Hospital Home Health Archives – January 1, 2008
January 1, 2008
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Emergency plans, teletriage decrease patient visits to emergency department
It's the middle of the night and the patient you admitted last week is having difficulty breathing. Because the nurse has only seen the patient once, and because of the time of day, and because both the patient and the caregiver are not sure what to do, they go to the emergency room. -
Boost all outcomes by improving diabetes care
Over 20 million people in the United States are diagnosed with diabetes — about 7% of the country's population, according to the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, a service of the National Institutes of Health. More than 20% of people age 60 or older have diabetes. -
Plan provides patients with referrals, home care
A Medicare demonstration project at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City provides care coordination to help high-cost, fee-for-service beneficiaries comply with their medical treatment plan and access the community services they need to manage their chronic conditions. -
Patient education from a partnership perspective
ProHealth Care in Waukesha, WI, is in the process of implementing its "Partnership with Patients Work Plan." Susan M. Kanack, BSN, RN, patient education coordinator, is determining how to make the patient education tools more interactive to fit with the new partnership culture that is being developed. -
Could payment changes be on horizon for hospices?
Starting next month, hospices will have to report to Medicare all nursing, hospice aide, and social worker visits made for patients. Then a few months later, the new conditions of participation (COPs) will be finalized, which will require greater attention to documentation of services and quality. -
Grief counselor offers ideas for dealing with male grief
True or false: If a male caregiver/family member doesn't show any emotion, then he is coping well with his grief over his loved one's dying.