Hospice Management Advisor Archives – July 1, 2007
July 1, 2007
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Improve your hospice's end-of-life goals for care and planning
For some patients, the hospice referral arrives so late that there is too little time for satisfying goal setting; for others, there are barriers that make it difficult for the patient and family to meet their goals in the time remaining. -
Improve staff turnover, LOS, and bottom line
Training hospice leaders to be effective managers may be one of the most effective ways to improve a hospice's staff turnover rate, as well as make a significant difference on the bottom line, according to the experience of one Florida hospice. -
Program teaches zero tolerance for poor performers
Hospice leaders know very well who are their high, middle, and low performers, but they may not take the time to identify employees this way or deal with the conflicts posed by the low performers, and this can lead to systemic and long-term problems in the organization. -
Addressing incontinence: Outcomes improve 24%
With "improvement in urinary incontinence" identified as one of the pay-for-performance measures for the upcoming Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' demonstration project, it is essential that hospice managers take a closer look at how they identify and treat incontinence. -
Hospice as continuation of care, not just end of the road
Hospice evolved from the need to provide medical and social support to terminally ill patients in the last weeks of their lives.