What you are looking at
The accountability record for the controlled drugs on that visit. It sits beside the chart. It does not replace it.
Hospice · phone app
The record for controlled drugs at the visit.
MedsVouch is a phone app for hospice nurses. They record the count, a variance, and a witnessed disposal. It works when the visit has no signal. It is not an electronic medical record.
Count
What is on hand, written at the visit.
Variance
The difference, when the count does not match.
Witness
A disposal is recorded with a witness there.
At the visit
The record is taken where the drugs are, not later from memory.
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The nurse opens MedsVouch on the phone.
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They record the count of controlled drugs on hand.
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If the count does not match, they record the variance.
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If a controlled drug is disposed of, they record that a witness was there.
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The record is written even when the phone has no signal.
For a director of nursing
A short way to talk about it, without opening the chart.
The record is written at the visit even with no signal, and it is not the chart.
What to ask
Was the count written at the visit? If it did not match, was the variance recorded? If a drug was disposed of, was a witness recorded?
What stays out
Diagnosis, care plan, and the rest of the medical record stay in the hospice’s own record. MedsVouch does not hold them.
What this is not
MedsVouch is not the chart, and this website holds no patient information.
Not the medical record
It does not hold a diagnosis, a care plan, or the patient’s chart.
Not the electronic medical record
The hospice keeps its own record. MedsVouch does not take its place.
Only this visit’s drugs
It is the accountability record for the controlled drugs on that visit.
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