health providers with Intelligent Clinical Documentation Improvement (ICDI)," said Wood. "Improving what is documented on patients at the beginning of the episode can have a cascading effect, impacting patient experience, staff satisfaction, and more appropriate plans of care relative to patient history and condition."Recent industry articles and reports have highlighted the challenges associated with referrals and admission rates in Home Health

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