Hospital Home Health articles from July 2006

Hospital Home Health archives from July 2006

Verify medication lists to improve outcomes.
July 1, 2006... Verify medication lists to improve outcomes Oral medication management real challenge (Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series identifying the obstacles home health staff members face when helping patients manage their...

How safe are your patients who use oxygen? NPSGs focus on risk of fire.
July 1, 2006... How safe are your patients who use oxygen? NPSGs focus on risk of fire Improving oxygen risk assessment included in 2007 goals Changes and additions to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations' National Patient...

Home health branches into outpatient services.
July 1, 2006... Home health branches into outpatient services HHA nurse-staffed clinic extends care to patients (Editor's note: This is the second of a two-part series that looks at how disease management programs within home health agencies can...

LegalEase: High profit margins may be evidence of fraud.
July 1, 2006... High profit margins may be evidence of fraud By Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq., Burtonsville, MD In United States of America v. Hussein Amr, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit concluded that extremely high profit margins may be...

Cancer patients find symptom relief in art.
July 1, 2006... Cancer patients find symptom relief in art Anxiety, fatigue showed greatest improvement New research shows that cancer patients who engage in one hour of art therapy show immediate improvement in eight of nine symptoms, with the...

Model of care improves outcomes, ADLs for elderly.
July 1, 2006... Model of care improves outcomes, ADLs for elderly Results: Lower costs, shorter LOS, more discharges When older, frail patients are hospitalized at Akron City Hospital in Akron, OH, they're likely to be placed on a home-like unit with...

News Brief.(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Home care, assisted living upstage the nursing home A trend seems to be growing. More seniors are leaving nursing homes in favor of other types of care, including home care and assisted living facilities. New York, like many other...

CE Objectives/Questions.(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... CE Objectives After reading each issue of Hospital Home Health, the reader will be able to do the following: 1. Identify particular clinical, ethical, legal, or social issues pertinent to home health care. 2. Describe how those...