Technology

Homecare professionals love Allscripts Homecare. That's because the screens, functions, and capabilities were designed for home care professionals by home care professionals.

IT professionals love Allscripts Homecare because the system features robust, scalable operations with high reliability and industry-leading performance.

Scalable three-tier architecture

The Allscripts Homecare system incorporates a three-tier architecture that distributes processing between clients, servers, and a central database. This three-tier architecture can scale to any size enterprise, from a small 5-user agency to a multi-location business with hundreds of users.

Familiar Windows interface

A familiar Windows-style graphical interface makes Allscripts Homecare intuitive and easy to use. Each document appears in a separate window with its own menu, tool bars, side bars, and functionality. Point-and-click, drag-and-drop operation enables users to perform tasks quickly and with minimal keystrokes.

SQL Server

We chose Microsoft SQL as our database management system for its superb performance, scalability, low cost of ownership, and easy access to data. Relatively simple to manage in a Windows environment, the use of SQL Server eliminates the need to hire a database administrator for your Allscripts Homecare system. Automatic database backups help ensure data safety and integrity.

Server Monitor puts you in control

IT professionals can use the convenient Server Monitor to administer Allscripts Homecare. The system administrator can change settings, fields, screens, and color as desired. All business and clinical functions can be managed from any desktop in the network.

Field synchronization

The system supports most common Windows-based laptops. Field devices can be remotely synchronized with the home office system.

Synchronization uploads all field data to the home office database and automatically updates the data in field devices, based on any changes made to the central files since the last synchronization.

Synchronization should be done daily. A sleep mode allows unattended updating of field devices after business hours, usually after midnight.

Remote users can communicate with the main office system via any TCP/IP connection, including dial-up connections with ordinary modems. When you work at home, your field device can be operated, in a host mode, connected to the main system. When in the field, disconnected from the network, you operate in field mode for point-of-care use.

State-of-the-art security

Our state-of-the-art blowfish encryption uses the same 128-bit data keys for security as the CIA, FBI, and other U.S. government agencies — making your data virtually hacker-proof. All data — from field to home office, from clients to servers — is fully encrypted to maximize patient privacy.

Access to data, functions, screens, and records is password-protected and set by the system administrator. You decide which users have full access, read-only, or no access to each individual function in Allscripts Homecare, including entry windows, reports, and processing.