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Delivering the right care at the right time in patients’ homes.
eCommunity is a workforce planning tool for community healthcare providers. Care delivery in community settings is rising and will increase further over coming years. Our community scheduling software cuts through the admin and complexity of this workforce challenge and helps you plan staff and skills around patients’ needs in their own homes.
Community Care. Optimised.
Make the most of your resources, increasing productivity, efficiency and saving money.
Care for your Community.
Improve both the quality of care delivered to patients and their overall experience of community care.
Happier Staff. Better Care.
Look after your staff and improve their wellbeing, productivity and the level of care they provide.
Interoperable. Accessible.
eCommunity is fully interoperable and has open APIs, ensuring quick and painless integration.
The system is very responsive and means that planned patient visits can be changed live to fit around the patient.
Sita Chitambo
Head of Nursing, Whittington Health NHS Trust
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FAQ:
How does eCommunity help with workforce planning?
eCommunity can help with predicting skills gaps and changes in service demands. It can also identify pressure points in service delivery and areas with an under-utilised workforce making sure staff are evenly distributed and have the right skillset. Get a free eCommunity baseline assessment to get a full analysis report on your current community rostering and where you can make savings and reduce costs.
How does eCommunity save time and reduce costs?
eCommunity significantly reduces administrative time with our auto-allocate feature which matches the right staff to patient care needs and even plans in the most efficient travel time/route between patients, taking into account the preferred method of transport by the care giver.
Can eCommunity be linked to HealthRoster?
Yes. eCommunity is the only community scheduling tool that’s been designed specifically for community healthcare while providing a seamless extension of Allocate’s HealthRoster Optima package.
How does eCommunity help increase staff engagement and wellbeing?
eCommunity’s ‘auto-allocate’ feature ensures staff schedules are distributed fairly and that the schedules are achievable. This reduces staff stress and the need for staff to work unpaid hours to complete their daily plans, as well as increasing staff engagement, productivity and retention. eCommunity also provides care coordinators with a live overview, updated by clinicians as they arrive and leave their visits, helping you to monitor your staff on their daily schedule.
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DOWNLOADeCommunity helps you ensure you are making the most of your resources and enables you to deliver high quality care to patients and improve your staff wellbeing. Read our brochure to find out more.
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DOWNLOADeCommunity is a workforce planning tool for community health and care providers. It cuts through the admin and complexity to help ensure staff are deployed in the most efficient and effective manner so that the right people with the right skills are delivering the right care at the right time in patients homes.
Case study
DOWNLOADWhittington Health NHS Trust had been looking to improve the efficiency of their district nursing service, to increase productivity, deliver better care and reduce staff spending.
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