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With a recent study highlighting the lack of surge capacity in the nations emergency departments (EDs) and concerns about how health care facilities would respond in the event of pandemic flu, its imperative that hospitals find meaningful patient throughput solutions, says James Bryant, director of emergency and transport services at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC.
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Discovering what attracts and keeps qualified therapists at a home health agency is important for all agencies, and some are doing very well.
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Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC, have found that alternative medicine is just as popular in rural areas as in urban ones.
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Everyone knows the challenge of finding qualified home health nurses, and home health managers have found creative ways to find, train, and retain the good RNs that they do find.
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New technologies for wound care in the home decrease the amount of time needed for treatment and improve patient outcomes, while helping home health agencies manage costs more effectively.
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New research shows that a three-session educational intervention with caregivers of cancer patients in hospice can significantly improve the caregivers' quality of life and reduce burdens related to the patients' symptoms and duties.
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Researchers created a simple, three-visit intervention to assist caregivers of cancer patients in hospice because of advanced cancer. Part of the intervention includes a manual from the American College of Physicians called the "Home Care Guide for Advanced Cancer."
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Medicare recipients who have a complaint about their quality of care have a means of reporting their complaints ...
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Many providers and case managers remain concerned about low rates paid for services by managed care organizations (MCOs) and the effect of these rates on the quality of care rendered by providers.
