Hospice Management Advisor articles from March 2003

Hospice Management Advisor archives from March 2003

Implement a policy for discharging violent patients, but be careful: proposed rule changes give more latitude for involuntary discharge.
March 1, 2003... If you ask a group of home health care workers and volunteers if they've ever felt threatened or uncomfortable when paying a visit to a client's home, it's likely that each would have a story to tell. In the days following the 1992 Los...

Protecting community workers against violence: OSHA gives procedures to follow.(US Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
March 1, 2003... For many occupations, workplace violence represents a serious occupational risk. Acts such as physical assault or the threat of physical assault are considered workplace violence. Homicide is the second-leading cause of all job-related deaths...

Government resources.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Here are some resources hospice leaders may want to consult in developing policies relating to involuntary discharge of patients: * Occupational Safety and Health Administration--OSHA provides guidelines on preventing workplace violence...

CA taking steps to improve access, care; law change shows concern for end-of-life care.
March 1, 2003... Like most states, California does not stand out as a champion of end-of-life care. Public policy, health care traditions, and social attitudes have prevented the state's terminally ill patients from gaining access to palliative care and...

Intensive care is next frontier for hospices: more than 500,000 people die each year in ICUs. (Hospice Trends).
March 1, 2003... For many hospice professionals, dying in an intensive care unit (ICU) may seem like the antithesis of the gentle, peaceful death experience they try to facilitate every day for terminally ill patients and their families. Other than a vague...

Defining the family at the end of life. (Guest Column).
March 1, 2003... Unlike other specialties in health care, family members as well as the patient are considered clients for the hospice team. Therefore, the specialized services available from hospice clinicians and volunteers are intended to address the...

Get pre-authorizations from managed care organizations. (Guest Column).
March 1, 2003... Home care providers still struggle to obtain authorizations from managed care organizations (MCOs) for medically necessary and appropriate care. MCOs may bear the risk of any legal liability associated with failure to provide medically...