A patient administration system built around the episode
HealthOS runs a patient’s administrative journey on one record: the referral, pre-admission, the checks with Medicare, DVA and the HI Service, admission, discharge, clinical coding and the claim. Where you already run a patient administration system (PAS), HealthOS can sit over it instead and show admissions, beds and census read-only.
One person record, with the IHI from the HI Service and Medicare and DVA details checked before admission.
The admission opens an episode on the record the patient already has.
The coder works from what the patient arrived with and what the stay added.
Medicare, DVA and health fund claims built from the episode that was recorded.
From the referral to the claim, on one record
Every referral in one queue, every patient on one record
Requests for admission from surgeons’ rooms, GP referrals, emails and faxes land in one inbox. Accepting one matches the patient to the record they already have, or registers them once, and their identity and entitlements are checked before anyone rings them.
- A request for admission link for each surgeon’s rooms
- The IHI verified through the HI Service
- Medicare and DVA details checked from the record
- Searchable by MRN, including a patient’s legacy MRNs
Pre-admission done from home
The patient opens one emailed link, with no password and no app, and completes their health questionnaire and financial consent on a phone. The hospital checks their health fund and sends the estimate they consent to.
The stay on one episode
Theatre lists are built from the people waiting for surgery, with each surgeon’s preferences ready. On the day, the checklist, counts, anaesthetic and recovery are recorded on the episode, observation orders become a schedule, and the discharge summary is assembled from the whole stay.
Coded and claimed from what was recorded
The coder sees the stay in two parts: what the patient arrived with and what the episode added. HealthOS groups to AR-DRG Version 11.0 under IHACPA’s Certificate of Acceptance, and the claim is built from the episode and sent in batches you can follow.
- Medicare, DVA and health fund claiming through Eclipse
- Coding with Code Navigator, and Code Captain’s first draft
Keep it, and see across it
HealthOS does not have to replace the PAS you run. Care Admin reads admissions, discharges, transfers, bed status and census from your existing systems without writing back, over HL7 v2, FHIR, or the bulk-integration engine for systems that speak neither.
Before you ask
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Is HealthOS a PAS or an EMR? | Both, on one record. The administrative journey (registration, admission, discharge, coding and claiming) and the clinical record share the patient’s episode, so nothing is typed twice. See the electronic medical record. |
| Does it replace our current PAS? | It can, or it can sit over the PAS you run and show its data read-only, so you choose how far to go and when. |
| Which government connections are built in? | The HI Service for the IHI, Medicare, DVA and health fund claiming through Eclipse, and PRODA. A connection to My Health Record is in development. |
| Is it only for hospitals? | No. Specialist rooms, residential aged care and home care run on the same record, each with the administration its funding needs. |
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