Klarus Home Care & Medstar Fort Worth, Texas
* About Klarus Home Care * Owned by two Nurses * Multiple Branches – Texas & New Mexico * Specialty Services * Heart Failure & COPD Program * Wound Care with CWOCN nurses * Geriatric Care Management * Psychiatric Nursing * General Medical Surgical Patients
* Exclusive Contract with Medstar * Klarus Patients in Service Area loaded in CAD * HIPAA Agreement and Medical Record Access * Advanced Paramedic Patient Visits * In Home Visits by Advanced Paramedic * A. Klarus Patient Calls 911 * B. Klarus RN request on site visit
* Reduce ER visits from 911 calls * Increase Staffing Depth * Data to Support Agency reduced Hospitalization * Patients treated at home more effectively * Reduce Patient Cost from Hospitalization * Business Development * 1. Hospitals, Rehab & Dr. Offices utilize Klarus * 2. Medstar identifies appropriate home care patients
* Partnership Began February 2014 * Cross Training Ride Outs * Physician approved protocols * Communication & Documentation * Data Collection & Monitoring
J. Daniel Bruce, LCSW, CCM, GCM Administrator, Klarus Home Care