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Clinical decision support for nursing and residential care homes

Odyssey CareAssess offers clinical decision support designed specifically for use by both care assistants and nurses working in nursing and residential care homes.

By supporting the assessment and treatment of any condition presented by a resident or patient Odyssey CareAssess ensures the best possible on-site care.

Clinical Support

  • Guides a thorough assessment of all common symptoms - from the potentially minor to the immediately life-threatening
  • Automatically assesses the significance of the assessed symptoms and observations, and recommends appropriate action
  • Ensures consistent, evidence-based immediate care and treatment advice
  • Offers reassurance to both patient/resident and user
  • Creates full, contemporaneous documentation of the patient's condition and needs
  • Supports communication of detailed medical information to health professionals as required
  • Advice is always appropriate and up to date, ensuring best possible care and health of residents at all times

Meets the priorities of care and residential home management

  • Enhanced health and well-being and access to the best possible care for residents
  • Content focused on healthcare for the older person
  • Effective record keeping and management of risk
  • Avoidance of unnecessary transport from the home to hospital
  • Prevention of resident distress / disorientation, hospital admission and costs associated with empty care home beds
  • Enhanced continuity of care through transmission of medical data to doctors / hospital in the event of need for referral
  • Up-skills and supports on-going education and development of care assistants and nurses
  • Avoidance of complaints or litigation due to poor care

Technology

  • Touchscreen technology for ease of use, totally independent of network connectivity
  • Highly intuitive, requires very little training or technical support
  • Responses are selected rather than typed, for faster assessment and documentation
  • Supplied on tablet and mobile devices
  • Available online and offline ("occasionally connected") ensuring 24/7 availability