Hospice Management Advisor Archives – September 1, 2006
September 1, 2006
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NHPCO rolls out its national quality initiative in September
Hospice organizations and professionals pride themselves on their attention to quality care. But the federal government's new focus on performance improvement and quality programs will mean that quality efforts will need to be documented, measured, and compared. -
New York hospice's QI project yields improvement in LOS
The Center for Hospice and Palliative Care in Cheektowaga, NY, has a head start on many other hospices in the effort to develop quality improvement projects that will pass muster with the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services... -
Here are the nuts and bolts of starting a hospice program for dementia patients
Hospice of the Valley in Phoenix, AZ, has a comprehensive dementia care program that has resulted in an increase in dementia patient referrals. -
Solve oral medication management problems
A range of factors affects a patient's ability to manage oral medications: cognitive ability, number of medications, and understanding why and how to take medications. -
Hospice produces its own sing-along CD for dementia seniors
The National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization of Alexandria, VA, is developing a diversity toolkit to assist hospices with their efforts to diversify their patient population. -
Ignorance 1: Education 0 Time to mandate flu shots
Voluntary annual influenza immunization programs that use educational efforts and other incentives to vaccinate health care workers have been an abject failure. -
Oxygen study shows true cost of equipment
Nearly three-quarters (72%) of the cost of providing home oxygen therapy to Medicare patients in their homes represent services, delivery, and other operational expenses.