Hospice Management Advisor Archives – April 1, 2006
April 1, 2006
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Coping skills intervention improves quality of life and reduces stress of caregivers
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 burden related to the patients' symptoms and duties. -
Decrease hospice denial rates through documentation education
A Pennsylvania hospice reduced its denial rate by more than 80 percent after instituting a formal educational program that taught staff how to properly document patients' need for hospice care. -
Caregiver Manual Offers Tips on Caring for Cancer Patients
Researchers created a simple, three-visit intervention to assist caregivers of cancer patients who are in hospice because of advanced cancer. -
Hospice partners with university to provide education for nurses
When the West Virginia School of Nursing needed a new instructor for its parish nursing Internet class, the woman who had been teaching the course approached two officials with Hospice Care Corp. of Arthurdale, WV. -
Cut hospitalization rates with 24-hour availability, visits at start of care
As performance improvement programs and the ability to track data and trends from OBQI reports have become more sophisticated, home health agencies report improvements in all categories, except hospital readmission rates. -
JCAHO Alert Addresses Medication Errors
More than 10% of all sentinel events reported to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations relate to medication error. -
Preceptors can improve retention of new nurses
A new job can be overwhelming no matter what industry you may choose, but when the new job is in home care, saying that the job is overwhelming may be an understatement.