Modules & Functionality
Key Objectives of the UniCare™ System
Patient Registration & Biometrics
- Detailed demographic data
- Electronic or physical folder
- Capture NOK details
- Unique Patient Identifier recorded
Admissions, Pre-Admissions, Transfers & Discharges
- Date and time of visit
- Locations during visit
- Financial status
- Verification of Medical Aid membership electronically
- Date and time and status of discharge
- ICD10 diagnostic coding
- Classification of patient category according to means test
- Printing of patient labels, admission forms, etc.
Master Patient Index
- Across all institutions
- Unique reference per institution
- Biometrics
- Recover latest demographics
- Link all data per patient
Patient Portals: Personal Medical Information, Medications, Dietary Management
- Dietician records special meals or supplements
- Print labels / Meal Tray Tickets
- Print meals summary
- Reduce wastage
Folder Tracking & Waiting Times
- Records time of arrival at service stations
- Records time of departure
- Displays status of queues – time and volume
- Allows proactive management of queues
- Provides current location of patient / folder
Electronic Patient & Medical Records
- Forms based
- Capture any clinical interaction /consult
- Vitals
- Order ancillary services
- Approve orders
- Capture Results
- Return to health care provider
- Most significant part of Electronic Health Record
HIV/AIDS Management
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Pharmacy Management
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Dispensing & Stock Control Function
- Order and receive stock
- Transfer between locations
- Bar coded
- Replacement of stock used
- Dispensing with labels / directions
- Reduce shrinkage
- Record patient treatment
Accurate Document Management
- Scan any document, and attach to patient folder
- Types of documents to be scanned is configurable
- How they are named is configurable
- Retrievable as part of electronic record
Clinic & Theatre Appointment Scheduling
- Multiple clinic
- Variable durations
- Scheduled and actual attendance
- Theatre schedules and resources
- Remote bookings / referrals
- Confirmations by phone, e-mail or SMS
Business Intelligence: Clinical Data, Orders & Results Reporting
- Graphical, flexible views of data
- Per institution, regional, provincial
- Operational and Financial Management
Lab & Radiology
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Accident & Emergency
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Billing & Electronic Claim Submissions (EDI)
- Per the Uniform Patient Fee Schedule
- All services and materials supplied
- Automatic discount per patient status
- Electronic claims to medical aids
- Debtors’ ledger (statements, receipts, etc.)
- SMS reminders
- Outstanding balances by patient or debtor online at admission to improve
- Revenue collection
- Payments receipted online at admission
- Receipt control and authorised reconciliation
- Itemised billing, Fixed Fees, UPFS & Special Billing all available concurrently
- Record all services rendered (costing & clinical data)
- Many charges generated automatically
- SMS feature available. Can be utilised for outstanding accounts or similar messaging
Purchase Administration
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Retail Interface & Other software
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Web Services
- Common approach to interfaces with other systems
- PHP, XML or HL7 standards
- Demographics out – reduces other system capture
- Services in – completes billing & electronic record
