RCare Mobile vs PointClickCare Companion Usage & Stats
Designed for on-the-go senior housing staff and caregivers, provides a powerful set of tools for your caregivers, making caregiving more efficient and responsive over antiquated pager-based nurse call systems. With RCare Mobile, the nurse call goes out only to the caregivers who are responsible for answering. When receiving the call, staff is informed of not only the room number, but also the resident’s name, their photograph, as well as details about their needs. This way, even if the staff member or the resident are new and have never met, the caregiver is armed with a wealth of information that pager-based systems do not give.
- “I Got It” Feature
Integrated with your RCare nurse call system, RCare Mobile lets your caregivers claim a call, ensuring accountability. It lets all caregivers to see which calls have been claimed and by whom. It verifies all calls get answered and eliminates duplication of efforts. The alarm stops once it’s claimed, reducing alarm fatigue.
- Voice-to-Voice Communication Power
The RCare Mobile app puts the communication power of a smart phone in the hands of your caregivers, but without the risks and distractions of personal cell phones.
Speak with residents. What is the situation? Reassure them help is on the way.
Communicate (text/call) with other caregivers and staff.
- Record “Activities of Daily Living”
With RCare Mobile, caregivers can log resident visits for helping with ADLs, by checking in and out of the point of care. The RCare system can automatically track the time spent providing specific services. This is helpful for billing and also for staffing and tracking specific resident needs.
- Advanced Locating Protocol (ALP)
When a call comes in, time is of the essence. With ALP, the RCare Mobile app tells you the exact location and floor where the alert was pressed, even for mobile pendants. Respond to the right place, at the right time, right away!
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PointClickCare Companion empowers care givers with a fast and easy-to-use workflow that unifies the delivery and documentation of services and medication.
PointClickCare Companion includes features such as:
• Unified to-do lists and status: Users can simply scroll through and identify critical action items for each shift, grouped by timing and tasks.
• Immediate access to key information: Allows users to access resident information, scheduled and unscheduled services.
• Streamlined documentation: Allows end users to document tasks at the point of care and capture the time required to complete the task. Vitals and medication distribution to residents can be easily recorded to ensure the highest possible level of care.
When integrated with point of care (POC) and electronic Medication Administration Records (eMAR) modules, Companion positions senior living communities to enjoy several significant outcomes:
Enable An Enhanced Resident Experience: Care givers spend more quality time with residents and less time documenting tasks with Companion, enabling immediate information access and the potential of for more personalized service to residents.
Improve Financial Health: Companion is flexible to easily document both planned and unplanned tasks, ensuring you're getting paid for all the services you are providing without having to chase the paperwork.
Make Staff Happy and Effective: Attracting staff is hard enough. Offering them the use of tools they like can go a long way to getting and keeping them. Companion empowers staff with critical resident information and easy-to-use tools for distributing medications and documenting services.
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RCare Mobile VS. 
PointClickCare CompanionDecember 19, 2024