It’s hard to imagine anything that has a more direct impact on the quality of care than the quality of care planning. A good care plan should be all of the following:
- Person-centred
- Based on current clinical assessment data
- Comprehensive
- Able to adapt easily to events and changing needs
- Reflective of current guidance and best practice
The focus should be on the outcomes rather than the process. This is easier said than done if you’re trying to do it all with paper forms and manual processes.
How Going Digital Helps
Working in a digital environment puts the process into the background. Technology becomes an enabler for effective care planning rather than the focus of the activity.
The time saved with KareInn’s digital care planning software, which includes efficiency features such as the ability to dictate notes, can mean there’s more opportunity to talk through the details of how service users prefer each element to be delivered. Do they prefer to take medications all in one go or spaced throughout the day, for example?
Relevant risk assessments are automatically connected to the plan so there’s no need to navigate away to other documents to put together a compliant care plan.
Updating Care Plans
Keeping care plans updated and ensuring that all care staff are using the up-to-date version was historically a significant challenge.
In the world of digital care plans, daily activities are recorded at the point of care. Changes to key risks and preferences can be flagged immediately and the plan updated in response to events. When the care plan is updated, everyone automatically has access to the latest version without needing a complex paper-chase.
Often in modern life technology makes things less personal. In the case of care planning it supports more effective personal interactions by simplifying and streamlining the process so there’s more time to talk and listen.
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