How Eldermark NEXT Can Help Senior Living Communities
Eldermark NEXT, the next evolution of the Eldermark platform. It is a cloud-based software suite that helps you manage all parts of your business, so your residents can have the best possible experience, and the work of your staff is simplified, allowing you to streamline and optimize your workflows.
Eldermark's current software supports teams of senior living leaders around the country, and this next-generation upgrade will take the software available on a single platform to the next level. It has been modernized with cutting-edge technology that boosts your ability to get work done to benefit your staff, your residents, and your bottom line.
To distinguish this platform from the current Eldermark platform, we call this version Eldermark NEXT. The Eldermark modernization project is ongoing, but we’re beginning the migration process of current clients over to the modernized software suite now. Interested in learning more about what Eldermark can do for your organization? With the release of NEXT it’s never been a better time!
What Eldermark NEXT Can Do for Your Senior Living Community
Over 818,000 Americans live in assisted living communities, which is around 2% of the population over the age of 65. Managing even a small proportion of those individuals as residents can be a challenge, but that's where the right software comes into play.
Eldermark NEXT is a cloud-based software suite that helps communities manage all parts of their business. Built based on direct feedback from Eldermark customers and the senior living marketplace, the new platform helps communities work more efficiently and identify business opportunities and empowers employees to create more meaningful resident experiences. The platform is device-neutral; employees can use it across multiple devices, connect it to existing software systems, and access the information you need from anywhere (including mobile devices).
Increase Revenue
With accurate, streamlined billing, Eldermark NEXT simplifies compensation. NEXT also highlights areas of opportunity, identifies revenue gaps, and with constant insights into care plans, changing resident acuity - ensures that you’re billing residents correctly.
It allows communities to generate service agreements and modify them as levels of care are updated, and makes it easy for residents and their families to set up automatic payments and split costs.
From helping increase occupancy to reach occupancy goals to helping use predictive analytics to get the financial results you need, this healthcare software does it all. Eldermark NEXT includes an improved CRM that boasts automated sales activity follow-up tools, a waitlist, referral tracking, marketing automation, prospect and lead management, unit reservations, and goal configuration, to name just a few features.
This year as new features on Eldermark NEXT, you can expect additional features such as ActiveDemand integration, filter improvements, industry-standard benchmarking, second occupant management, improved dashboards, and more to help your sales team perform outreach and conversions.
Enhance Care
With streamlined charts, and a simpler user experience, managing resident care data is simpler than ever thanks to Eldermark NEXT. Store admission, discharge, and unit information together with residents' full demographic records. Gain a direct connection to EMAR, and get the data you need quickly with easy-to-access medication and treatment lists ready for you at the click of a button. Even better, all data can be accessed from the cloud, which syncs any changes in real time. With immediate data syncing, you'll always have the most current resident data in your hands.
Simplify Work
Eldermark NEXT simplifies your workflow, making it easier to get more done. It's also easy to get started thanks to in-app training for fast onboarding. NEXT has a modern, intuitive interface, password management support, and more features that make your work straightforward. Since the system is on the cloud, all data is held in one centralized location. As a result, when you or someone else add or edit data, that data is immediately updated in real-time.
Think of Eldermark as your one-stop shop for every task your team needs to accomplish your goals within your community.
Create More Meaningful Resident Outcomes
With integrations including ElderSmarts Analytics and Insights, you get a full view of the community's performance and can track your goals to make sure you reach them. This analytics software gives you a straightforward view of your key performance indicators (KPIs), so you know you're optimizing the way your business is run while providing the meaningful outcomes you want to give your residents. ElderSmarts also helps by providing actionable insights, so you can take action based on current, accurate data.
Eldermark NEXT takes the stress of time-intensive data entry off the shoulders of caregivers and providers so they can provide better care to the residents in your senior housing facility. From tracking move-ins and move-outs to balancing staffing schedules, our software does it all.
Systems Eldermark NEXT Will Get Even Better
Eldermark NEXT improves on various systems for better functionality. Whether you want to access EHR content from the cloud or need help with data entry at the point of care with mobile applications, here's how Eldermark NEXT can help:
Resident Charts
With NEXT, you'll now have the ability to add residents' full demographic records. You can also streamline and simplify data management so you can access all information about patients in one place.
NEXT includes room for progress notes, events, leaves of absence (LOA), medication and treatment lists, admission/discharge/unit information, and more. Additional feature releases will roll out this year and include, the service plan wizard, care plans, service agreement creation, and many other helpful tools to make it easier to chart and manage time with residents.
EMAR
With an updated, easy-to-use dashboard suite, EMAR features a pharmacy interface, and easily integrates with any system. Because this data is stored on the cloud, you'll be able to access records whether you're at a computer or using a mobile device to log in. Access Med Pass, TAR, standing orders, and more
On this upgraded system, you'll be able to access eMAR, your electronic medication administration record. Because this data is stored on the cloud, you'll be able to access records whether you're at a computer or using a mobile device to log in. Access Med Pass, TAR, standing orders, and more, all from one easy-to-use dashboard suite.
Risk Management
Risk management is aa core component of any good senior living business, and Eldermark NEXT aims to make it simple to manage and report potential risks, like accidents and medication incidents, and monitor and audit care practices so they align with internal policies and regulatory authority requirements – all to meet the goal of creating a safer community for your residents and staff.
On top of these features, NEXT adds:
- Configuration options
- Form revision
- An incident report and investigation form
- Customization with customers' needs in mind
Additional upcoming feature releases will include additional risk management tools including:
- An activity tracker
- A medication incident and investigation form
How To Get Started With Eldermark NEXT
Senior living operators love Eldermark NEXT senior living software, and you will, too.
What are senior living leaders saying about Eldermark NEXT?
"Their client success team has been very thoughtful when working with their long-term users and understanding what our needs are to impact our business lines" - Lisa Rogers, President & Chief Clinical Officer, Distinctive Living
"They built it for the user upfront." - Nanette Wilkins, Director of Operations, Benecia Senior Living Management
Eldermark offers a "much easier process to capture data." - Don Anderson, Consultant
You don't have to take the word of these professionals, though; it's easy to try Eldermark NEXT yourself. Find out more about how you can simplify senior living operations and make the most out of your efforts with Eldermark NEXT by getting in touch today. We also welcome you to visit with us at upcoming events, check out our latest webinar downloads, and learn more about Eldermark solutions at Eldermark.com.
