Hospital Home Health articles from January 2002

Hospital Home Health archives from January 2002

Private duty transport: know where your agency stands with insurance: should your agency provide patients with transportation?
January 1, 2002... One home care agency reports that its private duty agency transports patients on a variety of errands, from visits to the doctor's office to the grocery store and the barber. These trips might be made in the client's car or the home care...

CE questions.(continuing medical education questions)
January 1, 2002... 13. By having a patient sign a waiver to hold the agency harmless in the event of an accident, home care agencies can prevent liability issues involved with private duty transport. A. true B. false 14. Some suggestions for...

Seven steps for surviving a public health care crisis: proven techniques for dealing with disaster.
January 1, 2002... Keeping the public calm, disseminating information, and ensuring public safety are among the most important tasks to be undertaken in a crisis. But one expert says preparations often go undone until the crisis actually occurs. Peter Goelz,...

Useful tips to disinfect your laptop computer.
January 1, 2002... As home care agencies become more technologically advanced, laptops are increasingly becoming as commonplace as a nursing bag. While useful for tracking patient cases and completing OASIS records, there is the problem of keeping a laptop clean...

Set parameters for fraud and abuse investigation. (LegalEase: understanding laws, rules, regulations).
January 1, 2002... Allegations of fraud and abuse from patients and their families should be treated very seriously. Case managers who receive such complaints should bear in mind two primary goals: 1) Case managers must demonstrate adherence to their internal...

Get the facts on anthrax: a patient guide in Spanish.(?Qui Es El antrax? from Hospital Home Health)
January 1, 2002... The specter of anthrax still looms. Frightening for those who understand the reports and even more so for those patients who are not native-English speakers. To help ease your Spanish-speaking patients' fears, Hospital Home Health is furnishing...

Datos sobre el antrax y la viruela.(continuation of Hospital Home Health pamphlet "?Qui Es El antrax?")(anthrax information)
January 1, 2002... Datos sobre el antrax El antrax es una enfermedad infecciosa de caracter agudo causada por la bacteria esporulenta Bacillus anthracis. El antrax afecta generalmente a los mamiferos con pezunas pero tambien puede presentarse en el ser...

Datos sobre la viruela.(continuation of Hospital Home Health pamphlet "?Qui Es El antrax?")(anthrax information)
January 1, 2002... La viruela fue erradicada del mundo en 1977. La viruela es causada por el virus variola. El periodo de incubacidn es de alrededor de 12 dias (oscila entre 7 y 17 dias) luego de la exposicion. Los sintomas iniciales incluyen fiebre alta,...

Preguntas Frecuentes.(continuation of Hospital Home Health pamphlet "?Qui Es El antrax?")(anthrax information)
January 1, 2002... Q) ?Que debo saber sobre la viruela? Viruela. No se recomienda la vacunacion, y la vacuna no esta disponible para los proveedores de salud ni para el publico. Puesto que no hay un caso confirmado de viruela en todo el mundo, no hay...

Estrogen may prevent Parkinson's disease.
January 1, 2002... According to a recently released study conducted by the Mayo Clinic and published in the September issue of Movement Disorders, women who have undergone hysterectomies are three times more likely to develop Parkinson's disease than those who...

New funding in battle to fight Alzheimer's.(National Institute on Aging awards grant to the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study)
January 1, 2002... The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a $54 million grant to the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study, a national consortium of 83 medical research centers and clinics throughout the United States and Canada. The group,...

Telehomecare provides cost-effective treatment.
January 1, 2002... Substituting interactive video sessions for up to half of a home care nurse's patient visits with post-surgical or chronically ill patients can be a cost-effective means of providing care, according to the results of a Pennsylvania State...

No easing of inspections for nursing homes seen.
January 1, 2002... In spite of earlier reports from the White House, regulatory requirements that would reduce the frequency of nursing home inspections will not go into effect. President Bush rejected a proposal by Thomas Scully, head of the Centers for...

Alternating drug regimen may help HIV+ patients.
January 1, 2002... A new study from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) shows that for some HIV-positive people, a drug regimen of one week on, and one week off may prove beneficial. This approach is known as "structured intermittent...

Via Schroder, Sunrise expands assisted living to homes.(Sunrise Assisted Living Inc. expands joint venture with Schroder Ventures Life Sciences)
January 1, 2002... Sunrise Assisted Living of McLean, VA, has expanded its joint venture agreement with Schroder Ventures Life Sciences (SLVS), a health care-focused venture capital firm, for At Home Assisted Living by Sunrise. SVLS will provide Sunrise with $5...

Med Diversified acquires Tender Loving Care. (Companies in the News).(Tender Loving Health Care Services Inc.)
January 1, 2002... Med Diversified of Jacksonville, FL, a provider of home health care products and home health services, will acquire Tender Loving Care Health Care Services Inc. (TLCHCS) of Lake Success, NY, through a cash merger. Med Diversified will...

New York Health Care in biotech balance swap. (Companies in the News).(Bio Balance Corp. stock-for-stock exchange)
January 1, 2002... New York Health Care (NYHC), a home health care agency based in Brooklyn, NY, has acquired The Bio Balance Corp. in a stock-for-stock exchange. Bio Balance shareholders received 19.3 million shares of NYHC common stock after a 1-for-l.5 reverse...

Option care acquires portions of Healix Health. (Companies in the News).(Healix Health Services Inc.)
January 1, 2002... Option Care Inc. of Bannockburn, IL, has acquired certain assets of Healix Health Services Inc., a Texas-based provider of home infusion and respiratory therapy. Details of the agreement were not disclosed. "The Healix acquisition marks a...

Pediatric Services returns to listing on the Nasdaq. (Companies in the News).(Pediatric Services of America Inc.)
January 1, 2002... Pediatric Services of America Inc. of Norcross, GA, has been relisted on the Nasdaq National Market and its common stock began trading Sept. 5, 2001, under the symbol PSAI. "We believe that listing on the Nasdaq National Market will...

Tyco to seeks a buyout for device maker C.R. Bard. (Companies in the News).(Tyco International Ltd.)
January 1, 2002... Tyco International Ltd. (Hamilton, Bermuda) expects to buy out medical device maker C.R. Bard Inc. of Murray Hill, NJ, in 1Q02. The Tyco conglomerate's health care and specialty products unit generated $8.83 billion in revenue for the fiscal...

Kelly Services Inc. (Corporate Ladder).(Carl Camden promoted to company president)
January 1, 2002... Carl Camden, chief operating officer for Kelly Services Inc. of Troy, MI, has been promoted to company president. He will also serve on the board of directors of the staffing service until March. Camden joined the company in 1995 and has...

Option Care of Bannockburn. (Corporate Ladder).(appoints Leo Henikoff to board of directors)
January 1, 2002... Option Care of Bannockburn, IL, which provides pharmacy services to patients on behalf of third-party payers, has appointed Leo Henikoff, MD to its board of directors. Henikoff is currently the president and CEO of Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's...

Alterra Healthcare Corp. (Corporate Ladder).(appoints Patrick F. Kennedy named interim chief executive officer; Ulf M. Schneider appointed to management board of Fresenius Medical Care AG)
January 1, 2002... Patrick F. Kennedy has been named interim chief executive officer of Alterra Healthcare Corp. of Milwaukee), which operates freestanding Alzheimer's/memory care residences in 26 states. A senior executive and director of Holiday Retirement...

Third quarter and year-to-date results. (Assisted Living Update).(Alterra Healthcare Corp)(American Retirement Corp.)(ARV Assisted Living Inc.)(Capital Senior Living Corp.)(ElderTrust)(Greenbriar Corp.)(Manor Care Inc.)
January 1, 2002... Alterra Healthcare Corp. (ALI) of Milwaukee reports 3Q01 revenues of $126.1 million, a 3% increase over revenues in 3Q00. It reported a net loss of $42.8 million. During the quarter, the company operated 450 stabilized residences -- those...