Hospital Home Health articles from October 2006

Hospital Home Health archives from October 2006

Get more bang for your buck by adopting technological advances.(maeketing of health care services using the internet)
October 1, 2006... Get more bang for your buck by adopting technological advances Web pages, e-learning, telehealth offer new ways to improve bottom line Home health agencies still provide personalized care for patients in their homes, just as they...

Show payers the value of telemedicine services.
October 1, 2006... Show payers the value of telemedicine services Offer free 'trials' to establish credibility Three years ago, Visiting Nurse Services of the Northwest in Mountlake Terrace, WA, began offering telemedicine services to a wide range of...

E-learning makes it easy to meet requirements.
October 1, 2006... E-learning makes it easy to meet requirements Tests ensure documentation of competency No one enjoys watching a video of a talking head and, even if you know the course is required, it is hard to learn the material when you are...

Legal Ease: Help patients, caregivers achieve compliance.
October 1, 2006... Help patients, caregivers achieve compliance By Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq., Burtonsville, MD Compliance by patients and/or primary caregivers with patients' plans of care is another of the "never-ending stories" for home health agencies....

Improving palliative care for dementia patients.
October 1, 2006... Improving palliative care for dementia patients Dementia population expected to triple by 2040 The number of Americans with dementia is expected to double or triple in the next half century as the U.S. population ages. While 6% to 8%...

States to get report cards on chronic pain policies.
October 1, 2006... States to get report cards on chronic pain policies States will be granted "report cards" on their policies on pain management in an attempt to show how well — or inadequately — U.S. medicine helps cancer patients deal with...

SBAR checklist outlines what to say at handoff.(Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation)
October 1, 2006... SBAR checklist outlines what to say at handoff This is the basic framework of the SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation) checklist developed by Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, CA, to improve patient safety when handing...

Seems simple, but culture change can be difficult.(Implmentation of SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation) technique in health care)
October 1, 2006... Seems simple, but culture change can be difficult While the SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation) technique is a fairly straightforward concept, implementing the methodology can be more difficult than you might...

Oxygen study shows true cost of equipment.(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Oxygen study shows true cost of equipment Nearly three-quarters (72%) of the cost of providing home oxygen therapy to Medicare patients in their homes represent services, delivery, and other operational expenses that benefit patients,...

CNE Objectives/Questions.
October 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...