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[...]
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