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McKesson
To be successful in today's healthcare delivery environment, the right tools and technologies must be put in the hands of care providers. Clinical information systems must measure and compare clinical and financial outcomes among providers, caregiver teams, and populations of patients. Clinical users need a system that balances ease of use, comprehensive and effective applications, advanced technology and systems integration. Pathways Homecare Point of Care supports the VNA First Pathways in the familiar Microsoft Windows environment. All pathways have been entered into the system. McKesson's Pathways Homecare is a point-of-care tool for clinicians that satisfies managed care and regulatory requirements. Progress against the clinical pathway and variance information are automatically tracked for point-of-care decision-making, future analysis and process change. For more information about our pathway availability within the product, call 417-874-4000, Springfield, MO, or visit our website at www.mckesson.com

Thornberry, LTD.
Although OASIS and ORYX are popular notions of outcome measurement, NDoc from Thornberry Ltd. is, and has been since 1995, a computerized point of care documentation system founded on outcome-based clinical pathways. With NDoc, even under PPS, the focus shifts from charting to meet reimbursement requirements to charting from the clinical perspective. Billing, financial audit and cost control- while not unimportant -become mere by-products of the clinical experience... an experience pre-defined by clinical pathways. VNA First and Thornberry Ltd. have partnered to bring you an affordable alternative to using pathways on paper. The full complement of VNA First Home Care Steps and CoSteps protocols have been thoroughly integrated into NDoc to form the basis of all visit charting. NDoc produces visit notes directly from point-and-click or single-keystroke charting on the pathway, and monitors interventions and outcomes for compliance and variance. Data gathered in NDoc can even be electronically uploaded for benchmarking with other Home Care Steps users. For more information on using VNA First pathways with the NDoc point of care system, contact Thornberry Ltd. at (888) 867-2855, or send email to sales@thornberryltd.com.

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