Hospital Home Health 2007-02-01

Universal vs. standard precautions: Do you know which you use?

All home health agencies have policies to prevent the spread of infection but with recent focus on the threat of a pandemic, home health managers need to look more closely at how well prepared their agency will be ...

Bedbugs, drug-resistant pathogens pose challenge

While it is important for home health agencies to prepare to handle a flu pandemic, there are other infection control issues that agencies face more today than in past years.

LegalEase: Providers must take action to get patient compliance

Home health, private duty, hospice, home medical (HME), and case managers encounter frequent instances of non-compliance. Diabetic patients do not stick to their diets.

Humor enhances staff education, patient care

We've all heard that laughter is the best medicine, but home health managers have also found that humor can help staff members provide better care and learn more effectively as well.

Wound care helps patient's self-esteem

When staff at the Hospice of Chattanooga in Tennessee provide wound care, they work to help the patient recover a sense of wholeness.

Programs face challenge with older patients

With individuals who are ages 65 and older undergoing almost one-third of the 25 million surgical procedures performed annually, and with people ages 85 and older representing the fastest growing segment of our population, it is important that any surgical program pay close attention to the special needs of older patients.

News Briefs

Health care spending growth in the United States slowed for the third consecutive year in 2005; and The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced the elimination of the 2007 late enrollment penalty for any beneficiary eligible for the low-income subsidy for a Part D plan.

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Hospital Home Health Archives – February 1, 2007

February 1, 2007