Hospital Home Health Archives – December 1, 2002
December 1, 2002
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CMS removes vaccination roadblocks for flu and pneumonia, but will it help?
At the beginning of this years flu vaccination season, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) changed the rules for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. Prior to Oct. 2 of this year, each vaccination administered to a home health patient had to be accompanied by an order from the patients physician. -
Community vaccination: More than good health
Operating a community flu clinic is a good way to make sure your home health agencys name is associated with good will in the community, says Susan R. McCarter, RN, community educator for Diversified Home Health Services in Towson, MD. -
Vaccinations: One size does not fit all
Although many home health agencies address flu vaccinations, either formally or informally, more agencies neglect the pneumonia vaccine, says William Schaffner, MD, chairman of the department of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN. -
Time to give your OBQI reports more attention
ouve been evaluating your Outcome Based Quality Monitoring Reports, but why worry about Outcome Based Quality Improvement (OBQI) reports?Because state surveyors have access to the information, and they may be using it to prepare for their visits as early as January 2003, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) officials. -
Beyond baby boomers: Managing various ages
We all know that people of different ages react differently in the same situations, but when you have to take people of varying ages and create a positive work environment that results in high productivity and happy patients, you have to look at why each age group acts differently. -
Defining the generations leads to management clues
While its dangerous to place employees in categories and then expect them always to act the same as other employees within their group, it is necessary to look at generational differences to understand why different employees approach their jobs differently from others or have different motivators. -
LegalEase: Stay on top of wound care consultants, product reps
Agencies feel increasingly under the gun. Generally speaking, as is the case with many industries today, they perceive that they are under great pressure to be more cost-effective. -
Smallpox vaccinations imminent for hospitals
The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recently approved a plan that calls for smallpox immunization of 510,000 health care workers.