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The devastation that Florida has experienced this hurricane season is unlike any the state has seen before. This month, Hospital Home Health relays the experience and lessons learned from one agency caught in the middle of Ivan, one of the more powerful storms. In future issues, stories of other agencies and additional suggestions for home health managers emergency plans will be shared.
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The good news for respondents to the 2004 Hospital Home Health Salary Survey is that 85% of survey respondents saw their salary increase between 1% and 6% in 2004.
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Experts predict a larger role for telehealth in the health care industry as model programs demonstrate high patient/caregiver satisfaction and improved staff efficiency and quality of care.
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Although the safety of employees and patients as well as the resumption of care to patients is a priority for a home health agency following an emergency, dont forget to address financial and regulatory issues that affect your agencys operation.
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The most critical issue before, during, and after any emergency is communications, say the Florida home health managers who have faced multiple hurricanes during the 2004 hurricane season.
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Judge approves physician- Aetna settlement; Some British med students justify sex with patients; Prosecution urged for flu vaccine price gouging; Health disparities persist between Hispanics, whites.
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Children who know they will die soon face many common fears, including loss of control, pain, and causing sadness to their families. Swedish researchers have found that parents who talked openly with their dying children about these and other related issues did not regret it, while parents who avoided the painful discussions now wish they hadnt.
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Despite having been written 157 years ago, the American Medical Associations (AMAs) Code of Medical Ethics still is a critical tool for solving day-to-day ethical dilemmas, according to experts who recently evaluated the guide.
