Hospital Home Health Archives – November 1, 2005
November 1, 2005
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Make sure your disaster plans include the recovery phase
Emergency preparedness is on the minds of home health managers, as they look at the devastation and extensive recovery efforts following hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Additionally, it is the No. 1 standards compliance issues for agencies accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. -
2005 Salary Survey Report: Employees want honest and communicative leaders
Three of the top five issues identified by more than 102,000 health care employees surveyed by Press Ganey, a South Bend, IN-based satisfaction survey company, related to the effectiveness of communication between employees and senior leadership. -
2005 Salary Survey Report: Let employees know they're taken seriously
Sometimes you can't say yes to the solutions devised by employees, but you have to be ready to show that you listened and took the suggestions seriously, says Theresa Uhl, RN, BSN, interim director of Southern Home Care in Jeffersonville, IN. -
Building hospice homes catches on nationwide
About one in five hospices in the United States operate an inpatient facility or residence, and the number of hospice homes is growing, hospice officials say. -
Adding hospice beds: Profiles of two efforts
Hospices from coast to coast are expanding or building new hospice homes as part of a trend of providing inpatient or residential care to end-of-life patients. -
Improve bedside manner with 'tuck-in' program
Sometimes a hospice's client satisfaction and staffing problems stem from repeated and often unnecessary off-hour calls by patients and families.