New Facility Map!
Published: October 30, 2006
Within each region, you can view the participating facilities on a Google map.
Click here to view New York facilities.
Click here to view Florida facilities.
Click here to view California facilities.
CareNext Goes Digital!
Published: March 9, 2005
The CareNext Group, the leader in post-acute care in the Northeast, is changing the way hospitals, doctors, post-acute health care facilities and insurers communicate with the introduction of CareNext Connect, an innovative wireless technology product. Now, field-based case managers utilize PDAs (Personal Data Assistant) to link clinical systems health care providers and insurers. Case managers located in hospitals, subacute care and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) across the New York metropolitan area complete essential clinical evaluations that are sent wirelessly to health care providers involved with the care of each patient. This enables managed care companies and post-acute care providers to have immediate access to the clinical information necessary to make critical health care decisions.
This groundbreaking system incorporates the latest technology and represents a breakthrough in the way health care providers and payers communicate during the discharge planning process, leading to more efficient post-hospitalization placements and improved clinical patient care. In addition to the capability of completing clinical evaluation the PDA platform enables both the nursing home and case manager to communicate instantaneously. Upon completing the clinical forms, they are transmitted instantly to the main server which distributes the information to the appropriate entities via fax or e-mail. The CareNext Connect system is compliant with all federally mandated HIPAA regulations.
With CareNext Connect the most current patient information is available in real-time to the clinical team at the post-acute care facility. Having accurate, timely clinical information enables the facility to provide efficient and effective clinical care, and ensures that needed equipment and medicines will be at the bedside upon admission. Quicker treatment and appropriate medicines means faster recovery and faster discharge home.
The CareNext Group provides post-acute care transition services to thousands of patients every year. Case managers in the field visit scores of hospitals daily in order to assist discharge planners, insurers, patients and their families in finding the most appropriate providers for both short term rehabilitation and specialized care. It has been shown; one of the most important factors leading to positive healthcare outcomes for post acute patients is selecting the health care center that meets a patient?s particular medical needs.
Richard W. Kaplan, President and CEO of The CareNext Group, said, ?CareNext Connect provides a faster, more efficient and confidential transfer of medical and health information to those who make decisions regarding patient care. This state-of-the-art technology not only facilitates the safe discharge of each patient, but provides the information necessary to make the procedure smooth and free of the many stresses associated with the process of searching and securing the best available post acute setting.?
New York Health Providers IPA & Subacute Network L.L.C., members of The CareNext Group, includes subacute facilities, representing approximately 5,000 beds throughout New York City and Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties.
Subacute care is one of the fastest growing areas in healthcare, providing rehabilitation and complex medical services to individuals who have suffered from stroke, orthopedic events, respiratory, cardiac and renal disease.
