Hospital Home Health articles from November 2006

Hospital Home Health archives from November 2006

Solution to financial challenges requires attack on different fronts.
November 1, 2006... Solution to financial challenges requires attack on different fronts Retention, information systems, and productivity all related (Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series that will look at the financial challenges to home...

2006 Salary Survey Report: Avoid hiring woes: Keep your good employees.(Survey)
November 1, 2006... Avoid hiring woes: Keep your good employees Provide educational opportunities, safe environment The best offense is a good defense. The phrase is used often by athletic coaches, but the same concept applies to recruitment and retention...

LegalEase: New requirements for fraud, abuse compliance.
November 1, 2006... New requirements for fraud, abuse compliance Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq., Burtonsville, MD The Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) was signed into law by President Bush on Feb. 8, 2006. The DRA contains new requirements intended to reduce...

Initiatives aim to enhance patient communications.
November 1, 2006... Initiatives aim to enhance patient communications AMA, NIH announce programs A report offering guidelines to help health care organizations ensure effective, patient-centered communications with patients of diverse backgrounds has been...

Speaking their language: Crossing cultural barriers.
November 1, 2006... Speaking their language: Crossing cultural barriers Be familiar with practices of populations you serve Navigating the health care system often is bewildering for people who were born in the United States and speak English; it may be...

Learn cultural practices of the population you serve.
November 1, 2006... Learn cultural practices of the population you serve Language barriers, beliefs can be barriers to care When Jane Cavanaugh, RN, CCM, CPHQ, nurse case manager for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, began managing the care of a...

News Brief.(look-alike sound-alike drug list revision)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Joint Commission revises look-alike/sound-alike list For the first time in several years, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations has revised the look-alike/sound-alike drug list. In addition to identifying...

CNE Objectives/Questions.
November 1, 2006... 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...