Quality Outcomes
03/27/2025
Scheduling is top of mind for many home health providers in 2025. While most agencies understand the importance of scheduling, those still struggling to get it right could find that optimizing the process helps maximize their resources and ensure compliance with plan of care requirements.
03/13/2025
Encourage clinicians to lead open, nonjudgemental conversations about tobacco cessation throughout a patient’s care. Tobacco-related issues like infections or chronic disease exacerbations may be at the root of some patients’ rehospitalizations.
02/20/2025
Train clinicians to keep an eye out for any signs or symptoms of urinary tract infection (UTI) among patients — even if the documentation does not specifically state the diagnosis — as this is a top diagnosis that sends patients back to the hospital.
02/20/2025
With the current surge in influenza cases, agencies should ensure that they are doing all they can to protect not only their patients, but their staff as well.
02/20/2025
Determining how to keep your agency going when many staff are out sick can be a challenge. One method that could prove beneficial is to offer bonuses to staff members who are willing to pick up extra shifts.
01/30/2025
Hand hygiene, medication safety and patient identification are all on The Joint Commission’s list of National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) for 2025. NPSGs were designed to target identified patient safety issues of significant concern and to reduce that risk through process redesign or focus, says Kurt Patton, MS, RPH, founder of Patton Healthcare Consulting and a former director of accreditation services for The Joint Commission (TJC).
01/23/2025
Stress customized and specific education for patients with chronic conditions to increase patient engagement and satisfaction, improving your agency’s outcomes and star ratings in the process.
01/09/2025
Many agencies struggle to address chronic diseases even if they excel with interventions like therapy, wound care or rehabilitation. When these organizations adjust their programming to improve care for these conditions, they may also build new referral relationships and gain new patients.
12/12/2024
The OASIS-E1 Guidance Manual creates some needed consistency between language in the manual and the actual assessment for D0150 (Patient mood interview (PHQ-2 to 9)).
12/12/2024
The OASIS-E1 Guidance Manual creates some needed consistency between language in the manual and the actual assessment for D0150 (Patient mood interview (PHQ-2 to 9)).

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