Hospital Home Health articles from November 2005

Hospital Home Health archives from November 2005

Make sure your disaster plans include the recovery phase.
November 1, 2005... Make sure your disaster plans include the recovery phase Address lack of staff, power, and other resources (Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series that looks at accreditation standards that pose compliance problems for...

2005 Salary Survey Report: Employees want honest and communicative leaders.
November 1, 2005... 2005 Salary Survey Report Employees want honest and communicative leaders Listen and respond to employee concerns Three of the top five issues identified by more than 102,000 health care employees surveyed by Press Ganey, a South...

2005 Salary Survey Report: Let employees know they're taken seriously.
November 1, 2005... 2005 Salary Survey Report Let employees know they're taken seriously Being above board pays dividends Sometimes you can't say yes to the solutions devised by employees, but you have to be ready to show that you listened and took...

Building hospice homes catches on nationwide.
November 1, 2005... Building hospice homes catches on nationwide Community involvement is crucial About one in five hospices in the United States operate an inpatient facility or residence, and the number of hospice homes is growing, hospice officials...

Adding hospice beds: Profiles of two efforts.
November 1, 2005... Adding hospice beds: Profiles of two efforts Here's a look at new hospice home projects Hospices from coast to coast are expanding or building new hospice homes as part of a trend of providing inpatient or residential care to...

Improve bedside manner with 'tuck-in' program.
November 1, 2005... Improve bedside manner with 'tuck-in' program Reduce off-hour calls, improve teamwork Sometimes a hospice's client satisfaction and staffing problems stem from repeated and often unnecessary off-hour calls by patients and families. ...

CE questions.
November 1, 2005... CE questions 5. What is one component of an emergency preparedness plan that many home health agencies neglect to include, according to Maryanne L. Popovich, RN, MPH, executive director of home care accreditation for the Joint Commission...