For healthcare organizations leveraging Axxess Home Health, Doctor Alliance Login serves as the crucial entry point to a suite of tools designed to revolutionize physician order and document management. This integration is engineered to create a seamless bridge between physicians and healthcare providers, directly within the Axxess Home Health platform. By centralizing communication and billing processes, Doctor Alliance empowers organizations to optimize workflows, boost revenue streams, and ultimately elevate patient care quality.
Unleashing Efficiency and Enhancing Patient Care with Doctor Alliance
The integration of Doctor Alliance with Axxess Home Health delivers tangible improvements across key operational areas:
- Enhanced Operational Efficiency: Transition from outdated, time-consuming methods like phone calls, printing, and faxing to a streamlined digital system. Doctor Alliance facilitates rapid online communication and efficient document management, saving valuable time and resources.
- Increased Revenue and Cost Reduction: By embracing electronic solutions that are fully integrated with Axxess Home Health, organizations can process a higher volume of referrals and documents with greater ease. This digital transformation significantly reduces expenditure on physical supplies and the overhead associated with maintaining legacy systems.
- Improved Patient Outcomes: Faster turnaround times for patient information and document exchange are critical for timely care delivery. Doctor Alliance minimizes delays, allowing healthcare professionals to dedicate more attention to patient care and less to administrative paperwork.
The Doctor Alliance integration provides a secure and user-friendly environment for managing referrals and sensitive patient health information. Directly from Axxess Home Health, users can generate care plans, physician orders, and other essential documents, ready for physician review and electronic signature after a successful Doctor Alliance login.
This digital synergy eliminates cumbersome steps like downloading, printing, and faxing, resulting in significant time savings and process optimization. The integration dramatically reduces the wait time for referrals and signed orders, shrinking the process from days to mere hours. This acceleration is vital for initiating prompt patient care and maintaining efficient workflows.
Once the Doctor Alliance integration is activated, approved orders are automatically routed from Axxess Home Health to Doctor Alliance for physician e-signatures. Upon signature, these documents are seamlessly returned to the Axxess Home Health system. Doctor Alliance streamlines document tracking, enabling users to directly attach signed orders to the corresponding patient records within Axxess.
Setting Up Your Doctor Alliance Integration and Login Access
To begin utilizing Doctor Alliance’s powerful features, Axxess Home Health clients need to initiate the setup process. Contact both [email protected] and [email protected] to establish the necessary agreements with each software provider for the integration.
Following agreement setup, an activation request must be submitted within Axxess Home Health to enable the Doctor Alliance integration. To do this, navigate to Company Setup under the Admin tab in Axxess Home Health. Within Company Setup, select the Integrations tab, locate the Orders/Document Management section, and click Enable under Doctor Alliance. Configure your preferred settings and click Submit Request.
Admin tab ➜ Company Setup ➜ Integrations tab ➜ Orders/Document Management section ➜ Doctor Alliance ➜ Enable ➜ Submit Request
Alt Text: Enabling Doctor Alliance Integration within Axxess Home Health platform, showing navigation path from Admin tab to Company Setup and Integrations.
Upon enabling the Doctor Alliance integration, the Document Management functionality is automatically activated. This feature ensures that all documents processed through Doctor Alliance are automatically linked to patient charts within Axxess.
Users have the option to also enable the Orders Management feature by selecting the checkbox next to Orders Management. This activation allows for the electronic transmission of approved orders from the Orders To Be Sent screen to Doctor Alliance for streamlined management and tracking within the Doctor Alliance application, accessible after Doctor Alliance login.
For enhanced automation, organizations can choose to automatically send approved orders to Doctor Alliance by checking the corresponding box. If this option is not selected, orders are sent manually through the Orders To Be Sent screen, found under View ➜ Orders Management. Automatic sending ensures that orders approved in the Quality Assurance Center (or those bypassing QA) are instantly sent to Doctor Alliance for processing.
After an administrative user clicks Enable ➜ Submit Request, Axxess receives an activation notification. An Integrations team member will then contact the client to schedule a go-live date. This agreed-upon date is displayed in the Effective Date field in Company Setup, signifying the integration’s activation and its addition to the organization’s Axxess subscription. From this date forward, you can begin to utilize Doctor Alliance login for integrated document and order management.
Managing Documents Post Doctor Alliance Login
With the Doctor Alliance integration active, a pre-defined list of document types is automatically populated in the Documents list in Axxess Home Health.
Admin tab ➜ Lists ➜ Documents
This list contains standard Doctor Alliance document types for indexing purposes. These predefined document types cannot be edited or deleted within Axxess, ensuring system integrity and integration consistency.
Accessing Patient Documents:
Documents indexed through Doctor Alliance are automatically attached to the relevant Patient Chart in the Documents section of Axxess Home Health.
Patients tab ➜ Patient Charts ➜ Documents tab
Alt Text: Documents tab within a patient chart in Axxess Home Health, highlighting the Attached By column to identify Doctor Alliance documents.
On the Documents screen, the Attached By column clearly identifies documents that have been integrated from Doctor Alliance, providing easy identification and filtering.
Users can also manually add new documents by selecting the New Document button. In the Upload Patient Document window, files can be uploaded, named, and assigned a document type before submitting.
New Document button ➜ Upload New Document ➜ Enter Document Name ➜ Select Document Type ➜ Submit
Alt Text: Upload Patient Document window in Axxess, showing fields for Document Name, Document Type selection, and Choose File button.
Streamlining Order Management After Doctor Alliance Login
Accessing Orders To Be Sent:
Once physician orders are generated and ready for signatures, they are accessible on the Orders To Be Sent screen within Axxess Home Health.
View tab ➜ Orders Management ➜ Orders To Be Sent
The Orders To Be Sent screen includes a Delivery Method filter to refine order management. Columns for Delivery Method and Vendor allow users to quickly identify orders designated for Doctor Alliance. When Doctor Alliance is enabled, all orders marked with Electronic delivery and Doctor Alliance as the vendor are automatically routed to Doctor Alliance after Doctor Alliance login.
Alt Text: Orders To Be Sent screen in Axxess Home Health, showcasing the Delivery Method filter and Vendor columns for Doctor Alliance order identification.
If Doctor Alliance is enabled and a delivery method is not specified for an order, a grayed-out checkbox and a tooltip message will prompt the user to select a delivery method.
Physician order delivery methods can be set by clicking the hyperlinked physician’s name in the Physician column and editing the Order Delivery Method on the Edit Physician screen, accessible via both View and Admin tabs.
View tab ➜ Lists ➜ Physicians➜ Edit ➜ Order Delivery Method
Admin tab ➜ Lists ➜ Physicians ➜ Edit ➜ Order Delivery Method
Alt Text: Edit Physician screen in Axxess Home Health, emphasizing the Order Delivery Method field with options including Axxess Physician Portal.
Selecting Axxess Physician Portal as the Order Delivery Method is appropriate for physicians who sign orders electronically through the Axxess portal. Ensure a valid physician email address is provided for this option. For Mail or Fax delivery methods, manual PDF downloads and physical sending are required.
When Doctor Alliance integration is active, orders with Electronic delivery and Doctor Alliance vendor are sent to Doctor Alliance for physician signature processing. Administrators should verify that physician contact details, including mailing addresses and fax numbers, are current on the Edit Physician screen.
Monitoring Orders Pending Physician Signature:
To track orders awaiting physician signatures, navigate to View ➜ Orders Management ➜ Orders Pending MD Signature.
View tab ➜ Orders Management ➜ Orders Pending MD Signature
The Orders Pending Signature screen displays key information such as order age, delivery method, and vendor.
Alt Text: Orders Pending MD Signature screen in Axxess Home Health, showing columns for Age and Delivery Method for order tracking.
Reviewing Order History:
The Orders History screen provides a comprehensive view of both manually and electronically received orders. Access this screen via View ➜ Orders Management ➜ Orders History.
View tab ➜ Orders Management ➜ Orders History
The Received By column on the Orders History screen facilitates efficient tracking and management of orders.
Alt Text: Order History screen in Axxess Home Health, highlighting the Received By column for tracking order receipt methods.
Once an order is signed and returned from Doctor Alliance, it is attached to the order task, complete with a unique barcode and electronic signature. To view a signed order, simply click the paper clip icon associated with the order task.
By understanding Doctor Alliance login and the integrated features within Axxess Home Health, healthcare organizations can significantly enhance their operational efficiency, reduce costs, and focus more intently on delivering exceptional patient care.
