Homecare Quality Management 1999 Index
Homecare Quality Management 1999 Index
Case Management
Case managers increase productivity and efficiency, FEB:17
Community program helps patients, agencies, APR:54
Documentation
Agency creates a process for airtight documentation, billing, NOV:129
Check out these eight tips for better documentation, JUN:75
New OIG study is bad news for the industry, DEC:143
Project improves peer review, documentation, MAR:35
12 C's of home health care clinical documentation, JUL:88
Education (Staff)
An herbal primer for your agency, JUN:77
Care continuity boosts patient satisfaction, FEB:24
Control infections through finding trends, problems, NOV:133
Check these definitions for wound and other infections, JUL:87
Handling difficult patients requires careful policy, JAN:7
HF study readies agency for PPS, capitation, NOV:135
OIG broadens background checks for home health, JAN:13
Quick project improves patient satisfaction, AUG:97
Resolved: 1999 will be a good year for home health improvements, JAN:1
Save time, money! Ease nurses' paperwork burden! AUG:95
Track infection control to minimize troubles, JUL:85
Train your staff to keep abuse in check, JUL:90
What can patient surveys really tell you? A lot, APR:47
Interim Payment System (IPS)
Feds admit IPS changes access to home care, DEC:146
IPS causes reduction in care, fewer resources, NOV:134
JCAHO
Admission program wins JCAHO award, DEC:148
Agency writes manual that fits like a glove, APR:49
Electronic signatures save time and money, FEB:29
JCAHO survey can be good primer to clean house, NOV:131
Management, employees strive for commendation, OCT:125
Meeting the needs of immigrant patients, JUN:71
Multiple mock surveys are the key to Maryland agency's JCAHO success, JUN:69
New wound care rules prompted by troubles, SEP:109
Pain-free advice for palliative care, OCT:123
Recipes for success from the best of the best, MAY:61
Send expensive consultants packing, MAR:41
Turning your survey into child's play, JUL:84
Unhappy with your survey results? Try an appeal, MAY:62
Watch out for tough commercial payer audits, APR:45
What should your mock survey include? MAR:43
Managed Care
Check out guides to nursing, rehab reports, FEB:23
Specialists increase managed care revenues, FEB:21
OASIS
Develop action plan for using OASIS data, JAN:3
Is OASIS an invasion of privacy? MAY:57
Playing for the same team, NOV:137
Thinking of scanning your OASIS data? JAN:6
Outcomes
Agency works to improve outcomes with new teams, JUN:73
Improve pressure ulcer outcomes with protocols, JAN:11
Indiana agency cuts costs, LOS by addressing ADLs, MAY:66
Pain care, documentation are improved by training, AUG:98
Psst! Do you wanna know a secret? MAY:59
Tracking wound care can lead to better outcomes, SEP:107
Performance Improvement
Does your PI program need a makeover? APR:51
PI program targets visit frequency, MAR:40
Prospective Payment System (PPS)
Check out this preview of what to expect under PPS, OCT:119
Home care to HCFA: 'Show me the money!' OCT:121
Need to know more about PPS? Read this first, DEC:142
New world of data collection revolves around patient count, SEP:105
PPS proposal arrives with expected drawbacks, DEC:141
PPS might be a concrete life jacket, so don't be too eager for IPS to vanish, OCT:117
Quality Improvement (QI)
A Florida agency tackles a fall prevention program, JUL:83
Agency restructures as part of QI project, MAR:37
A spoonful of fun makes QI projects more palatable:DEC:149
Correct pain management stops suffering and waste, DEC:150
Fine-tune your patient satisfaction survey, JAN:9
Home care patients suffer needlessly, MAR:33
Improperly documented work could waste everyone's time, AUG:93
Project improves peer review, documentation, MAR:35
Push for an improved fall prevention program brings better patient health, JUL:81
Try this QI refresher on advance directives, AUG:101
Wound program saves money, improves care, FEB:27
Staff Solutions
A helping hand from the community, SEP:113
Resource sharing could be a dream come true, AUG:101
Y2K
Education without fear, SEP:110
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