For further information, please contact Vivian Gettys at 792-7688. Recent federal legislation requires that hospitals not limit post-hospital referrals to home health agencies and other entities. Patients must be notified of home health agencies available in their area that wish to be listed as available for services. HARP is a computer program available on all patient units in the Medical Center. HARP will provide a list of agencies in the county.
Staff can take the list to the patient to select an agency for service.
Staff enter the home care referral into HARP indicating the agency the patient selects. If the patient has no preference, staff should select None under Choice Maker in HARP and the referral defaults to the MUSC preferred provider. HARP will automatically page a Home Care Coordinator and the referral will be made in keeping with federal guidelines. This will aid in limiting traffic through the newborn nursery area. Dave Northrup, director, Healthcare Computing Services, advised the group that on December 19 CCIT will retire the web browser access to Oacis called Passport.