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This is the first of a two-part series that looks at telemedicine in home health. In this article, representatives from two agencies describe their programs and specific issues related to choosing technology and patients who are appropriate for telemedicine.
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Surveys can be stressful enough, but how would you react to a complaint-based state survey during which the surveyor never asked for information from the physician or home care nurse involved?
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Faced with a deficit of nearly $1.5 billion over the next two years and calls for $180 million in state budget cuts, Georgia health officials are having to consider the once unthinkable: slashing enrollment and optional services the poor have long counted on.
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A report of the pros and cons of extending the federal Medicaid drug rebate to managed care plans shows the potential for savings of up to $700 million over 10 years, but also recognizes that there could be some downside risk to plans and each one would have to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of having access to the rebate if the rules were changed.
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Listed here are the nine metabolic screening tests for newborns that are recommended by the March of Dimes in White Plains, NY.
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The unique fusion of a process for major change created at the Harvard School of Business and a Japanese business culture model where change is driven by department managers and staff rather than by top leadership has helped power a successful customer service initiative at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
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As the experts will attest, benchmarking is part science, part art. The science of data capture is becoming more sophisticated all the time, although a relatively small number of institutions currently are taking advantage of state-of-the-art, fully integrated systems.
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A study published this spring and follow-up work yet to be released underscore an as-yet unmet challenge presented by many heart patients: An extraordinarily high percentage of these patients turn to CAM (complimentary alternative medicine) therapies in addition to their prescribed meds, often to their detriment.
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