Hospital Home Health Archives – August 1, 2006
August 1, 2006
View Issues
-
Home health and adult day services come together to provide care
"It makes sense that adult day care services and home health agencies work together to provide the best care for a patient, because it ensures a continuum of care in the community," says Judith A. Bellome ... -
Solve oral medication management problems
This is the second of a two-part series that identifies the obstacles home health staff members face when helping patients improve their oral medication management. -
LegalEase: What referral sources need to know about home care
The importance of referring patients for home care and hospice services is becoming increasingly clear to referral sources. -
Geriatric CM is a fast-growing field
The profession of geriatric care manager has evolved because of the tremendous challenges that health care professionals and families face in managing the care of senior citizens. -
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. -
Rapid growth predicted for health manager jobs
Future health services managers must be prepared to deal with evolving integrated health care delivery systems, technological innovations, an increasingly complex regulatory environment, and restructuring of work. -
News Briefs
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices and the FDA have launched a national education campaign designed to reduce medication errors.