The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI - www.ihi.org) has developed a framework for improving healthcare called the Triple Aim. The framework defines the need to simultaneously focus on the fol[...]
Avoiding hospital readmissions is a good thing for a lot of reasons. First, readmissions are costing Medicare $26 Billion per year. Second, hospitals are being penalized for excessive readmissions (in[...]
Today we're taking a break from our typical topics of care transitions and home care to bring you a guest blog from Chicago-based freelance blogger and writer Beth Kelly. Beth's bio is below.
We ran across a fascinating article by Tammy Worth recently, called “Home Health On Road to Reducing Readmissions”. In her article, Tammy makes a compelling case that even before impending readmission[...]
I found an interesting graphic on the website for the Healthcare Intelligence Network (www.hin.com) that itemizes the top components that occur in a home health visit.
I read kind of a scary article on the Healthcare Market Resources website (www.healthmr.com) entitled Medicate Policy Makers Threaten the Viability of Home Care and Hospice. The article is thorough an[...]
I'll have to see if the "bad pun" title works or not, but this is a serious topic.
Walgreens Pharmacy has instituted a pharmacist-led care transitions program called WellTransitions® and they are posting impressive results. According to a Business Wire Press Release on April 4th, 20[...]
Home care consultant and my friend, Ginny Kenyon, published a great piece in her blog entitled Home Health Marketing Ideas to Make Your Agency's Phone Ring. What I loved about the article is that it r[...]
At Ankota, we believe that home care should play a vital and increasing role in health care reform. Keeping elderly and fragile patients out of the hospital and in their homes can greatly reduce healt[...]
Have you ever seen those books that teach information "for Dummies"? I just went to the official website (www.fordummies.com,) and these were the titles displayed on the home page:
We recently published a piece called The 7 Habits of Highly Successful Home Care Agencies that shared our top observations of consistent practices that we see in agencies that are thriving. My mentor [...]
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