Hospice Management Advisor Archives – January 1, 2005
January 1, 2005
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Special Report: Improving Staffing Quality - Improving interdisciplinary teamwork also boosts quality improvement
Staffing continues to be a major issue for hospices and other health care organizations that must face periodic shortages in nursing and other disciplines, as well as cope with high turnover rates. -
Special Report: Improving Staffing Quality - Self-appraisal is key to training new employees
Training new staff to follow the hospice team model requires a comprehensive approach that helps people new to hospice make the transition to the hospice philosophy, and that helps create a better understanding of the role of each hospice discipline. -
Special Report: Improving Staffing Quality - Expanding use of LPNs boosts staffing flexibility
Hospice of Lancaster County in Lancaster, PA, never hired home health aides and homemakers because when the not-for-profit hospice was founded 25 years ago, hospice managers chose to go a step beyond the minimum requirements. -
Special Report: Improving Staffing Quality - Quick tips for creating an effective hospice team
In any group of people who work together under stressful and demanding circumstances, there are bound to be interpersonal conflicts that can reduce the teams effectiveness. Hospice managers who would like to prevent some of the more common conflicts and resolve the inevitable ones might follow these tips from Martha Lasseter, MBA, RHIA, vice president of compliance, and Kathy Moon, RN, BSN, clinical director of day programs, for the Hospice of Martin and St. Lucie in Stuart, FL. -
Managers can be key to employee retention
Every manager knows that it costs less to retain good employees than to constantly hire and train new employees, but what are the secrets to keeping good employees? One of the keys to success is hiring the right managers and supervisors, say experts. -
How to show employees you care
If you ask your longtime employees why they stay, they are likely to cite managers who are honest, respectful, and caring. -
Inappropriate meds still prescribed to the elderly
Many elderly Americans still are being prescribed potentially inappropriate medications, according to a study published in the August issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. -
News from the End of Life
The 2004 financial and operational survey conducted each year by the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) shows that accounts receivable days outstanding averaged 74 days the lowest reported in more than five years.