Hospital Home Health Archives – June 1, 2006
June 1, 2006
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Improve outcomes, take step toward success with pay for performance
Implementing a disease management program requires several components that increase staff members' competence and provides standardized guidance for care,... -
Abbreviations, falls risk top compliance issues
Only 76.8% of home health agencies surveyed by the Oakbrook Terrace, IL-based Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations were found to be in compliance with the National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) ... -
DM program keeps AIDS patients out of hospital
An intensive one-on-one case management program helps people with AIDS stay adherent to their medication regime, avoid hospitalizations and emergency department visits, and learn to self-manage their disease. -
Network targets barriers for unfunded patients
When patients at hospitals in Seton Healthcare Network are ready for discharge and don't have funding for post-discharge services, the hospital may pay nursing homes ... -
Can surrogates really know patients' wishes?
Making end-of-life decisions for incapacitated patients most often falls to surrogates chosen by the patients, or to next of kin. -
News Briefs
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released an interactive web-based tool that presents data that can be used to measure health care quality.