Hospital Home Health articles from May 2002

Hospital Home Health archives from May 2002

Touch, music, and imagery can relieve stress, anxiety, and pain, report says: complementary therapy moves into home health.
May 1, 2002... Home health is an area that can benefit from a variety of complementary and alternative medicine techniques. That's one of the conclusions reached by a report issued in March 2002 by the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative...

CE questions.(continuing medical education questions)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Save your monthly issues with the CE questions in order to take the two semester tests in the March and September issues. A Scantron sheet will be inserted in those issues, but the questions will not be repeated. 5. What is one of the...

Avoid anxiety: start early for accreditation survey: use preparation as self-evaluation.
May 1, 2002... Survey. Audit. Review. It doesn't matter which word is used -- any time someone from another organization comes to your agency to evaluate how you do your job, it is nerve-wracking. The best defense against accreditation survey jitters is...

Help is on the way for JCAHO accreditation.(Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)
May 1, 2002... The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) in Oakbrook Terrace, IL, will produce a new accreditation manual for 2003 with the manual available for review in fall 2002, says Diane H. Flynn, BSN, MBA, a St....

Set up rehab contracts to avoid headaches: define responsibilities, fees, and timelines.
May 1, 2002... (Editors note: In this first part of a two-part series, we discuss issues related to rehab therapy within the home environment and in outpatient settings. In next month's issue, we'll give you specific tips on how to negotiate contracts with...

Standardization cuts costs of wound care program: standing orders, quicker debridement effective.
May 1, 2002... Standardization of care, products, and staff education resulted in an 56% decrease in the number of wound-care visits from the first quarter to the fourth quarter for Centura Home Care & Hospice in Denver. The decrease in the number of...

State Medicaid programs target home care. (Legalease: understanding laws, rules, regulations).
May 1, 2002... State Medicaid Programs have increasing concerns about the fiscal burden of caring for elderly and chronically ill patients. These concerns were certainly enhanced by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA). The New York Times reported Feb. 2,...