The AlayaCare mobile application allows caregivers in the field to access their schedule, respond to visit offers, clock in and out visits, and review and update clinical records for clients, all from a mobile device.
The following AlayaCare features are available on the mobile app:
- Employee schedule
- Clock-in/clock-out
- Client overview: risks, attachments, care provider notes, medical history, document approval
- Care plan
- Progress notes
- Service tasks
- Forms (reports)
- Medications
- Vitals
- Wound care
- Infusions
- Facility visits
- Tasks
- Caseload
- Offline Mode
- Offers and referrals
- Change password
The mobile app is available for both Android and iOS devices. Please note that there are slight differences in design and available functionality between the Android and iOS apps. For more information, please see What is available on the mobile app for iOS vs. Android?
Administrators of the web portal can use Mobile Settings in Settings>System Settings to configure certain features on the mobile app, and control employee access to information using ACLs in Settings>Roles and Permissions.
What features of the web app are not available on the mobile app?
The mobile app is specifically designed for care providers rather than schedulers, coordinators, administrators, or accounting staff. As a result, the back-office functionality of the web app is not available in the mobile app. The following modules are only available in the web app:
- Accounting (billing and invoices, payroll, accounting exports, etc.)
- General settings (system settings, roles and permissions, form context, form settings, etc.)
- Workforce management (visit approval, vacant visits list, late and missed visits list, etc.)
- All-client and all-employee schedules
- Data Exploration (and other reporting tools such as form metrics)
- Detailed employee profiles (demographics, attachments, custom pay rates, skills and qualifications, etc. )
- Dashboard KPIs
Note that care providers can only view their own schedules and assigned tasks from the mobile app. There is no way to see all scheduled visits for the branch or agency or view all assigned tasks or submitted forms across a branch or agency.
Employee schedule
Upon logging in, the app will default to the employee's current schedule for the day. Tap a visit to view more details about the client (or facility) and the upcoming visit.
Click the three dots on a visit to perform actions on the visit. You can cancel, edit, delete, or un-assign yourself from a visit. You can also put a visit on hold.
Scheduled unavailabilities or pending offers for the employee will also appear in the schedule.
Learn more
- How do I view my schedule for the day?
- How do I add a visit from the mobile app?
- How do I delete a visit on mobile?
- How do I un-assign a visit on mobile?
- How do I cancel a visit on mobile?
- How do I put a visit on hold from the mobile app?
- How do I edit the date and time of my visit on mobile?
Clock-in/clock-out
Tapping a visit to open from the employee schedule will allow you to see more information about the service and client/facility.
At the top of the screen, you will see the buttons to clock in and clock out of the visit. If you can clock in to the visit, the clock-in button will be green. Once you clock in, the clock-in button will be greyed out, and the clock-out button will be red. The employee will tap the red clock-out button to clock out at the end of the visit.
You can also clock in to a client in your caseload.
Important note: AlayaCare only captures the GPS coordinates of an employee's location via the mobile app when the employee clocks in or clocks out of a visit. AlayaCare does not track the location of employees using the app at any other time.
Learn more
- How do I view more information about my visit and client?
- How do I clock in to my visit?
- How do I clock out of a visit?
- How do I clock in to multiple visits or services at the same time?
- How do I clock in to a client in my caseload?
Client overview: review risks, attachments, care provider notes, and medical history
After opening a client visit, tap the Overview tab to review the client's risks, attachments, care provider notes, and medical history on file with the organization. Tap to view more information.
If your organization is required to submit 485s, PDF versions of these submitted forms will be found under Document Approval.
Care plan
You can view details about the client's current care plan under the Care Plan tab. The information and layout of the Care Plan tab will depend on whether your organization is using Care Plan 2.0 or Care Plan 1.0.
Care Plan 1.0: Care Plan 2.0:
Note that with Care Plan 2.0, required interventions and goals from the client's care plan will appear as service tasks for the employee to complete under the Service Tasks tab.
Learn more
- Care Plan 2.0: How do I review my client's care plan on mobile?
- Care Plan 1.0: How do I view my client's care plan?
Progress notes
Care providers can use the Progress Notes tab to provide clinical updates on the client and review past notes written by caregivers.
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Service tasks
The Service Tasks tab contains items that the care provider must complete before clocking out of a visit.
For organizations using Care Plan 2.0, service tasks will consist of interventions, goals, and forms. In order to clock out, care providers must complete each required intervention or goal or enter a comment as to why they could not be completed for the visit. The forms section will contain any forms attached to the service or visit that the care provider should fill out and submit.
For organizations using Care Plan 1.0, service tasks will be divided into the daily activities that the care provider must complete (or provide a comment as to why they were not be completed) and the forms attached to the visit or service that they must fill out and submit.
Learn more
- How do I complete my service tasks (forms, interventions, and goals) on mobile?
- How do I complete daily activities during my visit?
Forms (reports)
Care providers can complete forms from a few different places in the mobile app, including assigned tasks, service tasks, and the Form History tab. Form History (the Reports tab in Forms 1.0) will also show a list of all recently submitted forms for the client or facility.
The back office can also create "sticky" forms that appear as separate tabs, which makes it easier for care providers to find forms that they need to complete.
Learn more
- How do I fill out a form on mobile? (Forms 2.0)
- How do I review previously submitted reports on mobile? (Forms 1.0)
Medications
Care providers can use the Medication tab to record administrations of a client's active medications and add new active medications to the list.
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Vitals
The Vitals tab allows care providers to review past vital signs for a client and record new readings.
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Wound care
The Wound Care tab allows care providers to add and edit new wounds for clients and record new wound treatments. This feature is currently only available on Android.
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Infusions
Care providers can add new infusion sites and record infusion maintenance from the Infusions tab. This feature is currently available on Android.
Facility visits
Employees can also clock into facility as well as client visits from the mobile app. They can also access a list of clients at a facility and clock in to visits with individual clients at the facility.
Learn more
- How do I view my facility visit?
- How do I clock in to a facility visit?
- How do I view a list of clients assigned to a facility visit?
- How do I clock in to a client visit at a facility?
Tasks
Care providers can complete tasks assigned to them by the back-office staff by going to Tasks tab under the menu. Tasks can either be general or client specific. Client-specific tasks may have a form attached for the employee to complete.
Care providers can also create tasks for themselves from the mobile app.
On Android, client-specific tasks will also appear under Service Tasks.
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Caseload
The Caseload option under the menu allows care providers to find information about all the clients they care for. From their caseload, they can select a client and service to clock in to.
If the employee has the View full caseload ACL, they can also select View All Clients to view a complete client list.
Offline mode
Offline mode allows care providers to use the mobile app to complete visits even when they do not have access to internet. It must be enabled and configured at the system level for your organization before field staff can use it.
To enable offline mode on mobile, go to the menu and select Settings>Offline Settings.
Learn more
- How do I enable/configure Offline Mode at the system level?
- How do I complete a visit while in Offline Mode?
- How do I use the mobile app when I am offline (Offline Mode)?
- What is available in Offline Mode on mobile?
Offers and referrals
Care providers can respond to visit offers sent by the agency from the mobile app. An orange alert will appear on the menu when a new offer is available.
Navigate to the Offers tab under the menu to view the offer and accept or reject.
If your organization is using referrals, care providers will also be able to review referral details from the mobile app.
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Change password
Care providers can change their own passwords from the mobile app by going to the menu and selecting Settings>Change Password. Note that employees must be in a role with the Change Employee Password ACL in order to access this option.
You can also require employees to reset their password periodically using the Password Expiry Interval setting in Settings>System Settings on the web app.