Hospital Home Health Archives – July 1, 2006
July 1, 2006
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How safe are your patients who use oxygen? NPSGs focus on risk of fire
Changes and additions to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations' National Patient Safety Goals are minor and should not pose problems for home health agencies, say experts interviewed by Hospital Home Health. -
Verify medication lists to improve outcomes
With the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services emphasizing the reduction of hospital readmissions as one way to cut the overall cost of health care for Medicare patients, home health agency managers have evaluated different ways to improve this outcome for their agencies. -
Home health branches into outpatient services
When Celina, OH-based Mercer Community Hospital's Home Nursing Care department implemented a cardiac disease management program, the service was not limited to home care patients. -
LegalEase: High profit margins may be evidence of fraud
In 'United States of America' v. 'Hussein Amr', the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit concluded that extremely high profit margins may be evidence of fraudulent conduct. -
Cancer patients find symptom relief in art
New research shows that cancer patients who engage in one hour of art therapy show immediate improvement in eight of nine symptoms, with the greatest improvement noted in anxiety and fatigue. -
Model of care improves outcomes, ADLs for elderly
When older, frail patients are hospitalized at Akron City Hospital in Akron, OH, they're likely to be placed on a home-like unit with carpeted floors. -
News Brief
A trend seems to be growing. More seniors are leaving nursing homes in favor of other types of care, including home care and assisted living facilities.