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Build A Small Business With Technology-OR The Wolf will Blow it Down

June 6, 2022

Build Your Small Business on Technology Not Paper or the Big Bad Wolf Will Blow it Down

Smart TECH Solutions to Wire Your Care Management Business for Profit

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Build Your Small Business of Technology, not Paper or the Big Bad Wolf Will Blow it Down

Build your Small Business with technology, not paper so that your small geriatric care management businesses can work closely with your upper 10% of clients to provide them with products and services that add value to their lifestyles while solving their elder care nightmares. Going from an idea to a finished product or service requires small business owners and their employees to collaborate with each other and external vendors. E-mail and instant messenger tools paved the way for online sharing and collaboration. With the ability to instantly connect, share information and get feedback, e-mail and instant messenger are beneficial technological advantages for small businesses. Web-based care management database programs update team members and clients, track time, and share documents in real-time creating care plans, billing, and delivering fast gold standard services.If you build your business of paper, not technology none of this is possible. If you choose technology a care management database is at your fingertips through care management technology. Plus for small businesses, this means up-to-date information available in a central hub, regardless of a person’s location.

Social Media Is a Must Have

Social Media is a Must-Have for Care Management

Today, social media is a must-have for any small business like care management – regardless of what industry you’re in. SEO or Social media has evolved from space for personal interaction into a vibrant marketing channel for small businesses. T Whether you already have a strong social presence or are looking to step up your game, learn more about the benefits of social media marketing for your business.

Build brand awareness.
Provide stand-out customer service.
Acquire leads in a low-cost way.
Learn more about your customers.
Increase website traffic and search ranking

Build Your Small Business with technology

Presented by Cathy Cress MSW – Handbook of Geriatric Care Management

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with 1-1 interviews with CEOs of major care management software platforms

What you need in a website

Critical software programs that make care management information flow
1-1 interviews with CEOs of major care management software platforms
Why you need content marketing
How & Why to shoot videos for your agency
What is an easy-to-use social media site
What you need in a website
interview with Natasha Beauchamp on content marketing forALCA members

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The need for elder-care services is huge and growing rapidly. But to survive GCMs must embrace care management SEO technology.

Confused about Care Manager Technology?

June 2, 2022

Beware of Paper

What care management database should you use? Some care managers still function on paper instead of using a care management database. That is a bad business decision. You need to give clients gold standard service to retain them . When you make the right choice of what database to use you will arm your care managers with the most user-friendly fully loaded client database making that gold standard concierge care so much easier to deliver. This gives your care management or homecare agency a more profitable bottom line in running a business. So spending money on a client database makes more money.

What Care Management databases are the ALCA Choices?

What care management database should you use? Some care managers still function on paper instead of using a care management database. That is a bad business decision. You make 30% more money by ditching paper and using a care management database, You need to give clients gold standard service to retain them. When you make the right choice of what database to use you will arm your care managers with the most user-friendly fully loaded client database making that gold standard concierge care so much easier to deliver. This gives your care management or homecare agency a more profitable bottom line in running a business. So spending money on a client database makes more money. Jewel Code has been around for many years.

More recent additions of databases that make information flow

Caretree and ihealthhome My Junna are the newest product. Care managers and ALCA managers are fans of Clear Care, which offers staffing if you also have private duty home care but is not user-friendly for geriatric care managers. If you are a geriatric or aging life care manager or a private duty home care agency doing geriatric care management- which GCM Software should you use and why. Find what you need in your client database and check out each product to see if it has what you want.

What Should a GCM DatabaseDo For You?

Here is a list of what a care management database should do for you

database makes information flow
Track all client information
Create and update a care plan
Create a client activity log
Tracks billable hours
Document client activities
Interface with a calendar for client and care manager appointments
Track client referrals
Track guardianship information
Track medications
Reconcile medications
Create a client face sheet with all demographics
Create a caring community
Turn phone calls in casenotes&billing
Upload documents and pictures
Do real-time updates
Be HIPPA compliant
Store historical client records
Create reports and export data
Create medication and text message reminders
Add custom patient field
digitalize patient paper records
go paperless
interface with care providers in the home via phone
Increase billing by making it easy to bill in the field
Patient portal
Have a calendar
What Care Management Data Base to use?

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Hear the Care Management CEO’s of GCM software tell you what are the features and benefits of their software
WHEN Wednesday, July 5, 2022WHAT TIME_2 PM-3:30 PM Pacific Standard TimeSIGN UP
Presented by Cathy Cress MSW – Handbook of Geriatric Care Management\\
We will Cover

What care management database should you use?

What you need in a website
- Why you need content marketing
- How to shoot videos for your agency
- interviews with CEO’s major care management software platforms
- What are easy-to-use social media sites
- How to shoot videos for your agency
- Critical software programs that make care management information flow
- What you need in a website
- Why you need content marketing
- with 1-1 interviews with CEOs of major care management software platform 1-1 interviews with CEOs of major care management software platforms
- interview with Natasha Beauchamp on content marketing forALCA members
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What care management database

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10 Reasons to Ditch Paper and Reap the Advantages of a Database

May 31, 2022

GCM ‘s Using Paper Bad Business Decision

What are the advantages of a database for care managers?Some care managers still function on paper instead of using a care management database. That is a bad business decision. A paper record is easily exposed, letting anyone see it, transcribe details, make a copy or even scan or fax the information to a third party. In contrast, electronic records 0r a database can be protected with robust encryption methods to keep crucial patient information secure from prying eyes. Keeping your patients’ records secure involves much more than controlling access to confidential information. You also need to make sure that the data will be available under worst-case scenarios.

The Advantages of a database- easy to give clients gold standard service to make more money.

The advantage of a database to care managers, is you retain clients by arming your care management staff with the most user-friendly fully loaded client database. This makes their gold standard concierge care so much easier to deliver. This gives your business a more profitable bottom line in running your business. So spending money on a client database makes you more money and saves you time while making that money.

What are the advantages of a database for care managers?

1. Using a database rather than paper will increase your revenue by 30%. You enter case notes and billing in real-time rather than hours later when you get back to the office when you forget the exact billing time.

2. Improves the quality of care… for your client by being able to quickly document and used the saved time for working with your client.

3. Speed and Efficiency. ..when a team member needs to share client information with other team members, it should be easy and a database makes this sharing fast

4. Improves communication… between you as a care manager and other healthcare professionals you work with within the community

5. Saves time and money… getting rid of the extra work and time of double-entry,

6. Legibility and Accuracy. .. enhancing the readability, availability, and easy accessibility of information

7. Comply with courts …if your notes are requested by the courts they are readable and organized as geriatric care managers work with many dysfunctional families where there is often fiscal or physical abuse ending in the courtroom

8. Protect the environment … by not generating tons of paper which is critical now with climate change

9. More Space… Computerizing a paper system can create additional space, as there is no longer a need to store a large volume of paper records or files. …

10. Reduces cost… by not paying for storage space to keep 7 years of client information in written form for IRS requirements

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Smart TECH Solutions to Wire Your Care Management Business for Profit

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Hear Care Management CEOs of GCM software tell you what are the features and benefits of their software