Hospital Home Health Archives – July 1, 2008
July 1, 2008
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Improperly trained home health aides result in fraud charges
A two-year investigation of the home care industry in New York has resulted in the indictment of B&H Health Care Services, also known as Nursing Personnel Homecare, a Brooklyn, NY-based home health agency. -
Education and best practices cut infection rates
This is the first article of a two-part series on how to reduce the risk of infection for patients with indwelling bladder catheters. -
Software improves, saves time for case managers
Not long ago, case managers for Medical Management International lugged huge cases of patient files with them when they visited clients and often worked into the night, entering documentation and patient notes into the computer. -
Nurse practitioner model improves care for elderly
A nurse practitioner-led care management model has resulted in lower costs, better care, and high patient satisfaction ratings for frail elderly nursing home patients being managed by Inspiris, a Brentwood, TN-based health care management firm. -
Study shows gaps in availability of hospice care
An estimated 1.3 million patients received hospice services in 2006, a 162% increase in 10 years, and approximately 36% of all deaths in the United States in 2006 were under the care of a hospice program. -
News Brief: Baby boomers may not have specialists needed at age 65
When 78 million baby boomers reach age 65 in 2011 they will depend upon a health care workforce that is too small and unprepared to meet their needs, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine.