Hospice Management Advisor articles from July 2007

Hospice Management Advisor archives from July 2007

Improve your hospice's end-of-life goals for care and planning.
July 1, 2007... Improve your hospice's end-of-life goals for care and planning Short play is major educational tool One of hospice staff's biggest challenges is helping patients and families set goals for end-of-life care. For some patients, the...

Improve staff turnover, LOS, and bottom line.(length of stay)
July 1, 2007... Improve staff turnover, LOS, and bottom line Turnover went from 30 to 10 percent Training hospice leaders to be effective managers may be one of the most effective ways to improve a hospice's staff turnover rate, as well as make a...

Program teaches zero tolerance for poor performers.
July 1, 2007... Program teaches zero tolerance for poor performers Teaches strategies for dealing with troublemakers Hospice leaders know very well who are their high, middle, and low performers, but they may not take the time to identify employees...

Addressing incontinence: Outcomes improve 24%.(Medical condition overview)
July 1, 2007... Addressing incontinence: Outcomes improve 24% Education, better assessments help agency, patients With "improvement in urinary incontinence" identified as one of the pay-for-performance measures for the upcoming Centers for Medicare &...

Hospice as continuation of care, not just end of the road.
July 1, 2007... Hospice as continuation of care, not just end of the road Open access could help patients avoid 'terrible choice' Hospice evolved from the need to provide medical and social support to terminally ill patients in the last weeks of their...