Nearly 29,000 assisted living communities across the U.S. are caring for more than 800,000 residents most of whom have one or more chronic illnesses. Assisted living is part of long-term care service. Assisted living communities are designed for individuals who need assistance with normal daily activities but with due independence.

Assisted living facilities require software solutions that could help in improving

  • Wellbeing
  • security
  • Communication with residents and their families
  • Quality of care
  • Personnel scheduling
  • Resource allocation optimization
  • Documentation

 Assisted living EMR Software also ensures compliance with health care and safety regulations. Some solutions provide electronic health and medical record systems specifically designed for assisted living facilities.

Features of Assisted Living EMR Software

Different vendors offer different features in their assisted living software. Selecting the right assisted living software for your facility is easier when you know what the common features are and what they do.

Resident ADL assessment — Assisted living EMR Software should provide an interface so that users can assess activities of daily living (ADLs) used for patient assessments, and periodic reviews to adjust care levels
eMAR and eTAR — Assisted living EMR Software should offer details in the form of electronic medication administration records (eMAR) and electronic treatment administration records (eTAR)

Patient scheduling — Assisted living EMR Software should allow staff to schedule, edit, and search medical appointments for resident patients

Reporting — Assisted living EMR Software should offer graphical charts so that users can access real-time reports on the resident (billing summary, move-ins, move-outs, and prospects, etc.)

Medical billing — Assisted living EMR Software should allow users to automate repetitive and error-prone billing tasks. The feature helps practices verify patients’ insurance coverage, submit claims electronically, and improve collections.

Marketing and referrals management — Assisted living EMR Software should allow users to capture and track leads, and manage follow-up communications.

Top 5 Assisted Living EMR Software by EMRSystems

EMRSystems values its customers and has compiled a list of the 10 best and top-rated Assisted living EHR & EMR software solutions in 2019. The list is solely based on customer reviews and ratings and is as follows:

Many  Assisted living EMR Software providing vendors offer a lot of features but providers mostly find them redundant or perceive them as a marketing gimmick. Some of these features are actually very helpful as they are advertised, but what you should be concerned with is whether they are relevant to your particular practice or not. You really need to look at your workflow. It is highly imperative that the software you choose is compatible with that of the rest of the practice. To determine the administrative aspects of the EHR please do consult your provider to ensure that the software you are choosing only provides those features and not more than what you need.