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Horizon Homecare is a Windows-based, single-database system that supports administrative/financial, regulatory, resource management and clinical functions for Home Health and Hospice. McKesson offers both installed and hosted implementations of the product.

McKesson Telehealth Advisor^™ collects patient health information via a bedside device and transmits it from the patient's home to a home care or hospice clinician. It returns customized disease management program information to the patient..

McKesson ECS staff developed Horizon Homecare and introduced it in 1999. It replaced a legacy DOS product that the company discontinued in anticipation of Y2k. Horizon Homecare supports patient intake, electronic billing, personnel scheduling, OASIS, office clinical and point-of-care documentation, telephony, decision support reporting, accounts receivable and Internet-based physician access.

McKesson Telehealth Advisor is made available through an agreement with Health Hero Network, a remote health monitoring and management developer. It supports two-way communication between patient home and clinician to deliver disease management and education content to the patient and vital signs to the home care agency or hospice..

Horizon Homecare was developed in Visual Basic and was designed to operate on up-to-date Windows-based Pentium-class servers. On the desktop, McKesson recommends Pentium-class processors and Windows 2000 or NT Workstation. For field access, McKesson recommends Pentium laptops/notebooks or pen-based systems running Windows 2000 or XP.

The company's Telehealth Advisor consists of two components. The in-home device, Health Buddy^®, runs on the Linux OS over a Samsung ARM 2410 processor. The in-office monitoring system operates on a Windows/Pentium-class PC and requires a high-speed Internet connection..

McKesson offers Horizon Homecare in a choice of delivery models. It is available in a traditional server-based installation, maintained by the agency. It is also available in a remotely hosted option, known as Horizon Homecare Connection, which is deployed over the Internet.

McKesson Telehealth Advisor is available in a server-based installation maintained and housed by the agency.

McKesson offers a formal implementation planning process to customize I&T to each customer. Training can be conducted in traditional classroom sessions in Springfield, at the customer site, via computer-based (CD) education or via the Web. McKesson’s Support Center Practices provides direct support by phone. Support technicians and product developers are available for consultation. Customers can also review the McKesson knowledge base and download software updates through the company Web site, Horizon Homecare InfoCenter.