Hospital Home Health articles from July 2007

Hospital Home Health archives from July 2007

It's a good idea, but will it work? How to evaluate a new service.
July 1, 2007... It's a good idea, but will it work? How to evaluate a new service Look closely at market, staff, and management to predict success As home health agencies prepare for success within a pay-for-performance environment, ideas for new...

NPs bridge gap between discharge and first visit.(nurse practitioners)
July 1, 2007... NPs bridge gap between discharge and first visit Transition and palliative care benefit from experience (Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series that describe how two different agencies use nurse practitioners in their...

Get creative in dealing with long-stay patients.
July 1, 2007... Get creative in dealing with long-stay patients Tertiary care hospital frees beds for other acute cases Through the efforts on an interdisciplinary team, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics has been able to shrink the...

Home visits help members avoid preterm births.
July 1, 2007... Home visits help members avoid preterm births Program saves $2.80 for every $1 spent A combination of telephonic case management and home visits has helped Optima Health decrease preterm births and low-birth-weight infants. Optima...

CM program keeps preterm delivery rate low.
July 1, 2007... CM program keeps preterm delivery rate low Doulas pitch in when moms-to-be need extra help A program that targets women at risk for premature deliveries for case management has paid off for ConnectiCare, a regional HMO based in...

News Briefs.
July 1, 2007... CMS awards grants for nursing home alternatives Thirteen states and the District of Columbia will get more than $547 million in grants over five years to build Medicaid long-term care programs that will help keep people at home and out of...

CNE Objectives/Questions.
July 1, 2007... CNE 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...